Sarah Cahlan

Washington, D.C.

Visual Forensics

Education: University of California Berkeley, MA in Journalism ; George Washington University, BA in Archaeology and Environmental Studies

Sarah Cahlan is a video reporter and one of the founding members of the Visual Forensics team. Her work combines open source and forensic technologies with traditional journalism and documentary filmmaking. She shared in a Pulitzer Prize for her reporting on the January 6 insurrection and a Dupont for her coverage of the clearing of Lafayette Square. She started VF in 2020 after a year on the Fact Checker desk. Before coming to The Post, she directed a short documentary about the historical inaccuracies of gender roles. As an NBC/NAHJ fellow, she reported, produced and wrote stories about sc
Latest from Sarah Cahlan

Ukraine has captured more than 200 Russian soldiers in Kursk offensive, videos show

Visuals verified by The Post show more than 240 Russian prisoners, which analysts say appear to include conscripts with minimal fighting experience.

August 25, 2024

How an Israeli hostage rescue that left scores of Palestinians dead unfolded

A review of videos of the June 8 raid in Nuseirat shows the Israeli military employed heavy airstrikes on a dense residential area for nearly four hours

August 13, 2024

Videos, bodycam footage and 911 calls released from 2022 Uvalde shooting

In one 911 call, a fourth-grader can be heard pleading for help and hushing a classmate.

August 11, 2024
Flowers and other items surround crosses at a memorial in June 2022 for the victims of a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Tex.

Despite warnings of violence at UCLA, police didn’t step in for over 3 hours

Faculty had raised alarms in the days before the attack on pro-Palestinian protesters. That night, one witness called emergency services 11 times before police intervened.

May 11, 2024

Baltimore Key Bridge collapsed in under 40 seconds, video shows

See how the bridge collapsed in early morning on March 26 after being hit by a cargo ship.

March 26, 2024

Drone footage raises questions about Israeli justification for deadly strike on Gaza journalists

Footage recovered from the drone of an Al Jazeera team killed by the IDF in a targeted Jan. 7 missile strike raises critical questions about the Israeli justification for the attack.

March 19, 2024

Video is said to show U.N. relief worker taking body of Israeli shot on Oct. 7

The footage of the person Israel identified would be the first to surface publicly of any of the individuals Israel accused of participating in the Oct. 7 attack.

February 21, 2024

What to know about Israel’s controversial ‘buffer zone’ in Gaza

The United States has been vocally opposed to the creation of a buffer zone in Gaza, saying there should be no permanent change to Palestinian territory.

January 24, 2024
An Israeli army convoy moves along the border of the Gaza Strip, as seen from a position on the Israeli side of the border, on Friday.

Watch ‘Failure at the Fence’

“Frontline” and The Washington Post partnered on a detailed examination of how Hamas breached Israel’s vaunted “Iron Wall” on Oct. 7 to carry out its attack.

December 19, 2023

How Hamas exploited Israel’s reliance on tech to breach barrier on Oct. 7

This Post video shows how Hamas fighters neutralized long-range cameras, sophisticated sensors and remote-control weapons.

November 17, 2023