Sandra Poindexter

As a Los Angeles Times data analyst, Sandra Poindexter crunched the numbers to provide information for daily stories as well as short- and long-term investigative projects. In 2011, she was part of a team that won the Nieman Foundation for Journalism’s Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Reporting for the series “Billions to Spend,” which documented mismanagement in a multi-billion dollar program to rebuild Los Angeles’ community colleges. She also shared the 2010 Scripps Howard National Journalism Award for the public service series, “Grading The Teachers.” The series also won the 2010 Philip Meyer Journalism Award from Investigative Reporters and Editors. Poindexter left The Times in 2017.

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Movies

91% white. 76% male. Changing who votes on Oscar won’t be easy.

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Times Investigation: Nearly 9 in 10 students drop out of unaccredited law schools in California

California

Times Investigation: Nearly 9 in 10 students drop out of unaccredited law schools in California

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Business

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Many California child-care centers have low measles vaccination rates

California

Many California child-care centers have low measles vaccination rates

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Fewer California parents refuse to vaccinate children

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Fewer California parents refuse to vaccinate children

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California

How commute times stack up

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Business

Obamacare doctor networks to stay limited in 2015

Business

Obamacare doctor networks to stay limited in 2015

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