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Jackie Botts

Jackie covered income inequity and economic survival for the The California Divide collaboration from 2019 through 2021. She was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting in 2021 for a Reuters data-driven investigative series that examined “qualified immunity,” a legal doctrine that shields police who use excessive force. Jackie is a Report for America corps member.

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María Reyes, quien dio positivo por COVID-19, se pone en cuarentena en su casa en Mendota el 12 de diciembre de 2020. Reyes declinó una habitación de hotel con Housing for the Harvest por temor a tener que dejar a su hija adolescente. Foto de Gary Kazanjian
Maria Reyes, who tested positive for COVID-19, quarantines at her home in Mendota on Dec. 12, 2020. Reyes declined a hotel room with Housing for the Harvest out of concern she would have to leave her teenage daughter. Photo by Gary Kazanjian
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Un autobús estacionado en frente de El Dorado Motel deja a los trabajadores agrícolas, mientras que una camioneta que también transporta a los trabajadores agrícolas conduce justo al lado en Salinas el 1 de agosto de 2020. Foto de David Rodríguez, The Salinas Californian

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