Byline

Nadia Serrano

Investigations editor

Nadia Serrano reads the paperwork nobody else asks for: county contracts, campaign filings, court dockets and the minutes of boards that meet at nine in the morning. She spent nine years covering land use and public money in the Central Valley before joining The Star, and her reporting has prompted two county audits and one grand jury review. She works from records first and people second, and she keeps every source's name in a notebook that never leaves the building.