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Sarah Cammarata

Global Investigator | OSINT Expert | Speaker

Sarah Cammarata is a senior intelligence analyst at a London-based corporate intelligence firm, specialising in global investigations into white-collar crime. She is a recognized expert in Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT), serving as a trainer for the Centre for Investigative Journalism.

Prior to her current role, Sarah was a journalist with over four years of experience. She worked at Stars and Stripes, covering the congressional response to military affairs, and at POLITICO as a senior digital producer and defense reporter, covering the US Coast Guard, the Pentagon, and Congress.

Sarah holds an MA in War Studies with distinction from King’s College London, where she researched extremism, political violence, terrorism, radicalization, and intelligence. An excerpt of her thesis, analyzing how alt-right narratives move from the fringe to the mainstream, was published by the Global Network on Extremism and Technology.

On this website, you’ll find Sarah’s portfolio from her time as a journalist, her published academic research, and other accolades.

speaking and awards

Awards

American University School of Communication 30 Under 30 Award (May 2025)

Conferences

Centre for Investigative Journalism - Summer Conference, London (2024): “Uncovering Digital Footprints”

Centre for Investigative Journalism - Regional Conference, Glasgow, Scotland (2024): “Uncovering Digital Footprints”

podcast

OSINT Jobs Podcast - Sarah Cammarata on investigating a toxic network targeting women for harassment (May 2025)

writing samples

FREELANCE

Academic research

Stars and stripes

A selection of enterprise, feature and breaking news stories circulated mainly online and some in print. Find all my bylines on stripes.com.

politico

Links to a selection of reporting from enterprise stories and breaking news coverage to newsletter writing samples at POLITICO and POLITICO Pro.

POLITICO Pro & POLITICO

POLITICO MAGAZINE

politico pro

POLITICO

politico Newsletters

PoLItico podcasts

nbc4 washington

Through American University’s Dean’s Internship program, I interviewed the founder of D.C.’s first all-female coworking space, broke down statistics on Virginia opioid overdoses and covered all facets of local news for NBC4 Washington.

CV

Experience

the CEntre for investigative journalism, London, U.K.

OSINT trainer (APril 2024 - present)

  • Teach a self-made SOCMINT investigations course for news organisations and independent journalists.

Corporate intelligence firm (confidential), London, U.K.

Senior analyst (March 2023 - present)

  • Conduct global due diligence investigations and provide litigation support to identify reputational, regulatory, and legal risks of companies and high-net-worth individuals for law firms, financial institutions and other clients.

Raedas Consulting, London, U.K.

Intern (September – October 2022)

  • Conduct research on individuals and organizations in Afghanistan, Russia and Cyprus, using OSINT and SOCMINT skills.

  • Train on land registry searches, vessel tracking, PACER and sovereign asset tracing.

  • Develop the company’s first training manual for employees to create seamless transitions for new hires.

Stars and Stripes, Washington, d.c.

Congress Reporter (March - August 2021)

  • Reported on the congressional response to military affairs, including topics that ranged from the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan to the Pentagon’s response to extremism in the ranks.

  • Cultivated Capitol Hill sources and defense industry sources.

  • Wrote breaking news, feature and enterprise stories.

Politico, Washington, d.c.

Senior Digital Producer and Defense Reporter (JULY 2018 - January 2021)

  • Pitched and reported on defense policy and global security topics, including the U.S. Coast Guard, Army and Navy, the Pentagon, Arctic-related security issues.

  • Exposed concerns over two Coast Guard officer’s social media posts and leadership decisions in an exclusive article.

  • Co-authored Afternoon Energy newsletter and wrote for the breaking news desk.

  • Copy edited POLITICO Pro stories, newsletters, and breaking news alerts for 16 policy verticals, four states’ bureaus for style, accuracy and clarity.

  • Promoted to Senior Digital Producer in October 2020 to provide leadership and train new hires.

NBC4 Washington, Washington, d.c.

Digital intern (January - May 2018)

  • Wrote more than 50 local news stories on crime, culture, retail and politics for NBCWashington.com.

wusa9, washington, d.c.

Great Day Washington intern (September - December 2017)

  • Pitched and wrote original entertainment and local articles for WUSA9.com.

  • Managed daily content for the show’s Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to drive engagement.

FOx news sunday, Washington, d.c.

College associate (September - December 2016)

  • Conducted research for guests and panelists and provided shot-by-shot logs.

  • Gained problem-solving and communication skills by managing host Chris Wallace’s scripts, guests and hits.

  • Live tweeted during the show to develop real-time reporting skills.

Education

King’s College London, London, U.K. (2021-2022)

M.A. in War Studies (Distinction)

Relevant coursework: political violence, counterterrorism and human rights; homegrown radicalization and counter-radicalization in Europe and North America; the politics of nuclear weapons in the Middle East; covert action, active measures, and deception.

American university, Washington, D.c. (2014-2018)

B.A. in Broadcast Journalism, minor in international studies, specializing in peace, global security and conflict resolution

Relevant coursework: Causes of war; politics of conflict and conflict resolution in Africa; peace, global security and conflict resolution; world politics; foreign policy and the press; foreign correspondence; introduction to international studies research.

The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, Remote

360 Digital Sherlock Scholar (March – May 2022)

  • Received weekly online trainings from DFRLab experts on social media analysis, advanced OSINT techniques, deepfakes detection, data visualization, and open-source tools.

  • Developed expertise in OSINT best practices and how to investigate mis/disinformation on WhatsApp and Telegram at the Atlantic Council’s DFRLab 360/Open Summit in Brussels, Belgium.

SKILLS

  • Social media analysis

  • Open source intelligence

  • Website forensics

  • Source cultivation

  • Qualitative research methods

  • News editing

  • Fact-checking

  • Breaking news reporting

  • Enterprise story reporting

  • AP Style

  • Microsoft Office

  • Twitter

  • Tweetdeck

  • Facebook

  • Instagram

  • TikTok

  • Arabic: A2

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