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Lajja Mistry

(She/Her)
Pittsburgh, United States
As seen in: PublicSource, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, Flipboard, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Caravan, The Hechinger Report
Covers:  education, culture
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Awards

Golden Quill Awards

2025 - Excellence in audio journalism

The Golden Quill Awards by the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania. This award was won in partnership with 90.5 WESA for a series called "PPS' Path Forward," which explored school closures in Pittsburgh schools.

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Golden Quill Awards

2020 - Excellence in Education Reporting

The Golden Quill Awards by the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania. This award was won in partnership with 90.5 WESA for a series called "PPS' Path Forward," which explored school closures in Pittsburgh schools.

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2022 - Education writing

Awarded for a six-story project titled 'Uneven Scales' that showed various disparities in Pittsburgh Public Schools.

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Robert L. Vann Media Awards

2024 - Public Affairs/Politics/Government/Education

Awarded for a story that showed systemic inequities between two schools in the Pittsburgh school district.

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Hearst Journalism Award

2023 - Multimedia IV - Digital News or Enterprise Story-Team

Awarded for 'Reflections of the L.A. Uprising', a virtual reality project created as part of a student team at USC.

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