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Sarah Mirk

Digital Engagement Producer

Sarah Mirk (she/her) was a digital engagement producer for Reveal. Since 2017, she has worked as an editor at The Nib, an online daily comics publication focused on political cartoons, graphic journalism, essays and memoirs about current affairs. She works with artists to create nonfiction comics on a variety of complex topics, from personal narratives about queer identities to examinations of overlooked history. Before that, Mirk was the online editor of national feminist media outlet Bitch, a podcast host and a local news reporter. She is also the author of several books, including “Year of Zines,” a collection of 100 handmade zines, and “Guantanamo Voices,” a collection of illustrated oral histories of the world’s most infamous prison.

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Posted inAccountability

Baseball strikes out

by Katharine Mieszkowski, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Sarah Mirk, Amy Mostafa, Claire Mullen, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson July 17, 2021August 10, 2021

Baseball’s home run surge in the late ’90s and early 2000s was fueled by anabolic steroids. But fans didn’t want to hear the difficult truth about their heroes – and Major League Baseball refused to deal with a growing scandal.

Posted inAccountability

The ticket trap

Brett Simpson portrait by Byard Duncan, Ike Sriskandarajah, Yoohyun Jung, Katharine Mieszkowski, Taki Telonidis, Amy Mostafa, Brett Simpson, Ameeta Ganatra, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Sarah Mirk, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson July 3, 2021August 2, 2021

Sports, theater and concert fans are excited venues are opening up again. So are clever ticket sellers who cash in on unsuspecting customers.

Posted inAccountability

Weapons with minds of their own

Portrait of steven rascón by Michael Montgomery, Brett Myers, Claire Mullen, Kevin Sullivan, Fernando Arruda, Jim Briggs, Amy Mostafa, Steven Rascón, Sarah Mirk and Al Letson June 26, 2021July 1, 2021

The future of warfare is seen in computer algorithms that enable weapons to decide what to hit – and therefore whom to kill.

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An illustration in tones of yellow and brown shows two small children swinging on a playground. In the distance behind them is a natural gas drilling rig.
Posted inSustainability

Emission control

Portrait of steven rascón by Elizabeth Shogren, Mohamed Al Elew, Michael Montgomery, Taki Telonidis, Soo Oh, Esther Kaplan, Amy Mostafa, Sarah Mirk, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Steven Rascón, Claire Mullen and Kevin Sullivan June 12, 2021July 1, 2021

If we want to slow climate change, we have to slash methane pollution. Methane is heating up the planet and threatens the health of people who live near drill sites.

An illustration shows a computer surrounded by a swirling vortex. On the screen is the logo for QAnon, a syringe, and a portrait of Roger Stone
Posted inCOVID-19

Viral lies

Brett Simpson portraitPortrait of steven rascón by Ike Sriskandarajah, Stan Alcorn, Brett Myers, Taki Telonidis, Amy Mostafa, Sarah Mirk, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Brett Simpson, Claire Mullen, Steven Rascón and Kevin Sullivan June 5, 2021July 1, 2021

From wild anti-vaccine conspiracy theories to “Stop the Steal” and QAnon, we examine how misinformation swiftly spreads online – and the lives it disrupts.

Daniel Sanchez stands in front of the doorway to his barbershop. The storefront’s mural includes an old-fashioned red-and-blue barber’s pole.
Posted inInequality

Banking on inequity

Emily HarrisBrett Simpson portrait by Laura C. Morel, Mohamed Al Elew, Emily Harris, Lance Williams, Amy Mostafa, David Rodriguez, Taki Telonidis, Esther Kaplan, Soo Oh, Brett Simpson, Ameeta Ganatra, Sarah Mirk, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda and Kevin Sullivan May 1, 2021July 1, 2021

Billions of dollars were supposed to help small businesses through the Paycheck Protection Program. But the money was marred by racial inequity.

A baseball player is at bat and has a hit, which explodes in a red and yellow cascade of coins.
Posted inLabor

Minor league pay

Brett Simpson portrait by Katharine Mieszkowski, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Brett Simpson, Ameeta Ganatra, Sarah Mirk, Kevin Sullivan and Al Letson March 27, 2021July 1, 2021

The baseball industry created an entire workforce exempt from being paid minimum wage and overtime – and players aren’t the only ones crying foul.

An illustration shows a clipboard that says "abortion form" and asks for demographic information. Small drawings of people rise up from the clipboard, scratching off the text.
Posted inInequality

Policing pregnancy

Emily HarrisBrett Simpson portrait by Emily Harris, Taki Telonidis, Brett Simpson, Byard Duncan, Sarah Mirk, Kevin Sullivan, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Najib Aminy, Al Letson and Claire Mullen December 19, 2020May 3, 2022

If Roe v. Wade is overturned, states could set abortion rules. Some already push the boundaries of patient privacy and shift civil rights to fetuses.

Posted inIn/Vulnerable

‘No matter what we did, we just couldn’t catch up.’

by Anjali Kamat, Thi Bui, Sarah Mirk and Amanda Pike August 31, 2020August 30, 2023

An ER doctor in New York City shares his experience amid the COVID-19 pandemic: “I don’t think we’ve had time to process what’s happened to us.”

Posted inIn/Vulnerable

‘What everyone shares is the desire to shelter in place in a safe haven.’

by Trey Bundy, Thi Bui, Sarah Mirk and Amanda Pike August 24, 2020June 30, 2021

As part of our comics series about inequality amid the pandemic, a realtor in the Hamptons reflects on how COVID-19 has changed the meaning of home.

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