Bankole Thompson Bio, Age, Height, Wife, Salary, Net Worth, Detroit News

Bankole Thompson
Bankole Thompson

Bankole Thompson Biography

Bankole Thompson is an award-winning journalist and author from America. From 2006 to 2015, he worked as the senior editor of the Michigan Chronicle newspaper in Detroit. Bankole Thompson is popular for he covered the interviews with Barack Obama and the 2008 presidential election. The collection includes a selection of Thompson’s writings and speeches, biographical information and two books.

He is currently working at the Detroit News as a columnist and also serves as the vanguard for Equality, Host of Redline at 910 AM Super Station Detroit, and Editor-in-Chief and Dean of The PuLSE Institute. In Detroit, he hosts a weekly radio show on WDET and the show involves roundtable discussions, debates on issues that affect multicultural Detroit, the region, and the nation, and one-on-one interviews.

Bankole Thompson Age

Bankole Thompson was born in Michigan, United States. in 1979. He is 43 years old as of 2022.

Bankole Thompson Height

Bankole is slightly tall and stands at a height of 5 ft 7 in (Approx. 1.72 m).

Bankole Thompson Family

Bankole was born in Michigan and brought up by his father and mother. He belongs to the black ethnicity and holds an American national. Thompson has not disclosed any detail regarding his father, mother, or siblings.

Bankole Thompson Wife

Bankole Thompson is happily married to his gorgeous wife Dana who works as a University of Michigan Law School professor. The duo resides in Ann Arbor, MI together with their children.

Bankole Thompson Detroit News

Bankole Thompson is currently working as a columnist at the Detroit News. The publisher of The Occidental Observer, James Edwards, filed a lawsuit against The Detroit News and Bankole in 2016. He claimed that Bankole and the newspaper falsely defamed him by naming him a leader of the Ku Klux Klan in the lawsuit. Bankole and The Detroit News filed a motion for summary judgment, arguing for case dismissal.

He worked as the senior editor of the Michigan Chronicle from 2006 to 2015. Bankole Thompson covered the 2008 presidential election that garnered him the praise of media mogul Tom Joyner and the one-on-one interviews with Barack Obama.

After leaving the Michigan Chronicle he landed a position as an Opinion Columnist at the Detroit News. In Detroit Thompson also hosts a weekly radio show on WDET and the show involves roundtable discussions, debates on issues that affect multicultural Detroit, the region, and the nation, and one-on-one interviews.

Bankole Thompson Nationality

He was born and brought up in Michigan, in the United States, and he holds an American nationality. Bankole Thompson belongs to the black ethnicity.

Bankole Thompson Salary

Thompson earns a decent salary of $73,568 annually working the Detroit News as a columnist.

Bankole Thompson Net Worth

Bankole has an estimated net worth of $876,543.

Who Is Bankole Thompson

Bankole Thompson is an award-winning journalist and author from America. From 2006 to 2015, he worked as the senior editor of the Michigan Chronicle newspaper in Detroit. Bankole Thompson is popular for he covered the interviews with Barack Obama and the 2008 presidential election. The collection includes a selection of Thompson’s writings and speeches, biographical information, and two books.

How Old Is Thompson

Bankole Thompson was born in Michigan, United States. in 1979. He is 42 years old as of 2021.

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