Deia de Brito
Bio
Deia de Brito has been a reporting intern for California Watch. She is a second-year graduate student studying journalism at UC Berkeley. Deia has reported for Mission Loc@l, a hyper-local news site in San Francisco's Mission District as well as community newspapers such as the Potrero View. She was an intern at the Sacramento Bee and the San Francisco Bay Guardian. She has written stories about the redevelopment of public housing projects in San Francisco, a Daly City housing project built on toxic soil, and the problems with San Francisco's payday loan ordinance.
My priorities
When I'm not pitching my own ideas, I'm working on news posts assigned by my editors.
Recent Spotlight Articles
February 17, 2012
Mentally ill immigrants trapped in US detention without attorneys
Recent News Posts
March 11, 2011
Lawmakers push for elder abuse reforms
February 25, 2011
Report: UC, K-12 districts flunk public records test
February 14, 2011
New initiative aims to restrict teen access to abortion
February 7, 2011
LA among biggest-spending city councils
January 24, 2011
'Textbook example of how to run a bad campaign'
January 19, 2011
After three decades, KUSF goes off the air
December 22, 2010
State agencies over-reported stimulus jobs, audit finds
December 20, 2010
