Thomas Peele was the lead investigative reporter for The Chauncey Bailey Project and author of Killing The Messenger, A Story of Radical Faith, Racism’s Backlash, and The Assassination of a Journalist. Among his many journalism honors is a shared Pulitzer Prize for reporting on the Ghost Ship fire in Oakland that killed 36 people in 2016.
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