Sara Morrison

About Sara Morrison

Sara Morrison

Sara Morrison has been an assistant editor at Columbia Journalism Review and a senior writer for Boston.com. Her work has also appeared on Poynter, The Atlantic Wire, and The Wrap. Her media reporting often focuses on newsroom diversity and innovation. She lives in New York

Reinventing Local TV News

By and Features April 18, 2018

When the Rev. Billy Graham died in February, Raleigh-based WRAL-TV provided expansive coverage of the famed evangelist’s life and legacy. That was no surprise since, after all, the pastor was a North Carolina native, and—though his funeral was … Read more

The Future of Comments

By Features February 2, 2017

When many news websites were shutting down their comments sections, Alaska Dispatch News executive editor David Hulen was determined to keep his. Like every news site, ADN’s comments had problems, but Hulen had also seen the good that comments could … Read more

Covering the Transgender Community

By January 12, 2016

In March of 2014, Jorge Rivas, Fusion’s national affairs correspondent, was working on a story about undocumented immigrants when he heard about a transgender woman being held in a men’s detention center. “She was stuck in a detention center … Read more