I’m a reporter for the Los Angeles Times in Sacramento, where I cover state politics and the budget crisis. I write about anything involving taxpayer dollars, including welfare, state universities and prison healthcare.

    Previously I worked for The Star-Ledger in Trenton, covering law enforcement, politics and the prison system. I received the Dee Murphy Award, the newspaper’s top reporting prize, and the Robert F. Kelley Award, given to the best first-year reporter in the state.

    Previously I worked at the Cox Newspapers bureau in Washington, where I reported on the 2008 election, President Barack Obama’s inauguration ceremony and the bailouts of the financial and automotive industries. Before that I interned at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in Atlanta, BusinessWeek in New York City and the Gwinnett Daily Post in Lawrenceville, GA. While attending Emory University I served as editor in chief of the student newspaper, The Emory Wheel. During that time we reinvented our website and were recognized as the best non-daily newspaper in our region by the Society of Professional Journalists.

    Working as a reporter has been my window to the world. I’ve covered everything from rebuilding in New Orleans to terrorism arrests and interviewed people as diverse as prison inmates, governors and the Dalai Lama. I’ve also had the opportunity to work in other mediums, such as photography, video and web design.

You can find a copy of my resume here.

I’m also on Twitter at @chrismegerian.