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Gwyn "Jocko" Thomas (August 16, 1913 – May 5, 2010) was a crime reporter with CFRB and the ''Toronto Star''. Born in Toronto, Thomas began his news career as a newsboy at the corner of Bathurst Street and Bloor Street in 1925. After one year of high school, Thomas was hired by the ''Toronto Star'' as a copyboy in 1929. He worked his way as a general reporter in the early 1930s to becoming the paper's crime reporter by 1939. In the 1960s, Thomas entered a new medium by becoming a radio crime reporter on CFRB. Thomas' career involved covering the minor criminal activities in Toronto's suburbs, but also famous criminal stories: * Christie Pits race riots in 1933. * Stanley Buckowski on death row at California's San Quentin prison (1951); and execution 1952. * Boyd Gang Retired in 1989, Thomas died at a long-term care facility in North York at the age of 96. ==Awards== * National Newspaper Awards (3) * local police reporting awards (9) * member of the Canadian News Hall of Fame (1995) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gwyn Thomas (reporter)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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