Across Southern California, we found data mismatches and mistakes regarding how many incarcerated people have died from COVID-19.
Author Archives: Sofía Mejías-Pascoe
Sofía Mejías-Pascoe is a general assignment reporter, following story tips from the community and covering important issues affecting day-to-day life in San Diego and Imperial counties.
Sofía has interned at various local papers including San Diego CityBeat, Voice of San Diego and The San Diego Union-Tribune. She has covered many beats over the years, from local politics at her college paper, the Daily Nexus, to higher education at Voice of San Diego to courts and crime at the Union-Tribune.
As a former inewsource intern, Sofía co-reported stories on pandemic parties in a downtown San Diego high-rise apartment building and COVID-19 deaths among jail and prison inmates that went uncounted.
Sofía graduated in June 2021 with a degree in communication from UC Santa Barbara. She is a member of the San Diego/Tijuana chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
