Jamie Thompson

Staff writer for @TheAtlantic. Nonfiction book STANDOFF. [email protected]

[Jamie Thompson @ThompsonJamieL]

https://t.co/nltxceXI9t
Standoff, out in paperback.

[Caitlin Flanagan @CaitlinPacific]

Now I know why this story has been #1 at the Atlantic for so long - it’s a fantastic mystery, a tale of astounding selfishness - yet also filled with characters motivated by justice and compassion. A barn burner, by ⁦@ThompsonJamieL⁩ https://t.co/k52r1hP8GR

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Police spent more than 50 days searching a lake for Ryan Borgwardt, a kayaker they assumed had drowned. Then they told his wife that they’d come to believe something different. @ThompsonJamieL spoke with the people involved in the case that rattled a Wisconsin town: https://t.co/OZbacyqiUE

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

The Atlantic is proud to announce that “American Cowardice,” by Jamie Thompson, has won the 2025 National Magazine Award for Reporting. Read Jamie’s story, from our March 2024 issue, here: https://t.co/kcMUokO5wE

[Jamie Thompson @ThompsonJamieL]

@gauveyherbert @NYTmag This is a spectacular story. Incredible reporting, beautiful writing. Thank you @gauveyherbert

[Jamie Thompson @ThompsonJamieL]

@michaelkruse spotted on the wall at a Five Guys in Orlando

[Jamie Thompson @ThompsonJamieL]

So excited to listen to this @MooneyMichaelJ

[Michael J. Mooney @MooneyMichaelJ]

Exciting news! My first podcast, an Audible Original, is out today: https://t.co/G2QhV3dG6n

I teamed up with @SamEifling and @trevoraaronson to tell a story about sex, money, media, power, and one of the most important free speech cases of our time.

It’s a real wild ride…

[Jamie Thompson @ThompsonJamieL]

"He walked along a dirt road as trucks blasted him with fumes. He walked across one farm after another. He felt so hungry. At times he knelt on the ground and said, “God, can you see this?”"

Read this breathtaking Atlantic cover story from the great @mccrummens

[Stephanie McCrummen @mccrummens]

How Gulf princes, the safari industry, and conservation groups are displacing the Maasai from the last of their Serengeti homeland https://t.co/kcvqGL1anG

[Jamie Thompson @ThompsonJamieL]

My latest for The Atlantic, with the great @SStossel

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Scot Peterson, the “Coward of Broward,” stood by as a slaughter unfolded at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Does the blame lie with him, his training—or a society in denial about what it would take to stop mass shootings? @ThompsonJamieL reports: https://t.co/RqgYMbqsDl

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Scot Peterson, the “Coward of Broward,” stood by as a slaughter unfolded at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Does the blame lie with him, his training—or a society in denial about what it would take to stop mass shootings? @ThompsonJamieL reports: https://t.co/RqgYMbqsDl

[Jamie Thompson @ThompsonJamieL]

DC area friends -- come join us at Politics and Prose on Sunday to hear the brilliant @drbrianwilliams talk about his fantastic book, THE BODIES KEEP COMING. @PoliticsProse

[Politics and Prose @PoliticsProse]

Sunday, join @drbrianwilliams at P&P to discuss THE BODIES KEEP COMING -- a surgeon's inside look at the trauma bay, where the violence of structuralist racism wields the wounds of a national emergency. 3pm @ Conn Ave w/ @ThompsonJamieL - https://t.co/Q3NN1HwIry

[Jamie Thompson @ThompsonJamieL]

@evaholland Love this, thank you for sharing, @evaholland

[Jamie Thompson @ThompsonJamieL]

@keribla Congrats on the book @keribla -- saw it on the NYTimes homepage this morning. Just downloaded, can't wait to read!

[Henry Holt & Company @HenryHolt]

STANDOFF is out now in paperback!

Award-winning journalist @ThompsonJamieL writes a gripping account of a deadly night in Dallas, told through the eyes of those at the center of it all, who offer a nuanced look at race & policing in America. Available now:https://t.co/weC72IIVbD

[Jamie Thompson @ThompsonJamieL]

@sarahhepola @TheAtlantic @SStossel I love this woman, and her beautiful sentences, and her beautiful brain @sarahhepola

[Jamie Thompson @ThompsonJamieL]

Thanks @buzzmagazines

[The Buzz Magazines @buzzmagazines]

In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, @burn555555 highlights some nonfiction titles that cover the topic of race in today's #pageturners. https://t.co/XX7maCyCPi @Deirdre_Mask @caseengaines @Ty_Seidule @ThompsonJamieL @annas_tea_ @MorganJerkins

[Frank Scozzari @ScozzariFrank]

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.
—Ernest Hemingway—

[Sarah Hepola @sarahhepola]

I wrote about one of the worst years I've had and the women who help me get through it. https://t.co/Xu5KKHWm9S Shout-outs to @ThompsonJamieL, @THEMaryoga, @pamelacolloff, @amandafortini, @SharonFGrigsby, and other people who aren't on Twitter. https://t.co/Xu5KKHWm9S

[Jamie Thompson @ThompsonJamieL]

Love this @BronwenDickey https://t.co/rrtfrmtkuJ

[Jamie Thompson @ThompsonJamieL]

@feliciasonmez Thanks so much @feliciasonmez!