Sara Longsmith

Sara works to secure financial support for Free Press and Free Press Action. She is responsible for all aspects of institutional funding and coordinates all grantwriting and reporting efforts. She has more than 15 years' experience helping nonprofits obtain resources to carry out their work. Sara's involvement in community radio, community journalism and local media-literacy projects sparked her interest in fighting for universal access to media tools. Before joining Free Press, Sara was a senior development associate for Community Action in Western Massachusetts. She earned her B.S. in biology at Davidson College and her M.A. in intercultural and international management at the SIT Graduate Institute.