Hi, I’m Lauren. I am an investigative reporter covering California for the nonprofit newsroom at CalMatters.

Past stories I’ve written on everything from wildfires to professional soccer to toxic algae have been published by the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the L.A. Times, my hometown Columbus Dispatch and others.

I’m from Ohio, went to college in Washington, D.C. and have written news, feature and investigative stories from California for more than a decade.