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Carl Gibson

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  • Managing Editor, Raw America
  • Writer, Freelance
Louisville
Covers:  politics, economy, business, healthcare, climate, grassroots organizing, criminal justice, student debt, state government, tech, science, consumer protection, foreign policy
Doesn't Cover: Product reviews, crypto/blockchain

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Carl Gibson’s Biography

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Carl Gibson is the managing editor at Raw America. His writing has appeared in CNN, USA TODAY, the Guardian, the Washington Post, the Houston Chronicle, the Louisville Courier-Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch, Business Insider, the Independent, and NPR, among others. He is also a licensed flood insurance adjuster (FCN: 0070009711) and has handled claims in Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.

Previously, Gibson was senior editor at Al…

What was your first job as a journalist?

A reporter/anchor for WMKY-FM, the NPR affiliate for Eastern Kentucky, Southern Ohio and Western West Virginia

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Once, in a typing class in 7th grade

How is social media changing news?

Editors and news directors are now driven by social media conversations to decide how to assign stories. The readers dictate what's news

Associated Press of Mississippi, 3rd Place, Best Feature Reporting

2010 - Feature Reporting

3rd Place Feature Reporting Award from Mississippi Associated Press, Professional Radio Division, for feature report on domestic violence epidemic and new legislation

Millennial Movement Leader

2012 - Activism

Honored at Service Employees International Union international convention in May 2012 as a "Millennial Movement Leader" in capacity as co-founder of US Uncut. Other recipients included leaders of the Egyptian Arab Spring movement and the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City.

Biggest Facebook Publishers of March 2016

2016 - Engagement

US Uncut's Facebook page, which I helped manage, was recognized by Newswhip as one of the top 25 most popular publishers on the platform in the English-speaking world in March of 2016 alongside major publishers like BuzzFeed, the New York Times, and the Huffington Post (now HuffPost).