Lauren Lee White is a journalist covering public safety and power. Her reporting has explored topics including sexual misconduct in jails, mega sporting events, incarcerated firefighters, policing, and incarceration, and has appeared in GQ, The Guardian, VICE, The New Republic, PRI, The Christian Science Monitor, and other publications, often with support from the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. Her feature on the 1973 Walpole prison uprising for GQ is currently in development as a documentary project.
Lauren is an instructor at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism. Previously, she worked as a documentary filmmaker and media educator in New York City, where she taught with organizations including the Tribeca Film Institute, the Museum of the Moving Image, Downtown Community Television Center, the Kennedy Center, and Artistic Noise, and organized film screenings and public programs focused on cities, music, and community life.
