People are sometimes losing their homes before being convicted of a crime, or their cash or their cars. — 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
