Lisa Pickoff-white
California Reporting Project S Director Of Research at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Investigative Reporting Program
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolLisa Pickoff-White is an award-winning data reporter and investigations leader with nine years of experience turning complex public records into impactful journalism. As Director of Research for the California Reporting Project at UC Berkeley, she builds tools—including generative-AI workflows—to manage FOIA requests and extract structured data from massive troves (over 20 TB) of use-of-force and misconduct records. At KQED she led multi-platform investigative projects, built daily data applications and maps, and helped newsrooms nationwide shape legal and records strategies. Based in San Francisco, she pairs deep newsroom chops with technical fluency in data extraction and news apps, and is known for translating messy government files into clear, reportable datasets that drive accountability.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Masters of Journalism, New Media, Journalism, Masters of Journalism, New Media, Journalism at University of California, BerkeleyBA, Print Journalism, Cross Cultural Communications, BA, Print Journalism, Cross Cultural Communications at American University
Github Skills (2)
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Github contributions (5)
pickoffwhite/San-Francisco-Kindergarten-Lottery
Jan 2018 - Jan 2018
Contributions:7 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
pickoffwhite/first-graphics-app
Mar 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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