He was raised in Schenectady, New York and attended Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, graduating in 1986.
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From January 1999 to November 2000, Wemple wrote the paper's well regarded political column, Loose Lips, after having contributed articles to the paper for a few years.
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies' Media Reporting/Criticism Award in 2004 - for article titled "Off Target", co-written with Erik Wemple, published in Washington City Paper which helped to break the Jayson Blair plagiarism scandal.
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In addition, Erik Wemple for The Washington Post wrote an article that included Kirchick's response to Fox19, where Kirchick implied that the writer of the Fox19 article, Ben Swann, was incorrect in his naming of the supposed writer of the "Special Edition on Racial Terrorism".