Amy Brittain
Washington, D.C.
Investigative reporter
Education: Louisiana State University, B.A. in Mass Communication; Columbia University, M.S. in Journalism (Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism)
Amy Brittain joined the investigative team of The Washington Post in 2013. She has contributed reporting to a wide range of investigative topics, including unregulated day cares, the Ebola epidemic and sexual harassment coverage. In 2016, she was part of a team of Post reporters who were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for chronicling fatal shootings by police officers across the country.
In 2017, Amy was named a finalist for the Livingston Awards for Young Journalists for her series “Second Chance City,” which exposed lapses in the criminal justice system that led to devastating consequences for