Hello! I’m Sarah,

a multi-media journalist.

Found most often holding a dead cat (mic), or my actual cat (not dead).

About

I’m an experienced journalist based in the Oakland, California, with over a decade of experience doing local beat reporting, audio reporting and audio editing.

Most recently, I was the Race and Equity Reporter at CapRadio in Sacramento, CA where I covered topics like how redistricting can make getting city resources tougher for non-English speaking communities, an investigation in tandem with Reveal and The California Newsroom into the unequal distribution of the Paycheck Protection Loan program during the pandemic and a few stories on Asian American history in the region.

I also pitched, reported and hosted Mid Pacific, a CapRadio original podcast about Asian American identity in California.

Before that, I spent two years as a General Assignment Reporter at WCAI, the local NPR member station for the Cape and Islands on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. While I was there, I won a regional Edward R. Murrow award for my coverage on declining public school enrollment on the Outer Cape.

I’ve also been a freelance audio reporter in Oakland, where I contributed stories to KQED, KALW, EdSource and Marketplace. In a previous life, I was a print reporter covering education at The Times-Picayune in New Orleans. I’m originally from New York, and have a master’s from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, and a bachelor’s from Johns Hopkins University.

More details on all this and more here.