Cheryl Phillips

Cheryl Phillips
- CodeX Affiliated Faculty
- Faculty Director, Stanford Computational Policy Lab
Biography
Cheryl Phillips is the faculty director of the Stanford Computational Policy Lab. She teaches data journalism at Stanford University and co-founded the Stanford Open Policing Project in 2017. She worked at The Seattle Times from 2002-14, focusing on data and investigations. In Seattle, she twice worked on breaking news stories which received a Pulitzer and was twice on teams that were Pulitzer finalists. She has worked at USA Today, and at newspapers in Michigan, Montana and Texas. She is a former board president of Investigative Reporters and Editors. She is married to Catherine and in their free time, they try to keep up with with their twin sons.