The journalist's job isn't to be someone's friend, or their psychologist, or anything other than what we actually are. And at the end of the day, that can definitely seem like such a strange, extractive relationship. — Sarah Stillman Copy Share Image
Workers are actually being starved on the largest military base in Baghdad, and women are being raped with impunity - and because it doesn't… — Sarah Stillman Copy Share
I try to come to my reporting as a real, whole person, not an automaton. And it's always one of the strange discomforts of… — Sarah Stillman Copy Share
One thing I've discovered is that I never think of something that didn't work out as just "something that didn't work out." I think… — Sarah Stillman Copy Share
I think most of us, as writers, have had experiences where you get edited and it doesn't feel like your voice at all. And… — Sarah Stillman Copy Share
The tremendous challenge of narrative journalism about subjects that are underreported is, how do you make people care about something they think they already… — Sarah Stillman Copy Share
I tend to gravitate toward the "act two," or "act three," or "act four" stories - either things that are underreported, where we think… — Sarah Stillman Copy Share
Thinking through how you find that intersection between individual, compelling human narratives and structural, systemic injustices - that's the place that's most interesting to… — Sarah Stillman Copy Share
I always knew I wanted to write, but I didn't know that I would want to do investigative reporting - in part because it… — Sarah Stillman Copy Share
Often, I'm spending months with a person in a very intimate context, getting to know the ins and outs of what they ate for… — Sarah Stillman Copy Share
People are sometimes losing their homes before being convicted of a crime, or their cash or their cars. — Sarah Stillman Copy Share
I feel like I partly came to writing through being in college during the start of the Iraq war, and knowing that those issues… — Sarah Stillman Copy Share
There is space for a different kind of investigative reporting that's about immersion and obsessive attention to detail and deep listening. — Sarah Stillman Copy Share
For me, the part of reporting that's the most rewarding and energizing is just hearing directly from people whose voices haven't often been heard,… — Sarah Stillman Copy Share
One thing I've discovered is that if you remain in contact with people, if you build longitudinal relationships, if you invest in sources who… — Sarah Stillman Copy Share
