There is space for a different kind of investigative reporting that's about immersion and obsessive attention to detail and deep listening.

- Sarah Stillman

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 the job, that you're in th…

- Sarah Stillman

I tend to gravitate toward the "act two," or "act three," or "act four" stories - either things that are underreported, where we think we already kno…

- Sarah Stillman

It's been nice, actually, to keep in touch with a lot of the people and families that I've written about. Like with the kids I was just writing about…

- Sarah Stillman

I tend to only be able to obsess about one thing at once, and become fully engaged in and only interested in that thing. But in the longer term, a lo…

- Sarah Stillman

I always knew I wanted to write, but I didn't know that I would want to do investigative reporting - in part because it seemed so ill-suited for my p…

- Sarah Stillman

What narrative journalism does is create a language or open up a space where someone can say, "Oh, this happened to me, too."

- Sarah Stillman

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 seem at…

- Sarah Stillman

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, or…

- Sarah Stillman