Sabrina Shankman
Sabrina Shankman was an intern at ProPublica.
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Sabrina Shankman was an intern at ProPublica. A graduate of UC Berkeleyâs Graduate School of Journalism, she has written for the Wall Street Journal and the Associated Press, and was a researcher on PBS/Frontline's "Black Money" documentary. Her work has also appeared in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle. Before attending graduate school, she was a crime reporter at the Taunton Daily Gazette in Massachusetts. She has a bachelor's degree in journalism from New York University.
After Katrina, New Orleans Cops Were Told They Could Shoot Looters
After Katrina, New Orleans police officers circulated orders authorizing them to shoot looters and "take back the city," but it remains unclear who issued them.
by Sabrina Shankman, Tom Jennings, Brendan McCarthy, Laura Maggi and A.C. Thompson,