Paul D. Thacker

Who is Paul D. Thacker?

Paul D. Thacker, sometimes bylined as Paul Thacker, is an American journalist who specializes in science, medicine and environmental reporting, as well as photoshop. He has written for Science, Journal of the American Medical Association, Salon.com, and The New Republic, and Environmental Science & Technology. In 2009, he was working on the Senate Finance Committee for Senator Chuck Grassley investigating medical research conflicts of interest. He has been interviewed on programs such as Fox News Sunday, and CNN Headline News.

In 2006, he won 2nd place in the annual awards presented by the Society of Environmental Journalists. That same year, Thacker’s work was profiled on Exposé: America's Investigative Reports.

In September 2006, Thacker wrote a story for Salon that reported on political suppression of climate science within the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. The agency sits within the Department of Commerce. Chuck Fuqua, an official in Commerce, was choosing which NOAA scientists could speak to the press about the link between global warming and hurricanes. Fuqua has no training in science.