PERSON: Tina Dupuy

Self-employed

Journalist

Tina Dupuy is a nationally syndicated op-ed columnist, freelance investigative journalist, comedian, and on-air commentator. Dupuy is the former managing editor for the blog Crooks and Liars and is currently the editor-in-chief of http://thecontributor.com/.

She freelances for Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, Fast Company, LA Weekly, Newsday, Mother Jones (magazine), and Skeptic (U.S. magazine). Her weekly op-ed column is nationally syndicated through http://www.caglecartoons.com/. She is the compiler of the Sarah Palin’s Enemies List. Dupuy's writing has also been published in books including a collection of short stories called "What Was I Thinking?" (St. Martin's Press, 2009) and the English text book "Exploring Language 13th Edition" (Longman, 2011).

After The Tampa Tribune used an article of Dupuy's without paying for it in 2009, she created a YouTube video to shame the paper into paying $75 for the piece.

Tina has spoken openly about being born in the cult The Children of God and subsequently being raised in foster care in California.

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