Laura Amico, a 2013 Nieman-Berkman Fellow in Journalism Innovation, is CEO of Glass Eye Media and founder and editor of Homicide Watch, a Washington, D.C.-based website for data-driven coverage of violent crime. The site was recognized as a notable entry in the 2011 Knight-Batten Awards for Innovation in Journalism. Amico has reported for the Register-Pajaronian and The Press Democrat in California, received a New York Times Chairman’s Award, and held fellowships with the Online News Association and the Harry Frank Guggenheim Symposium on Crime in America. Amico is a board member of Criminal Justice Journalists and writes for The Crime Report and One Reporter’s Notebook.
