Essay · Belt Magazine
The sky belongs to him
Why Roberto Clemente became a muse for poets, told through visits to the Clemente Museum in Pittsburgh.
Work
Essays and reviews, editing and copy, and strategy and research, from Pittsburgh bylines to graduate work at Carnegie Mellon.
Essays and reviews
Essay · Pittsburgh Review of Books
Is Queen Esther the first conversa?
How crypto-Jewish women in Spain and the Americas kept their faith in secret, read against the biblical story of Esther.
Review · Pittsburgh Review of Books
A radius of possibility
A review of Silver Eye Center for Photography’s Radial Survey Vol. 4, six photographers working within 300 miles of Pittsburgh.
Publishing and projects
Founder · Kitchen Sink Sports
Sports for everyone
The independent sports site Sarah founded in 2024, covering everything from MLB to Formula 1 with a team of contributing writers.
Museum communications · The Clemente Museum
A master tour for future docents
Interviews with the museum’s owner and current docents, turned into one documented tour that any new guide can learn.
Strategy, design, and research
Infographic · PDF
The 7 ways MLB teams acquire players
Trades, waivers, free agency, the Rule 4 and Rule 5 drafts, international signings, and nondrafted free agents, mapped against the baseball calendar.
Website redesign report · Group project, PDF
Redesigning the Pittsburgh Musical Theater website
A user-centered redesign built from personas, think-aloud studies, card sorting, and tested prototypes.
Document design · PDF
Design recommendations for ecoclimate teleconnections
A walkthrough and set of design recommendations for a document on ecoclimate teleconnections, prepared for Dr. Jessie Golding.
Academic report · PDF
Reducing gender harassment in the sports industry
Communication-based interventions for the sports industry, grounded in research and in Sarah’s own years in professional baseball.
Editing and copy
Copy editing · Pittsburgh Review of Books
Baseball beyond mere gravitation
Copy editing for Jim Cocola’s essay on Emil Scharf’s 1908 book about the mental side of baseball.
Copy editing · Pittsburgh Review of Books
Lightning split the tree
Copy editing for Christian Wessels’s review of Konbit, Sony Ton-Aime’s poetry collection on the Haitian Revolution.
Copy editing · Pittsburgh Review of Books
Jackie Robinson, Paul Robeson, and white supremacy
Copy editing for Douglas C. MacLeod Jr.’s review of Howard Bryant’s Kings and Pawns.
Academic revision sample · PDF
Revising a gas rate notice
An analysis and rewrite of a utility’s notice of proposed rate changes, so every type of customer can tell what’s happening to their bill.
Academic revision sample · PDF
Revising a public health notice
An analysis and rewrite of the New York City Board of Health’s notice on its restaurant trans fat ban, written for diners and restaurateurs.
Academic revision sample · PDF
Revising an employee handbook
An analysis and rewrite of selections from a marketing firm’s employee handbook, so policies read as clear expectations for its 300-plus employees.
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