Deborah Barfield Berry is a national correspondent for USA Today covering voting rights, civil rights and politics. She has worked on several award-winning projects, including Seven Days of 1961, 1619: Searching for Answers and Deadly Discrimination, a series on how racist policies fueled the spread of COVID in communities of color. Prior to joining Gannett News Service/USA Today, she worked for Newsday, Knight Ridder Washington Bureau, the Providence Journal and others. She has won many awards, including a Pulitzer as part of a team at Newsday and several from the National Association of Black Journalists. Berry is a 2023 Nieman Fellow.