Photo: Volodomyr Petrov
Ally Markovich is a criminal justice reporter at The Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting through a partnership with Report for America.
She specializes in enterprise, accountability and data reporting. Her work has appeared in The New York Times and The Washington Post. She has previously reported from Kyiv, Princeton, and Athens.
Previously, she was an education and enterprise reporter at Berkeleyside. She won a James Madison Freedom of Information Award for her investigation revealing how Berkeley High administrators failed to protect generations of students who accused a chemistry teacher of sexual misconduct. For a series of stories on Berkeley Unified School District’s handling of sexual misconduct complaints, she won Best Ongoing Coverage from the Society of Professional Journalists, Northern California.
She is also a skilled data reporter, using R and Google Sheets to publish deep-dive stories on the census, student achievement, local elections, and college admissions.
Born in Ukraine and raised in Ohio, she holds a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University and a Master of Arts from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. She is a former high school English teacher.
Contact: allymarkovich@gmail.com.
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Selected Stories
How a Silicon Valley exec escaped Ukraine and became a digital soldier
“Odessa, Ukraine, early morning, February 24, 7:12 a.m,” he said, narrating the scene in a grave voice. “Get out,” a friend wrote in a comment.
San Francisco Chronicle March 7, 2022
Ukraine’s ‘battle-tested’ drones are accelerating militarization along the U.S.-Mexico border
The shift from foreign front lines to domestic law enforcement coincides with a dramatic expansion of drone operations in the U.S. borderlands. Oversight hasn’t kept pace.
Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting December 17, 2025
Berkeley High knew for 15 years of allegations chemistry teacher sexually harassed students
After years of sexual misconduct complaints, the school district signed a gag order allowing Matthew Bissell to quietly resign.
Berkeleyside Nov 23, 2021