Sarah Bahr

Sarah Bahr is a senior staff editor on the Flexible Editing desk at The New York Times. She was previously a reporting fellow for the Culture desk, where she broke the story of a racially insensitive job posting that led to the resignation of the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s chief executive, published the first assessment of damage to the art at the U.S. Capitol building after the Jan. 6 attack and spent two months investigating diversity in New York City’s cultural institutions. Prior to joining the Culture desk, she worked as an arts reporter and digital producer for The Indianapolis Star, where she interviewed a sex doctor from Indiana University’s Kinsey Institute, learned how to unclog a toilet in 12 seconds and profiled a 35-pound cat. She holds a master’s degree in English and bachelor’s degrees in English, journalism and Spanish from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. She is originally from Brownsburg, Ind. Latest Times Insider A Critic Who Strives to Hit the Right Note Zachary Woolfe, the classical music critic for The New York Times, shared how he endeavors to make his writing accessible to both neophytes and experts. By Sarah Bahr