Sandhya Dirks
Sandhya Dirks arrived in Iowa in January of 2012 as a general assignment reporter. Since coming to Des Moines she has covered the Statehouse and traveled across Iowa to bring back stories for IPR. Sandhya was previously a reporter at KALW in San Francisco, covering education and criminal justice issues. Her work was awarded a SPJ Sigma Delta Chi and a regional Edward R. Murrow award.
Most recently, Sandhya earned her Master of Science from Columbia Journalism School in New York. Her master’s project was an investigative documentary about international adoption for which she was awarded the Pasty Preston Pulitzer Documentary Fellowship.
Sandhya’s favorite public radio program is Radiolab.
Content
- Patterns Of Sexual Abuse Show Gaps In Police Disciplinary System
- San Diego Voters Elect Republican Mayor To Fill Filner's Term
- Graphic Novel Depicts John Lewis' 'March' Toward Justice
- Filner's Exit Isn't The End Of San Diego's Mayoral Mayhem
- San Diego Mayor Resigns Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations
- San Diego Mayor Accused Of Sexually Harassing Women
- With Or Without Overhaul, Immigration Lawyers In Short Supply
- In Iowa, The Physics Of Politics