Sarah Kramer

Background

About Sarah Kramer

Emmy and Peabody Award-winning documentarian and journalist with a track record of leading successful projects and teams, creating compelling content. My video, audio and writing have been featured by The New York Times, Time, NPR, HBO and PBS. I was formerly an editor, producer and reporter at The New York Times for nearly a decade where I created narrative-driven work across media, including print, audio and video. I created original web series, reported front-page stories, and senior produced video series and short documentaries. My work garnered various awards, including an Emmy for “One in 8 Million” and an Emmy nomination for “Coming Out.” Prior, I was the Founding Senior Producer of StoryCorps. As the second person hired, I developed StoryCorps’ signature sound and style. My team and I produced and edited the first hundred weekly broadcasts for NPR’s Morning Edition (now one of the longest running series on any NPR news magazine); launched the weekly StoryCorps podcast; and created the first book, The New York Times bestseller “Listening is an Act of Love,” (Penguin 2007). Currently, I am an independent producer working across media. I have worked on podcasts, including "Getting Even" with host Anita Hill, from Pushkin Industries and "This is Jeopardy: The Story of America's Favorite Quiz Show" from SONY's Somethin' Else. I was also the executive producer for BRICradio, BRIC’s podcast network, where I helped to launch the network and develop the first slate of shows. My additional video work includes a documentary short on my father, “Period. New Paragraph,” which premiered at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center and a series of documentaries for Time’s 100 Photographs project, one of which, Untitled (Cowboy) was featured at LACMA. I have also worked for Vanity Fair and independent production companies, developing documentaries. I launched my career in documentary films for PBS and HBO. My early credits include field producer, associate producer and researcher on films, including the Sundance-award winning “Miss America,” the Emmy-award winning “In Memoriam: September 11, 2001,” and Ric Burns’ “New York: A Documentary Film.” I am a fellow of the Sundance Institute’s New Frontiers Program and I have taught multiple courses at both The New School and CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.