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United States Wesley Lowery is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, recognized for his extensive reporting on race and justice.
Brokered and oversaw award-winning journalistic partnerships with various organizations, including Washington City Paper.
Brokered and oversaw award-winning journalistic partnerships with various organizations, including the Maine Monitor.
Brokered and oversaw award-winning journalistic partnerships, including The Washington Post. He sparked the idea for the Washington Post's "Fatal Force Project" and investigated fatal police shootings. For two years he was also lead reporter for the project.
Wesley Lowery is a correspondent for CBS News.
Wesley Lowery is a contributing editor at The Marshall Project.
The Investigative Reporting Workshop (IRW) at American University trains rising journalists by partnering them with professional newsrooms for critical projects. Wesley Lowery serves as executive editor.
Wesley Lowery is a Journalist-in-Residence at the CUNY Newmark Graduate School of Journalism.
Wesley Lowery was born in 1990 and attended Shaker Heights High School before enrolling at Ohio University. During his time at Ohio University, he served as the editor-in-chief for the campus newspaper, The Post. He further developed his journalistic skills through internships at notable publications such as The Detroit News, The Columbus Dispatch, and The Wall Street Journal. Early in his career, Lowery was a reporting fellow at the Los Angeles Times before moving to The Boston Globe in 2013, where he worked as a general assignment political reporter. His assignments at The Boston Globe included covering the murder trial of NFL player Aaron Hernandez, the mayoral race in Boston, and the manhunt following the Boston Marathon bombing. In 2014, the National Association of Black Journalists recognized his burgeoning talent by naming him “Emerging Journalist of the Year.”
Lowery joined The Washington Post in 2014, where he quickly became known for his in-depth reporting. A significant achievement during his tenure was his leadership on the “Fatal Force” project. This initiative involved creating a comprehensive database to track police shootings in 2015, addressing a critical gap in federal data collection at the time. The project utilized existing grassroots databases, local news reports, law enforcement websites, and social media to compile its information. This meticulous work earned Lowery and his colleagues the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2016. In 2017, he became a CNN political contributor, expanding his platform to include broadcast journalism. His first book, “They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement,” was published in 2016 and further cemented his role in discussions surrounding racial justice.
In 2020, Lowery joined CBS News to work on “60 in 6,” a short-form spinoff of “60 Minutes” for Quibi. Before his departure in March 2025, he also served as an associate professor of investigative journalism and the executive editor of the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University, a role he took on in September 2023. Additionally, he held positions as a Journalist-in-Residence at the CUNY Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and a contributing editor at The Marshall Project. His work continues to influence the national conversation on civil rights and law enforcement accountability.
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