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Sarah Favot is a writer/reporter for LA School Report and The 74 specializing in data-driven, investigative and political reporting.

Sarah covered Los Angeles County government and courts as well as breaking news, crime and education at the Los Angeles Daily News. Before that she was at the Pasadena Star-News, where she was the lead data reporter and writer on an 18-month investigation into unsolved homicides in Los Angeles County. 

Sarah is native of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, where she was a high school student representative on the school board. She began her reporting career in 2009 at the New England Center for Investigative Reporting while working toward her master’s degree in journalism at Boston University. 

Sarah sits on the board of the Greater Los Angeles Chapter Society of Professional Journalists and has been a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) since 2009. She is passionate about baking, running and the Detroit Tigers.

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