Kristen Hwang

For the past two years, I have worked as an education reporter at The Desert Sun in Southern California covering local school districts and issues that impact education. But occasionally I do get to sneak in some writing about other topics, like health or the environment, and my work has also been published in USA … More Clips

Freed But Forgotten: A Proposition 47 Investigation In 2014 California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 47, which reduced low-level felony drug possession and theft crimes to misdemeanors. The law was intended to reduce prison populations and provide “hundreds of millions of dollars” for mental health and substance abuse programs for the formerly incarcerated, but three years … More Video

I am a graduate student at UC Berkeley, studying journalism and public health. Prior to returning to school, I worked as a multimedia journalist for the Desert Sun in Palm Springs, Calif., covering K-12 and higher education. My work has been published by USA TODAY, NBCNews.com, The Arizona Republic, the Center for Public Integrity and other outlets. … More About