Sarah has worked across all platforms during her career, but her first love is audio journalism. She’s worked in radio and podcasting; in breaking news settings as well as in documentary. She can gather crisp beautiful sound and interviews, and create complex audio scenes. She can write tight scripts to deadline, or long weaving narratives.

Sarah has a breadth of experience when it comes to working in print. She’s written breaking news copy, as well as long-form features. Her work has been published by CBC News, The Narwhal, The Walrus, the Winnipeg Free Press, Foreign Policy, New Scientist, The Toronto Star, National Observer, The Globe and Mail, among others.

Sarah has worked as a digital producer and video journalist. She is comfortable on-air doing debriefs and rants and has experience doing so in front of national audiences. She also has experience shooting, editing and writing video packs to air on supper-hour news programs or to be used on social platforms.

Sarah has devoted a large part of her journalism career to covering stories about climate change. The science, the impacts, the policy, the intersectional nature of the issue, etc. This will be the defining issue of our time and Sarah is working to complete her MSc in Global Energy and Climate Policy to ensure she can help provide the best possible coverage.

A two-week excursion by the Winnipeg Free Press’ climate change reporter Sarah Lawrynuik explored the many ways that Churchill and northern Manitoba are already being affected by climate change. A 16-part series appeared as two Saturday-feature spreads in the Winnipeg Free Press’ 49.8 long-read section in October 2020, these are some of the highlighted features from that coverage.