Thomas LeGro

Washington, D.C.

Education: George Mason University, BA in English; George Mason University, MFA in Creative Writing

In 2018, Tom LeGro was part of a team of Post reporters who were awarded a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Senate candidacy of Roy Moore and a subsequent effort to discredit The Post's reporting. As Deputy Director of Video, Tom oversees an award-winning team of video journalists who work across the newsroom, including in National, Climate, Metro, Style and Technology. Tom joined Video in 2013 as an editor on the breaking-news desk and in 2015 became the senior producer overseeing the International, Style and Technology teams. In 2017, he was part of the team of Post reporters awarded a P
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      Columbine, Sandy Hook and Parkland victims' families spoke to The Post about their shared grief, trauma and hope for action following the Texas school shooting.

      May 29, 2022

        What Breonna Taylor’s killing reveals about police use of no-knock warrants

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        April 14, 2022

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          The Post collected data on nearly 40,000 payments at 25 of the nation’s largest police and sheriff’s departments within the past decade.

          March 9, 2022

            The Facebook Papers: What Mark Zuckerberg told Congress vs. what Facebook said internally

            The Facebook Papers show what its employees knew about how the website fostered polarization and how it contrasted with CEO Mark Zuckerberg's public comments.

            October 25, 2021

              Colin L. Powell, history-making secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, dies

              The four-star general served under three Republican presidents and was also the youngest and first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

              October 18, 2021

                A climate disaster will likely affect you one day. Here’s how to prepare.

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                October 13, 2021

                  What are the Pandora Papers?

                  A trove of secret files details the financial universe where global elite shield riches from taxes, probes and accountability.

                  October 3, 2021

                    The lead up to R. Kelly’s federal trials

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                    August 18, 2021

                      How U.S. leaders deliberately misled the public about America’s longest war

                      "The Afghanistan Papers" author Craig Whitlock explains how presidents misled the public about the war in Afghanistan for nearly two decades.

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