Sarah Betancourt

Freelance reporter, Formerly worked for CommonWealth

About Sarah Betancourt

Sarah Betancourt is a long-time Latina reporter in Massachusetts. Prior to joining Commonwealth, Sarah was a breaking news reporter for The Associated Press in Boston, and a correspondent with The Boston Globe and The Guardian. She has written about immigration, incarceration, and health policy for outlets like NBC, The Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, and the New York Law Journal. Sarah has reported stories such as a national look at teacher shortages, how databases are used by police departments to procure information on immigrants, and uncovered the spread of an infectious disease in children at a family detention center. She has covered the State House, local and national politics, crime and general assignment.

Sarah received a 2018 Investigative Reporters and Editors Award for her role in the ProPublica/NPR story, “They Got Hurt at Work and Then They Got Deported,” which explored how Florida employers and insurance companies were getting out of paying workers compensation benefits by using a state law to ensure injured undocumented workers were arrested or deported. Sarah attended Emerson College for a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Communication, and Columbia University for a fellowship and Master’s degree with the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism.

About Sarah Betancourt

Sarah Betancourt is a long-time Latina reporter in Massachusetts. Prior to joining Commonwealth, Sarah was a breaking news reporter for The Associated Press in Boston, and a correspondent with The Boston Globe and The Guardian. She has written about immigration, incarceration, and health policy for outlets like NBC, The Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, and the New York Law Journal. Sarah has reported stories such as a national look at teacher shortages, how databases are used by police departments to procure information on immigrants, and uncovered the spread of an infectious disease in children at a family detention center. She has covered the State House, local and national politics, crime and general assignment.

Sarah received a 2018 Investigative Reporters and Editors Award for her role in the ProPublica/NPR story, “They Got Hurt at Work and Then They Got Deported,” which explored how Florida employers and insurance companies were getting out of paying workers compensation benefits by using a state law to ensure injured undocumented workers were arrested or deported. Sarah attended Emerson College for a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Communication, and Columbia University for a fellowship and Master’s degree with the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism.

Stories by Sarah Betancourt

DOC proposing to tighten oversight of mail

Incoming letters would be photocopied or scanned

Baker setting up vaccine call center

Governor says demand far outstripping supply

Teacher unions cry foul over Baker claim

Tension between educators, administration rising

Teachers complain about bump down in vaccination line

State education spokesperson calls teacher claims 'false and misleading'

Baker defends vaccine rollout; those 65-plus moved up

Sticks by his decision to target specific groups for shots

Baker sees some promising COVID signs

Lifts 9:30 p.m. shutdown time for businesses

Biden looks to overhaul pandemic response

Controlling virus is top priority for new president

Biden’s great immigration undoing

Orders, pathway to citizenship seek to undo Trump measures

Baker goes silent on foreign-trained docs

‘The need is even greater now,’ says Millona

Teachers want to move ahead in vaccine line

Unions say shots would help get kids back in classroom

Distribution of housing assistance funds lagging

State officials adding staff to process applications

Baker takes heat on vaccine rollout

Governor bats away comparisons to other states

Prisoners to start getting vaccinated next week

Residents and staff at homeless shelters and group homes will also be inoculated

Baker sees use for facial recognition in DC probes

Says technology good for identifying insurrectionists

Prisoner’s lawyer details attempted suicide

Says guard told client: ‘Go ahead, kill yourself'

Districts roll back reopenings amid case rise

Schools wary of return to in-person learning  

Baker calls for Trump’s removal

‘The whole thing makes me sick,’ he says

Biden taps Boston Mayor Marty Walsh for labor secretary

Cabinet appointment would unleash a 'free for all' race for mayor

Mass. delegation stunned, outraged by mob invasion of Capitol

Moulton calls for president's removal after Trump supporters storm seat of government

Sudders ‘comfortable’ with vaccine reporting lag

Post-holiday announcements include first responder, 75+ shot rollout

4,524 eviction cases filed so far

Still too early to gauge how bad it will get

Baker signs police reform bill into law

First civilian-led police oversight board in nation created

Baker takes stock of unprecedented pandemic

Bangs his fists on lectern as he says goodbye to 2020

Prison COVID retesting protocols questioned

Some say state should test inmates after isolation period

Senate approves Baker’s amendment, sends policing bill to House

Drops facial recognition software ban, gives law enforcement officials more control over training