Jamie Smith Hopkins, a long-time investigative reporter and editor at the Center for Public Integrity, has been named managing editor at Inside Climate News.
Hopkins, 47, joined ICN in July as a senior editor and immediately left her mark on the newsroom, leading a team of writers and assuming editorial direction of a series on how investor-state dispute settlements are imperiling developing nations around the world and threatening climate action by punishing governments that phase out fossil fuels.
Hopkins distinguished herself over nearly a decade at the Center for Public Integrity in Washington, leading coverage that won numerous awards, including a Sidney Award for a series on state tax debt collection pushing low-income people deeper into poverty and a Philip Meyer Journalism Award special citation for a series on homeless students uncounted and underserved at school.
She hosted a narrative podcast in 2022 about the wealth gap that was a finalist for a Peabody Award, and as an editor at Public Integrity, led reporting teams on racial and economic inequality, and climate change and environmental health.
“We were incredibly fortunate to hire an editor with Jamie’s depth of experience as a reporter, editor and manager,” said Vernon Loeb, ICN’s executive editor. “But what distinguishes her most is her collegiality, her optimism and her strong belief in empowering reporters to do work of the highest ambition.”
Prior to joining Public Integrity, Hopkins worked for 15 years as a reporter at The Baltimore Sun, where she covered beats including energy, housing and the economy.
Hopkins is a graduate of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where she received a bachelor’s degree in English and was class valedictorian and a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society.
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