Helen Thomas

Also known as Helen Amelia Thomas

American author and journalist

Person · Open Library

Works: 58

Top works

Drawing Architecture
The Pudding Book
250 Years of Black Writing in Britain
Gurgaon Book Small
Gertrude Jekyll Dreams

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Norway
Active from: 1980-07-04

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Discography

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Listeners: 50
Total plays: 96

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Analysis of Relative Gene Expression Data Using Real-Time Quantitative PCR and the 2−ΔΔCT Method
· 2001 · cited 160,837x
The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 77,549x
U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentation
· 2015 · cited 57,553x
STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner
· 2012 · cited 49,734x
UCSF Chimera—A visualization system for exploratory research and analysis
· 2004 · cited 43,775x

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Quotes

“The White House used to belong to the American people. At least that's what I learned from history books and from covering every president starting with John F. Kennedy. But now the 201-year-old Executive Mansion belongs only to a select, elitist group of people, including top government officials, members of Congress and the press corps. They and some others, all of whom are screened in advance, are welcome. But most people are not — not anymore.”
“We were never hyphenated as Arab-Americans. We were American, and I have always rejected the hyphen and I believe all assimilated immigrants should not be designated ethnically. Or separated, of course, by race, or creed either. These are trends that ever try to divide us as a people.”
“At the earlier briefing, Ari, you said that the President deplored the taking of innocent lives. Does that apply to all innocent lives in the world? And I have a follow-up... My follow-up is, why does he want to drop bombs on innocent Iraqis? …”
“All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf.”
“This is the worst president ever. He is the worst president in all of American history.”
“I don't speechify. I know the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. And that's what I ask. But they get mad at the straight line. I just want to ask a tough question.”

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Key facts

Born: Helen Amelia Thomas , ( 1920-08-04 ) August 4, 1920, Winchester, Kentucky , U.S.
Died: July 20, 2013 (2013-07-20) (aged 92), Washington, D.C. , U.S.
Alma mater: Wayne State University ( BA )
Occupations: Author journalist columnist
Years active: 1943–2013
Known for: Pioneering female reporter;, first female member of, the White House press corps
Spouse: Douglas B. Cornell ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1971 ; died 1982 )

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Commons category: Helen Thomas
date of birth: 1920-08-04
date of death: 2013-07-20
name in kana: ヘレン・トーマス
start of work period: 1943-00-00

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Helen Amelia Thomas (August 4, 1920 – July 20, 2013) was an American reporter and author, and a long-serving member of the White House press corps. She covered the White House during the administrations of ten U.S. presidents—from the beginning of the Kennedy administration to the second year of the Obama administration.

Thomas worked for the United Press and post-1958 successor United Press International (UPI) for 57 years, first as a correspondent, and later as White House bureau manager. She then served as a columnist for Hearst Newspapers from 2000 to 2010, writing on national affairs and the White House. Thomas was the first female officer of the National Press Club, the first female member and president of the White House Correspondents' Association and the first female member of the Gridiron Club. She wrote six books; her last (with co-author Craig Crawford) was Listen Up, Mr. President: Everything You Always Wanted Your President to Know and Do (2009).