Rebekah Sager is an award-winning journalist covering reproductive rights, healthcare, maternal health, environmental justice, race, culture, and politics.

I have more than a decade of experience reporting and editing across digital, print, audio, and broadcast media, with a particular focus on the people and communities most affected by inequities in health care, public policy, and the environment.

I’ve had bylines in The Nation, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, NBC News, VICE News, Capital B, Colorlines, The Hollywood Reporter, HuffPost, Cosmopolitan, Bustle, and Playboy, among other national publications.

From reporting along the U.S.–Mexico border to investigating reproductive health policy and the connections between environmental pollution and maternal health, I’m drawn to deeply reported narrative journalism that examines how policy affects people’s lives—particularly in Black, Latino, and other historically underserved communities.

In 2026, I was named a USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism National Fellow, where my reporting examines the intersection of environmental pollution and maternal health. In 2022, I was selected as a Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellow for a reporting project examining the mental health of Black teachers and educators in the United States.

I am a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University.