Olga Pierce
Olga Pierce is a reporter at ProPublica, specializing in data-driven stories.
Olga Pierce is a reporter, specializing in data-driven stories. Previously, she was deputy data editor at ProPublica.
She is a winner of the 2015 Deadline Club Award for Medical Reporting for her work on patient harm. In 2011 she received a Livingston Award for National Reporting and an honorable mention for the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting, both for her reporting on increasing corporate interference in the drawing of congressional districts. She also shared 2011 Scripps Howard and Society of Business Editors and Writers awards as part of a team focusing on foreclosures.
Olga has appeared on CBS News and C-SPAN, and her stories have been featured in the New York Times, USA Today, Chicago Tribune and the Hindustan Times in New Delhi.
She is a graduate of the Stabile Investigative Journalism Seminar at Columbia University, where she won a Horton Prize for health reporting. Olga is fluent in Czech and has a bachelor’s in international economics from Georgetown University.
Here’s How ProPublica Analyzed Bud Frazier’s Medicare Outcomes
Our analysis showed that Frazier, a heart surgery legend, had one of the highest one-year death rates in the nation for left ventricular assist device implantations in Medicare from 2010-2015.
‘Partisan’ Gerrymandering Is Still About Race
The Wisconsin case before the Supreme Court claims to be about partisanship. But race is a factor in this case and many others nationwide.
Nothin’ but Debt: Which NCAA Tournament Schools Give Low-Income Students the Best Shot?
Instead of basketball skill, our bracket is based on five factors that measure each school’s ability to graduate low-income students with little debt.
Alternative School Enrollment and Warning Signs
Which districts have large numbers of students in alternative schools, and where are those schools potentially problematic?
Methodology: How We Analyzed Alternative Schools Data
Using federal and local data, ProPublica examined how some alternative schools shortchange students and at times become a silent release valve for schools straining under the pressure of accountability reform.
Study Urges CDC to Revise Count of Deaths from Medical Error
If not for flawed tracking, medical mistakes would be the third-leading cause of death, researchers at Johns Hopkins say.
How Denmark Dumped Medical Malpractice and Improved Patient Safety
In the U.S., patients harmed during medical care have few avenues for redress. The Danes chose to forget about fault and focus on what’s fair.
Patient Safety Voices Reporting Recipe
More than 1 million patients suffer harm each year in U.S. health care facilities. Often, their harm isn’t acknowledged even as they live with the consequences. ProPublica set out to capture their stories. Here is what we learned.
The Voices of Patient Harm
More than 1 million patients suffer harm each year in U.S. health care facilities. Often, their harm isn’t acknowledged even as they live with the consequences. ProPublica set out to capture their stories. Here is what we learned.
A Trail of Medical Errors Ends in Grief, But No Answers
Paula Schulte couldn't survive a cascade of medical mistakes. After that, her family couldn't get accountability.