Personal Information
- Home Town
- Lafayette, California
- Bio
Meera Pal is on a one-year leave of absence from the Contra Costa Times newspaper in the San Francisco Bay Area, earning her masters degree in journalism at American University.
While in Washington, D.C., Meera is working with the Investigative Reporting Workshop, established by Charles Lewis and Wendell Cochran.
As a reporter for the Contra Costa Times, Meera won the Freedom of Information award from the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists and was recognized by the East Bay Press Club for her work.
She also reported from Mississippi in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
While in graduate school, Meera is looking forward to learning more about multimedia journalism.
History
- Member for
- 1 year 24 weeks
Current Edition
- Pony up the dough: Bailed out companies race to pay back money
- Same-sex couples finally say 'I do' in D.C.
- Youth hike across country to "Pick up America"
- At the Katsucon Maid Cafe, a forum for self expression
- More money for prison rehab means more savings for taxpayers, study says
- Getting students to care about climate change
- Shoppers react: bag fee is unnecessary, but good idea
- H Street rediscovered four decades after riots
- Muslim community answers call to prayer
- For a degenerative disease, optimism is the best medicine
Recent Blog Posts
- Made (2001)
- Can I Interview You, Mr. Hideous Man?
- March madness on U street
- Heavy Rain prompts a spectrum of reactions
- AU Women's Basketball: So close you can taste it
- AU Men's Basketball: So long, 09-10 season!
- What a Bummer
- Alice in Wonderland (2010)
- Hell on wheels: the Beltway at rush hour
- AU Women's Basketball: Quaterfinal showdown
