
Maya Lau
@mayalau
I ask private questions in public. / Podcasting: Other People's Pockets / Fmr investigative journo @latimes + others / Write me: mayalau.com / IG: itsmayamoney
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http://mayalau.com 14-09-2009 23:45:56
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For 5 months, the Cal AG fought to hide the names of 8 deputies at the center of a case against a DA advisor tasked w/helping keep a list of problem cops. Using gaps in redactions & sheer tenacity, Emily Elena Dugdale & I ID'd 7 of them. Here's how we did it. latimes.com/california/sto…






For years, the LA County Sheriffs investigated journalists who reported critical info about police misconduct. Maya Lau, Ben Poston Corina Knoll at the Los Angeles Times wrote about deputies still on the force despite histories of lying and other serious misconduct... latimes.com/local/californ…


Update: Reporter Maya Lau sued the LA County Sheriffs on May 27 for violating her constitutional rights. The LA sheriff’s department investigated Lau as a “criminal suspect” after she reported on continued employment of deputies with histories of misconduct: pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/…

🗽 Apple TV's Easy Money is coming to Tribeca. Join star Sebastian Maniscalco for the podcast's world premiere and a conversation with Will Malnati, Maya Lau, and Jamie-Lynn Sigler at the OKX Theater on Friday, June 13. tribecafilm.com/easymoney



It’s here! EASY MONEY: THE CHARLES PONZI STORY, a new podcast I’m hosting, is out now on Apple Podcasts A docudrama starring Sebastian Maniscalco in the role of Charles Ponzi. A true story from 100 years ago, brought to life. Produced by AT WILL MEDIA . So proud to be a part of this. 💸

Today @lapressclub and Status Coup News sued LAPD for use of force against reporters. "With today’s lawsuit, [LAPC] is fighting for the rights of all of its nearly 1,000 members to report the news without risking their health and safety,” said Adam Rose: firstamendmentcoalition.org/news/post/jour…




A day late (again!) but here's my Financial Times column on a new pod that traces the history of the Ponzi scheme back to Charles Ponzi, an Italian-American who masterminded a scam involving postal coupons, stealing the equivalent of $250mn from investors. ft.com/content/c41b45…