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Reporter & Midday Host

With more than 20 years of journalism experience in the Greater Cincinnati market, Ann Thompson brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to her reporting. She has reported for WKRC, WCKY, WHIO-TV, Metro Networks and CBS/ABC Radio. Her work has been recognized by the Associated Press and the Society of Professional Journalists. In 2011 A-P named her “Best Reporter” for large market radio in Ohio. She has won awards from the Association of Women in Communications and the Alliance for Women in Media. Ann reports regularly on science and technology in Focus on Technology.


She has reported from Japan and South Korea, Germany and Belgium as part of fellowships from the East-West Center and RIAS.



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Cincinnati Zoo
3:48 pm
Wed May 1, 2013

Celebrate as My-Thai the elephant turns 40

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My-Thai enjoys her "cake"
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The "cake" was so heavy it was delivered by forklift.
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Former trainer Cecil Jackson Sr. returns to the zoo to celebrate My-Thai's 40th.
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This group of kids and parents sang "Happy Birthday" to My-Thai.
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My-Thai, the Cincinnati Zoo's 40-year-old Asian elephant, didn't waste any time knocking her "cake" over and breaking it up. It wasn't long before My-Thai started to devour the cake, brought in by a forklift, and made of frozen gelatin, Kool-aid and mountains of fresh produce and fruit.

Happy reunion

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School Shooting
10:18 am
Mon April 29, 2013

Student hospitalized after shooting himself in La Salle HS classroom

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La Salle High School, the scene of a Monday morning shooting.
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School officials and Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Neil brief the media.
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Parents arrive at La Salle to take their kids home.
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The Hamilton County Sheriff's Department secured the scene Monday morning at La Salle.
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Students start to leave the school with their parents.
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Update: During a televised news conference, La Salle spokesman Greg Tankersley said the school will not release the name of the student who shot himself this morning, at his parents' request. Tankersley said the boy, still in critical condition, is an honors student, with 80 hours of community service.

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Foreclosures
6:00 am
Mon April 29, 2013

Ohio foreclosures continue to climb

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These foreclosed homes in Evanston are decreasing area property values. Evanston is part of a pilot program where banks are held responsible for cutting the grass and taking care of the properties they own
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On Tuesday the organization Working in Neighborhoods  will release the latest Hamilton County foreclosure data.

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Focus on Technology
5:31 am
Fri April 26, 2013

A possible cure for "bubble boy"

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Jameson Golliday has Bubble Boy Syndrome, but with gene therapy may be cured.
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Children's researchers created a vector to introduce the correct gene.
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Jameson Golliday stays at home to avoid germs, but in another two years his immune system may be normal.
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Dr. Lisa Filipovich, professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's, is Jameson's doctor.
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Dr. Han van der Loo, director Children's Vector Lab
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Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital are optimistic after their treatment appears to be working on a toddler born without an immune system. Jameson Golliday, who has "Bubble Boy Syndrome," is out of the hospital and now at home in a sterile environment while his white blood cells generate completely.  Ann Thompson, in "Focus on Technology," explains the treatment that could eventually be the standard of care for this very rare and serious disease.

Cincinnati Public Schools
1:31 am
Fri April 26, 2013

Carpe Diem charter school at Aiken High next fall

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When the brand new Aiken High School opens this fall, students will be introduced to personalized learning. Part of the plan is a Carpe Diem charter school inside Aiken, the first one Cincinnati Public Schools has sponsored. There's a similar program in Indianapolis, and Ann Thompson went there to take a look and provide this report.

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