Bankole Thompson is a well-known American author and award-winning journalist presently working at the Detroit News as a columnist. From 2006 to 2015, Bankole worked at the Michigan Chronicle newspaper in Detroit as the senior editor. He also provided coverage for the 2008 presidential election and also interviewed Barack Obama.
The exhibition includes two books, biographical information, and a choice of Thompson’s writings and speeches. Also, he serves at 910 AM Super Station Detroit as a Host of Redline and as the vanguard for Equality, Editor-in-Chief, and Dean of The PuLSE Institute.
He also serves on WDET in Detroit as a host of a weekly radio show which features debates on matters that impact multicultural Detroit, one-on-one interviews, and roundtable conversations.
Bankole Thompson Age
Bankole Thompson was born in Michigan, United States in 1979, he is 43 years of age.
Bankole Thompson Height
Thompson stands at a moderate height of 5 ft 7 in (Approx. 1.72 m).
Bankole Thompson Family
He was born and brought up by his supportive parents in Michigan. Despite being a well-known journalist, he keeps a low profile when it comes to his family where he has not disclosed any details concerning his siblings and parents hence their whereabouts are not known.
Bankole Thompson Wife
Bankole is happily and contentedly married to his beautiful wife named Dana who is currently working as a professor at the University of Michigan Law School. Bankole and his wife are blessed with kids though they have not disclosed their names and how many kids. The adorable duo currently resides happily together in Ann Arbor, MI.
Bankole Thompson Salary
Bankole receives an annual salary of $73,568 and this is according to Detroit News columnists’ salary.
Bankole Thompson’s Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $1 million US dollars and his career as a columnist at Detroit News is the main source of his income.
Bankole Thompson Career
Bankole is presently working at the Detroit News as a columnist. The publisher of The Occidental Observer called James Edwards filed a case against Bankole and The Detroit News in 2016 where he said that Bankole and the newspaper wrongly libeled him by calling him a head of the Ku Klux Klan. Bankole and The Detroit News filed a motion for summary judgment, differing for lawsuit release.
He also worked for the Michigan Chronicle as the senior editor from 2006 to 2015. His interviews with Barack Obama and coverage of the 2008 presidential election have reserved him the praise of Tom Joyner the media mogul, referring to him as an “innovative editor.”
After that, he served at the Detroit News as an Opinion Columnist. Also, he serves on WDET in Detroit as a host of a weekly radio show which features debates on matters that impact multicultural Detroit, one-on-one interviews, and roundtable conversations.
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