About this episode

Merve Emre interviews investigative reporter Sarah Stillman about her career and impactful journalism.

"Sarah Stillman is a staff writer at The New Yorker and one of the most decorated investigative reporters of her generation. She's won several National Magazine Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, and a MacArthur 'Genius' Grant. Her articles draw attention to the men and women forced to do the bidding of the American security state; the third-country nationals tricked into working on military bases in Iraq; the addicts coerced into serving as informants; the victims of civil asset forfeiture. Our conversation touched on every stage of Sarah's career, from her days as a student journalist to her current directorship of Yale's investigative reporting lab. As a teacher, she helps students cultivate the relentlessness and the compassion that makes her a uniquely effective reporter." See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Merve Emre

Guest: Sarah Stillman

Topics covered

• investigative reporting
• journalism
• American security state
• military bases
• civil asset forfeiture
• education

Keywords

• Sarah Stillman
• investigative journalism
• The New Yorker
• Pulitzer Prize
• MacArthur Grant
• American security state
• civil asset forfeiture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The New Yorker, Yale, MacArthur

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