Walter Thompson

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Writer, Fund/Build/Scale
Host, Fund/Build/Scale (Podcast)
None, Fund/Build/Scale, Fund/Build/Scale (Podcast)

San Francisco

Technology, U.S.

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Covers: Technology, Northern California, transportation, urban development, politics, history, film.

Doesn't Cover: Blockchain, online gambling.

An independent journalist in San Francisco.

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This is the first in a series of film columns called "San Francisco Plays Itself" that I'm writing for Gazett…

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How a Broke College Student Co-founded a VC-Backed Edtech Startup

In this episode of Fund/Build/Scale, Nectir co-founder and CEO Kavitta Ghai shares how she turned her frustra…

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The Notes

After I shared a photo on Twitter of a mysterious note I found taped to a utility pole in the Sunset District…

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A school's mural removal: should kids be shielded from brutal US history?

Every day at a San Francisco high school, students pass artwork depicting slavery and violence against Native…

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The Fire Last Time

Fifty years ago, Hunters Point exploded after a white policeman shot a black teenager. What, if anything, has…

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How Urban Renewal Tried to Rebuild the Fillmore

Part Two of a Hoodline feature on how 1960s–70s urban renewal efforts attempted to rebuild San Francisco’s Fi…

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How Urban Renewal Destroyed the Fillmore in Order to Save It

Part 1 of an award-winning feature story that examined how postwar urban renewal projects razed San Francisco…

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