Sara, a contributor to Carolina Journal, was a CJ associate editor and capital reporter from December 2009 to June 2012. Before joining CJ, she reported for CNSNews.com in Alexandria, Va., and the New Bern Sun Journal.

She was a journalism intern at the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University, attending a summer seminar at Bryn Mawr College in Philadelphia.

Burrows is a California native. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from San Diego State University and also attended the International Summer School at Cambridge University in the U.K.