page_title: Gwyn Thomas (reporter)
hierarchical_section_title: Gwyn Thomas (reporter)
caption_attribution_description: English: Toronto Star reporter Jocko Thomas in the 1930s
context_page_description: Gwyn "Jocko" Thomas was a crime reporter with CFRB and the Toronto Star.
  Born in Toronto, Thomas began his news career as a newsboy at the corner of Bathurst Street and Bloor Street in 1925. After one year of high school, Thomas was hired by the Toronto Star as a copyboy in 1929. He worked his way as a general reporter in the early 1930s to becoming the paper's crime reporter by 1939. In the 1960s, Thomas entered a new medium by becoming a radio crime reporter on CFRB.
  Thomas' career involved covering the minor criminal activities in Toronto's suburbs, but also famous criminal stories:
  Christie Pits race riots in 1933.
  Stanley Buckowski on death row at California's San Quentin prison; and execution 1952.
  Boyd Gang
  Widely remembered for his unique sign-off at the end of his live radio news reports: "This is Jocko Thomas of The Toronto Star reporting to CFRB... from police headquarters."
  Retired in 1989, Thomas died at a long-term care facility in North York at the age of 96.
context_section_description: Gwyn "Jocko" Thomas (August 16, 1913 – May 5, 2010) was a crime reporter with CFRB and the Toronto Star.
  Born in Toronto, Thomas began his news career as a newsboy at the corner of Bathurst Street and Bloor Street in 1925. After one year of high school, Thomas was hired by the Toronto Star as a copyboy in 1929. He worked his way as a general reporter in the early 1930s to becoming the paper's crime reporter by 1939. In the 1960s, Thomas entered a new medium by becoming a radio crime reporter on CFRB.
  Thomas' career involved covering the minor criminal activities in Toronto's suburbs, but also famous criminal stories:
  Christie Pits race riots in 1933.
  Stanley Buckowski on death row at California's San Quentin prison (1951); and execution 1952.
  Boyd Gang
  Widely remembered for his unique sign-off at the end of his live radio news reports: "This is Jocko Thomas of The Toronto Star reporting to CFRB... from police headquarters."
  Retired in 1989, Thomas died at a long-term care facility in North York at the age of 96.
caption: Jocko Thomas in the 1930s
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