Stephanie Sugars is the senior reporter for the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker. She documents press freedom violations in the U.S. and by U.S. officials abroad. A graduate of NYU's Global and Joint Program Studies program in journalism and international relations, her professional work focuses on human rights, politics, and identity-targeted violence. She has previously worked at the Committee to Protect Journalists and the Post-Conflict Research Center, and her freelance reporting has appeared in Al Jazeera, openDemocracy, Muftah Magazine, Civic Ideas, and Balkan Diskurs.

A New Mexican living in New York, her interests include hiking, board games, pool, and reading all the books she amassed while working at a bookstore.