Sandhya H Somashekhar from 8614 Manchester Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20901, age 47

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Social Change Reporter

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Location:

610 Somerset Pl northwest, Washington, DC 20011

Industry:

Newspapers

Work:

The Washington Post Aug 2012 - Jun 2014
Health Policy Reporter
The Washington Post Aug 2012 - Jun 2014
Social Change Reporter
The Washington Post Feb 2010 - Aug 2012
National Political Reporter
The Washington Post Jun 2006 - Feb 2010
Metro Reporter
Argus Media 2000 - 2004
Reporter

Education:

University of California, Berkeley 2004 - 2006
Masters, Journalism University of Maryland 1995 - 1999
Bachelors

Skills:

Journalism
Newspapers
Online Journalism
News Writing
Breaking News
Storytelling
Feature Articles
Editorial
Ap Style
Headline Writing
Copy Editing
Magazines
New Media
Investigative Reporting
Blogging

Languages:

English
Kannada
Hindi

News

The Daily 202: 10 ways politics may -- or may not -- change after the Las Vegas shooting

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-stakes gambler who mostly kept to himselfat a quiet retirement community outside Las Vegas. Neighbors said he would disappear for days at a time, frequenting casinos with his longtime girlfriend, Marilou Danley.William Wan, Sandhya Somashekhar, Aaron C. Davis and Barbara Liston have more:

Date

Oct 03, 2017

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Hurricane Irma batters Caribbean islands, poses increasing threat to Florida

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Berman reported from Washington. Janine Zeitlin in Estero, Fla.; and Sandhya Somashekhar, Brian Murphy, Andrew deGrandpre, Dan Lamothe, Joel Achenbach, Angela Fritz, Lindsey Bever and Jason Samenow in Washington contributed to this story, which will be updated throughout the day.

Date

Sep 06, 2017

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The Health 202: It's not the best time to be Planned Parenthood

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camera, he captured his subjects speaking in casual and often graphic terms about abortion procedures and methods for removing fetus parts so they can be extracted to meet the demands of researchers. Edited versions of the videos have been widely viewed online," reported my colleague Sandhya Somashekhar.

Date

Jun 02, 2017

Category:

U.S.

Source:

Google

The Daily 202: House committees set to advance ACA replacement before knowing cost or how many lose coverage

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-- The organizers of the massive post-inauguration womens marches have called on female workers to stay home Wednesday, raising concerns among some supporters of the burgeoning feminist movement that the burden of the protest will fall too heavily on the poor, Sandhya Somashekhar and Michael Alis

Date

Mar 07, 2017

Category:

U.S.

Source:

Google

The Daily 202: House Republicans, facing heated town halls, get some air cover on Obamacare repeal

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ministration officials plan to say they are withdrawing guidance issued by the Obama administration that found that denying transgender students the right to use the bathroom of their choice violates federal prohibitions against sex discrimination. (Sandhya Somashekhar, Moriah Balingit and Emma Brown)

Date

Feb 22, 2017

Source:

Google

The Daily 202: 10 unanswered questions after Michael Flynn's resignation

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immigration raids in at least a dozen states. Abigail Hauslohner and Sandhya Somashekhar report: DHS said that approximately 75 percent of those arrested were criminal aliens, including some who had been convicted of crimes such as homicide, sexual assault of a minor and drug trafficking. Asked t

Date

Feb 14, 2017

Category:

World

Source:

Google

The Daily 202: Five books to understand Stephen K. Bannon

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tention to tiny Eighty Four, Pa., by Sandhya Somashekhar and Terence Samuel: All it took was a few minutes of lush, expensive, emotional advertising during the Super Bowl to pull this little town in the far southwestern corner of Pennsylvania into the center of the national debate on immigration. Many

Date

Feb 07, 2017

Category:

World

Source:

Google

Racial Illusions Affect Doctor's Prescriptions: Report

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According to a report in Washington Post by Sandhya Somashekhar, "African Americans are routinely under-treated for their pain compared with whites, according to research. A study released Monday sheds some disturbing light on why that might be the case."

Date

Apr 05, 2016

Category:

Health

Source:

Google

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Washington Post's Sandhya Somashekhar on 'Top Line'

Sandhya Somashekhar discusses town hall politics on "Top Line."

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News & Politics

Uploaded:

09 Aug, 2010

Duration:

5m 7s

Sandhya H Somashekhar

Sandhya Somashekhar Phones & Addresses

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Social Change Reporter

The Daily 202: 10 ways politics may -- or may not -- change after the Las Vegas shooting

Hurricane Irma batters Caribbean islands, poses increasing threat to Florida

The Health 202: It's not the best time to be Planned Parenthood

The Daily 202: House committees set to advance ACA replacement before knowing cost or how many lose coverage

The Daily 202: House Republicans, facing heated town halls, get some air cover on Obamacare repeal

The Daily 202: 10 unanswered questions after Michael Flynn's resignation

The Daily 202: Five books to understand Stephen K. Bannon

Racial Illusions Affect Doctor's Prescriptions: Report

Sandhya Somashekhar