Awards & Selected Work

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Reputation, a 9-episode limited series podcast about homelessness. (Winner: 2023 Housing Narrative Award for Best Podcast Episode; Finalist: 2024 LA Press Club SoCal Journalism Awards, Best Limited Series & Best Race and Society reporting for Episode 1)

Sarah Fay lives between her grandmother’s garage, motels and a car. She represents hundreds of thousands of people who are invisibly unhoused (Winner: 2023 Online Journalism Award, Features; Winner: 2022 LA Press Club 65th SoCal Journalism Award, Public Service News/Feature; 2022 SABEW Best In Business, Pt. 1 in Personal Finance; Honorable Mention, features category for entire series; 2022 California Journalism Award, 3rd place, features category)

I wrote about the 1,383 people who died while experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles in 2020 (Winner: 2021 SoCal Journalism Award)

LISTEN: Black people disproportionately represent the unhoused population in Los Angeles. I wrote about what that means during a struggle for racial equity (Winner: 2022 SoCal Journalism Award, 2nd place, Local Political/Government Reporting)

Addressing homelessness in LA means confronting racial bias in charitable giving. (Finalist: 2024 LA Press Club 66th SoCal Journalism Awards; Race and Society)

Are you willing to open up your home to people in need to help with the homelessness crisis? (Finalist: 2024 LA Press Club 66th SoCal Journalism Awards; Solutions reporting)

LISTEN: L.A. County has chronically underfunded its 211 L.A. Hotline and reduced its ability to respond to the increase in calls from people experiencing homelessness like Jami Taylor, a woman fleeing domestic violence

LISTEN: I stumbled on a woman defecating in a bucket so I wrote about why there aren’t more public toilets in Los Angeles for people experiencing homelessness

LISTEN: Many unhoused LGBTQ+ people are living on the streets; Often, their families put them there. A lesson in where Los Angeles can improve services for young LGBTQ+ people experiencing homelessness

LISTEN: Lisa Chilton was employed with savings until two accidents at work spun her life out of control. She spent five years couch surfing that shifted her perspective on people experiencing homelessness, and why she now knows anyone can end up on the streets

LISTEN: Unhoused people rarely see a doctor, but street medicine could change that

LISTEN: Experts say more funding is needed to help LGBTQ+ people experiencing homelessness who aren’t young or old enough to access targeted services, especially for trans and non-binary people who have to overcome certain prejudices to get safe and affordable housing

Unhoused people sometimes refuse offers of shelter. One unhoused man provides insight on why it can be a challenge, and asks for housed people’s empathy.

Exploring data about suspects who wore hoodies played out in LAPD data and the implications after the murder of Trayvon Martin

In a region where over 66,000 people are experiencing homelessness, should companies like Airbnb step up? What about foundations? Exploring corporate social responsibility

Data shows the pandemic has led to an increase in tents on the streets and rising crime among people experiencing homelessness

A lack of jobs and sense of hopelessness caused by the pandemic has led to a troubling surge of shootings in Los Angeles

I looked at data and discovered crimes against transgender people are increasing at an alarming rate in Los Angeles

With national conversations surrounding defunding the police, I looked at data to see what takes up most of the LAPD’s time

Killings climbed in Los Angeles during the pandemic and I spoke to a former gang member and retired LAPD officer to find out why

People staying at home due to the pandemic caused a surge of illegal dumping in LA generating enough trash in six months to fill the Staples Center 167 times

I looked at data to see how inequality shows up in where pools are built in Los Angeles

Did the COVID-19 pandemic mask victims of domestic violence?

Listen to my interview on KCRW/Greater LA about why Black Angelenos Have Been Making Up More Pot-Related Arrests

Listen to a 15-minute conversation on KCRW’s Press Play with Madeleine Brand about how crime patterns have changed in Los Angeles and why Californians are buying more guns

Listen to my interview on KCRW/Greater LA about my reporting on LA’s Most Dangerous Intersection

Listen to my interview on KCRW/Greater LA where we discuss if Men or Women Cause More Car Collisions in Los Angeles

ABC7: My story about how arson fires in Los Angeles increased during the pandemic

My work was cited in this Spectrum News story: Boyle Heights Protestors Want Rent Forgiven During Safer at Home