thomaslake
@thomaslake
Reporter, Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Co-Founder, The Lake Family Band. Therefore keep watch. ✝️
Almost 17 years after leaving newspapers, I’ve come back. Last week I started a new job with my hometown paper, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. What kinds of stories will I do? More like this one, I hope. On Friday night I watched the sunset on Stone Mountain and had the…
The upstate New York town of Herkimer and its famous native, The Human Calculator, have something to say about basketball. Namely, that the game was invented there. Read my story and discuss: nytimes.com/2025/06/17/nyr… via @NYTimes
Today is my last day with CNN, and I've got one more story to share with you. It's about a woman whose son was murdered. She wanted to kill the perpetrators. And she couldn't have guessed what would happen next. cnn.com/interactive/20…
Despite 20 knife wounds and at least 11 bruises, authorities said her death was a suicide. Now a pathologist has made a stunning reversal: cnn.com/2025/02/03/us/…
Well, it was my turn, I guess. My position was eliminated in today’s budget cuts. I’d like to thank CNN for almost 10 great years and some memorable adventures. I wrote the first book about the 2016 presidential campaign. UNPRECEDENTED was finished within days of the election…
New this morning for @POLITICO and @POLITICOMag. tinyurl.com/54r5xu6k
Ellen Greenberg, a beloved schoolteacher in Philadelphia, was found with 20 knife wounds and at least 11 bruises. Authorities said she killed herself. Here’s my new story: cnn.com/interactive/20…
In the US today, more and more people with full-time jobs are being pushed into homelessness. Low-wage workers can't afford rent. My book explores the staggering rise of America's working homeless, told through the lives of five families in Atlanta. 1/ penguinrandomhouse.com/books/645871/t…
The plane crashed in the Catskill Mountains, not long after takeoff. All five people were killed. The Van Epps family left behind two dogs, a stunned and grieving community, and an untold number of priceless memories. cnn.com/2024/07/12/us/…
🚨🚨 Friends: Trying to get my award-winning book in front of film/TV producers in #atlanta & beyond. Pitch just went LIVE on Storyrocket, a site w/ 100s of directors/producers in its database. R/T if sounds like something you'd watch! 🤔 Please see link: storyrocket.com/secrets-of-ash
I want to tell you about a time another driver saved me from danger. Though it happened in less than a minute, without a spoken word, it remains in my memory 17 years later. cnn.com/2024/06/10/us/…
Seventy-five years ago today, George Orwell published these words:
