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Amritpal Sandhu-Longoria
9635 Cedar Pond Pl
Sacramento, British Columbia 103

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Investigative Reporter


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Investigative Reporter producing high-impact, people-centered stories to hold institutions accountable. Also a Licensed Vocational Nurse with experience working in California nursing homes, San Quentin State Prison, hospice, and a hospital in Kenya. Fully fluent in Hindi and Punjabi with writing capability.


Education:

05.01.2003 - 06.01.2004
Concorde Career Institute
Nursing


Work Experience:

10.19.2020 - 10.13.2023
Investigative Reporter
Gannett |
Investigative Reporter Consumer Watchdog USA TODAY May 2022 Oct 2023 Sacramento CA Pitched reported and wrote high-impact investigations examining consumer issues corporate responsibility after a Charter repairman murdered a woman the lending industrys predatory tactics that trap people into short-term high interest loans and an investigation into malfunctioning Samsung refrigerators which was accompanied by a database measuring complaints Published work generated high readership page views engagement and earned new subscriptions Regional Investigative Reporter USA TODAY Network Oct 2020 May 2022 Charlottesville VA Provided high-impact regional investigative reporting for 7 newspapers located in North Carolina Virginia and West Virginia The award-winning investigative series Locked Away examined North Carolinas abusive practices in childrens residential psychiatric homes and was cited in a class action federal lawsuit against the state in 2022

02.01.2020 - 03.01.2020
Freelance Reporter
MedTech DiveIndustry Dive |
Reported on regulations and developments in the growing medical technology and device industry

09.01.2018 - 08.01.2019
Oversight Policy FellowCongressional Fellow
House Committee on Education and Labor American Political Science Association |
Investigated complaints related to higher education the fall of for-profit colleges and analyzed the accreditation agencies associated with the failing colleges Also researched lobbyists and whistleblower complaints for oversight staff

07.06.2015 - 09.07.2018
Reporter
Record Searchlight USA TODAY Network Gannett |
Provided vital coverage for local readers and national USA TODAY readers about the 2017 California wine country fires Oroville Dam Crisis and 2018 Carr Fire in Shasta County Debunked a fake news article written by Breitbart News that blamed the California wine country fires on an unsheltered Latino man who had a detainer lodged against him by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Broke national story about two aviation school students from China who were allegedly kidnapped by their instructor to be forcibly deported The exclusive interview included audio of an assault recorded by the victim

07.15.2013 - 08.22.2014
Communication Fellow
Action for Community Development Global Health Corps Fellowship |
Documented work of program managers in remote parts of Kasese region outreach with sex workers about safe sex practices food distribution to families living with HIVAIDS and trainings for hospitals and village health workers about best health care practices


Total Years Experience:

10 years

Occupations:

Correspondent, Reporter-Crime, Reporter-Digital, Reporter-Education, Reporter-Feature Writer, Reporter-General, Reporter-Health, Reporter-Investigative, Reporter-News, Reporter-Transportation, Writer



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