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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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A detail of a drawing shows funeral director, Douglas, placing roses on a casket.
Posted inIn/Vulnerable

‘We have always been able to say goodbye to those who have left this life.’

by Chris Harland-Dunaway, Thi Bui, Sarah Mirk and Amanda Pike August 17, 2020June 30, 2021

A funeral director in South Carolina shares what it’s like to plan socially distanced funerals.

A worker looks at a stack of boxes in an Amazon warehouse.
Posted inIn/Vulnerable

‘We’re not treated like people. We’re numbers.’

by Will Evans, Thi Bui, Sarah Mirk and Amanda Pike August 10, 2020June 30, 2021

This comic shares the experiences of someone working in Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Posted inIn/Vulnerable

‘I have to be out there. They’re killing us.’

by Anjali Kamat, Thi Bui, Sarah Mirk and Amanda Pike August 3, 2020June 30, 2021

“Even though I don’t wanna die from COVID-19, I’d rather die fighting for a cause trying to save people’s lives.”

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Posted inCOVID-19, In/Vulnerable

‘A lot of us feel we are living in a state of tyranny.’

by Thi Bui, David Ritsher, Sarah Mirk and Amanda Pike July 27, 2020June 30, 2021

Part of our illustrated series on inequity in the time of pandemic.

Posted inCOVID-19

‘I was forced to drive across the country during a pandemic just to get health care.’

by Thi Bui, Amanda Pike and Sarah Mirk July 20, 2020May 3, 2022

A Texas woman seeking an abortion asks: “Why is my life not important enough to the governor and the other men making these decisions?”

Posted inIn/Vulnerable

‘We’re building luxury bunkers.’

by David Ritsher, Thi Bui, Sarah Mirk and Amanda Pike July 13, 2020June 30, 2021

“We were actually the first company to build a quote unquote luxury bunker. The first quarter of 2020 I saw a 2,000% increase in the amount of inquiries.”

Posted inIn/Vulnerable

‘A restaurant is a living, breathing part of the community.’

by Nathan Halverson, Thi Bui, Sarah Mirk and Amanda Pike July 6, 2020June 30, 2021

Billy Chiu manages Grant Place Restaurant. In this comic illustrated by Thi Bui, he talks about how COVID-19 has impacted business.

Posted inCOVID-19, In/Vulnerable

‘This is going to be a different city.’

by Esther Kaplan, Thi Bui, Sarah Mirk and Amanda Pike June 29, 2020June 30, 2021

A New York City waiter reflects on the changes COVID-19 has wrought on the city in this comic illustrated by Thi Bui.

Posted inCOVID-19, In/Vulnerable

‘I was going to save everybody else in this world.’

by Elizabeth Shogren, Thi Bui, Sarah Mirk and Amanda Pike June 22, 2020June 30, 2021

Nurse Martha Marx talks about the difficulties of caring for patients amid the COVID-19 pandemic in this interview illustrated by Thi Bui.

Against a blue background, a woman reaches out to a butterfly that's flying away.
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‘My daughter died giving her heart helping.’

by Thi Bui, Patrick Michels, Sarah Mirk and Amanda Pike June 15, 2020June 30, 2021

Part four of our illustrated series on inequity in the time of pandemic.

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