ABBY SEWELL

Abby Sewell is a freelance journalist based in Beirut, where she focuses on refugee and development issues. She was a staff reporter with the Los Angeles Times from 2010 to 2016, where her coverage included local government, breaking news, business, and national and international news.

 Beirut-based journalist focused on refugee and development issues, politics and culture stories. I have a decade of experience as a journalist, covering a range of topics from crime to education to politics, in both small and large markets. During my six years at the Los Angeles Times, I covered regional government, breaking news, and the equipment issues that led to the permanent closure of the San Onofre nuclear plant. I was part of the team that covered municipal corruption in Bell and the cities of southeast Los Angeles County, leading to the Times' Pulitzer Prize for public service in 2011. I also contributed to the paper's coverage of the Isla Vista shootings, which made the paper a finalist for a Pulitzer in 2015 in the breaking news category.

I have reported from the Middle East and worked with Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

Specialties: Municipal government reporting, Middle East, refugee issues, mental health issues

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