Kellie Mejdrich
Irvine, Calif.
Kellie Mejdrich is a hardworking journalist with a love for data-driven, investigative journalism.
Graduating in December 2013 from the University of Arizona, Mejdrich interned at every major news outlet in Tucson, Ariz. before landing a traineeship at the Orange County Register, where she currently works as a community reporter covering the planned community of Aliso Viejo, Calif. and working on a special project investigating an aging state cleanup program designed to remediate rampant groundwater contamination from gasoline in Orange County and statewide.
Past notable works produced by Mejdrich at the Register include detaling how half the general plans in California are older than a decade; uncovering