Sarah Conway is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter in Chicago. She writes narrative stories rooted in records, data, and public engagement. Her work is rooted in collaborative on-the-ground reporting to produce stories that often counter the conventional wisdom on societal issues. 

Sarah reports on how government failures and public health crises often amplify the preexisting issues of labor exploitation, police misconduct, the state's care of minors, and gender-based violence. Her work has prompted policy changes, the passage of new legislation, city investigations and more.

She has won numerous local and national awards, including the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting, the Online Journalism Award for Excellence in Social Justice Reporting, and the Izzy Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Independent Media.”

Sarah is a 2024 USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism data fellow. She is also the senior reporter and special projects manager at City Bureau, an award-winning journalism lab that is reimagining local media. 

She lives in Chicago, not far from the Rust Belt town where she grew up and fell in love with the written word.