Lauren Gambino is a political correspondent for the Guardian based in Washington, D.C., where she covers the U.S. Congress. She previously covered Hillary Clinton’s campaign during the 2016 presidential election. Her first journalism job was a statehouse reporter for the Associated Press in Salem, Oregon. She is a graduate of Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and the recipient of a 2012 Fulbright scholarship to the UK.

Highlights

• African Great Lakes Reporting Initiative, Fellow, 2017
• 2017 Rwanda Trip