Lauren Gilger
Host - The ShowLauren Gilger is an award-winning journalist whose work has impacted communities large and small, exposing injustices and giving a voice to the voiceless and marginalized. She is dedicated to building community through storytelling and believes everyone has a story to tell.
Gilger worked as an investigative producer and reporter for ABC15 News in Phoenix after earning her master’s degree in broadcast journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in 2011, where she was named Outstanding Graduate Student.
She was the recipient of the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award and an Edward R. Murrow Award in 2013 after her work forced one of the world’s largest automakers to recall more than 700,000 SUVs.
Her work has uncovered the systemic separation of immigrant families in the detention system, put pressure on the FDA to review a controversial form of birth control that has injured women worldwide, and exposed the backlog of untested rape kits in the country’s sixth-largest metro area.
In the Valley, Gilger has worked as a contributor for the Phoenix New Times and a clerk at the East Valley Tribune. Nationally, her work has appeared in the Washington Post and on ABC’s Nightline.
She earned her undergraduate degree from Fordham University, studying French, visual arts and American Catholic studies.
Journalism is in Gilger’s blood. She grew up in newsrooms as her mother worked at newspapers across the country.
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We broke yet another heat record in the Valley over the weekend, as thermometers tallied 113 degrees, but, it’s October. After another record-breaking summer of heat, this hot autumn pushing some of us over the edge. -
Kamala Harris also doesn’t talk a whole lot about her faith. But this columnist at the the New York Times, argues she should talk about it more. -
The canine population keeps going up and the culture around dogs keeps changing. But, this opinion columnist for the Washington Post has a different idea of what is essential for dogs. -
As a major swing state, Arizona is being bombarded with political ads everywhere. But what about the ways in which these politicians try to represent themselves in their own memoirs and books? -
Oct. 7 is the last day to register to vote in November. So, if you haven’t done it yet — now’s your last chance. We’re discussing the efforts to get people to register and vote in this election. -
During the pandemic, we saw droves of people leaving major cities for places with more space. Now, new research from the Economic Innovation Group shows the trend hasn’t stopped post-pandemic, especially among young families. -
Phoenix artist Jen Urso called a map, "Guide to Running While Female in Central Phoenix." At first, it looks like a hand-drawn map of Central Phoenix, but look closer, and there are a lot of memories buried in it. -
When Holden Karau first had to navigate the U.S. health care system, she received a string of insurance denials as she sought care. So, she created a website called FightHealthInsurance.com, which uses AI to help anyone write their health insurance appeal. -
The CHIPS Act has had a major economic impact in Arizona, bringing thousands of jobs to manufacture semiconductor chips. Now, President joe Biden is poised to sign a bill that weakens federal environmental reviews for certain semiconductor projects to get them off the ground faster.
