Emily Elena Dugdale

Emily Elena Dugdale is a Los Angeles-based journalist covering criminal justice. Previously, she was the senior criminal justice reporter at NPR station LAist 89.3 (formerly KPCC), where she broke stories and investigations on the L.A. County jail system and sheriff's department. She was also part of the 2020/21 ProPublica Local Reporting Network, publishing a searing investigation into the role of sheriff’s deputies in a California desert school district that won a Golden Mic Award for investigative storytelling. Emily is a 2022 Maynard 200 fellow.