Thomas Curwen

Staff Writer

Thomas Curwen is an award-winning staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, where he has worked as editor of the Outdoors section, deputy editor of the Book Review and an editor at large for features. He was part of the team of Times reporters who won a Pulitzer for their work covering the 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino, and in 2008 he was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for his story about a father and daughter who were attacked by a grizzly bear in Montana. He has received a Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for mental health journalism and was honored by the Academy of American Poets.

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World & Nation

Behind the story: Trying to explain how one man’s faith sustained him during tragedy

World & Nation

Behind the story: Trying to explain how one man’s faith sustained him during tragedy

I wanted to know if he had come to accept the terrible loss of that day and how would he explain that acceptance. What words do you put on a tragedy that seems only to prove that life is fickle, random and cruel?

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Behind the story: Trying to explain how one man’s faith sustained him during tragedy
World & Nation

He was seeking custom-made boots. The journey led to a life deeply touched by love and death and leather

World & Nation

He was seeking custom-made boots. The journey led to a life deeply touched by love and death and leather

A 6-foot-5 man with size 17 feet traveled to the middle of nowhere in search of a boot maker. What he encountered was a life deeply touched by love and death and leather.

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Behind the story: Trying to explain how one man’s faith sustained him during tragedy
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Texas mass shooting: Gunman identified; death toll rises to 8, including shooter

World & Nation

Texas mass shooting: Gunman identified; death toll rises to 8, including shooter

Seth Ator has been identified by law enforcement officials as the gunman in the Midland and Odessa, Texas, mass shooting.

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Recent mass shootings in the U.S.: A timeline
California

From the street to the mayor’s office: Assessing L.A.'s new initiative on homelessness

California

From the street to the mayor’s office: Assessing L.A.'s new initiative on homelessness

What are the lessons from the homelessness program profiled in The Times’ “Street Within” series? Stakeholders and others offer their views.
California

They moved from homeless camp to brand-new apartment. Now comes the hard part

California

They moved from homeless camp to brand-new apartment. Now comes the hard part

“My City of Angels helped me,” says Duanne Hardaway, who moved from the street to a new apartment under a program called Encampment to Home.
California

After 18 months reporting on the homeless crisis, this is what I learned

California

After 18 months reporting on the homeless crisis, this is what I learned

The homeless crisis is rewriting the history of Los Angeles. Can the city meet the challenge?
California

After 9 years on L.A.’s streets, Big Mama needed a home. But it wasn’t that easy

California

After 9 years on L.A.’s streets, Big Mama needed a home. But it wasn’t that easy

First in a series: Big Mama and her neighbors live in a homeless encampment in Los Angeles. Through a special housing initiative they’ll soon have the opportunity to move into apartments.

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Part 2: Broadway Place’s homeless residents were promised homes. Had the city forgotten them?
California

Broadway Place’s homeless residents were promised homes. Had the city forgotten them?

California

Broadway Place’s homeless residents were promised homes. Had the city forgotten them?

Big Mama and her friends were promised new apartments, but there were delays. Weeks later, a few residents received new apartments, but Big Mama and Top Shelf were left behind.
California

An entire L.A. homeless encampment moved into apartments. But their past still found them

California

An entire L.A. homeless encampment moved into apartments. But their past still found them

After moving into their apartments, Big Mama, Top Shelf, and other former residents of the homeless encampment find life indoors difficult.

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Part 1: After 9 years on L.A.’s streets, Big Mama needed a home. But it wasn’t that easy

Part 2: Broadway Place’s homeless residents were promised homes. Had the city forgotten them?
California

When L.A. moved them off the streets, some knew it was their last chance. Others didn’t see it that way

California

When L.A. moved them off the streets, some knew it was their last chance. Others didn’t see it that way

When L.A. tried to move an entire homeless encampment off the streets, some residents jumped at the opportunity. Others couldn’t overcome past struggles.

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Part 1: After 9 years on L.A.’s streets, Big Mama needed a home. But it wasn’t that easy