Ali Winston is an independent reporter covering criminal justice, privacy, and surveillance. His work has been rewarded with several awards, including the George Polk Award for local reporting in 2017. Winston is a graduate of the University of Chicago and the University of California, Berkeley. His first book is "The Riders Come out at Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover-up in Oakland," with Darwin BondGraham
Awards: Whiting Award, Polk Award