
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.
In Minn. Redistricting Battle, Powerful Players Clash — With Citizens on Sidelines
An unfolding legal fight shows how difficult it is for anyone outside of political parties to have an impact on redistricting
by Lois Beckett and Olga Pierce,
Redistricting, a Devil’s Dictionary
Redistricting is a hard-knuckled game, in which voters often lose. Here are the colorful, and telling, terms used by insiders.
by Olga Pierce, Jeff Larson and Lois Beckett,
Fair Districts Mass Proposals
Fair Districts Mass says it is an independent group seeking better representation for minorities, but it has proposed maps that call its motives into question.
by Jeff Larson and Olga Pierce,
Florida's 3rd Congressional District
Congresswoman Corrine Brown, an African-American Democrat from Florida, represents one of the most irregularly shaped districts in the nation.
by Jeff Larson and Olga Pierce,
The Hidden Hands in Redistricting: Corporations and Other Powerful Interests
Opaque redistricting groups are being quietly bankrolled by corporations, unions and others. They are working not to help voters in the communities they claim to represent but to improve the prospects of their political allies or to harm their enemies.
by Olga Pierce, Jeff Larson and Lois Beckett,
Our Academic Performance-Based Bracket Results: Totally Above Average
Our strategy of predicting March Madness results based on teams' academic achievement faced its final exam last night, and we did pretty well.
by Olga Pierce,
Sports Desk Update: Academic Performance Uneven Predictor of March Madness Results
Our NCAA tournament predictions based on academic progress ratings show an inconsistent relationship with how the Final Four are actually panning out.
by Olga Pierce,
From ProPublica's Sports Desk: Predicting NCAA Champs Using Academic Performance
What would happen in March Madness if the teams with the best academic performance won?
by Olga Pierce,