Sarah Blake - From Reporter to Soldier

Sarah Blake Morgan is an award-winning journalist based in Charlotte, North Carolina. She currently covers the southeast region for The Associated Press. She has reported across the United States and around the world for local and international news organizations, shooting, writing and editing her stories. Sarah Blake's work has earned her eight EMMY nominations and RTDNAC's 2017 Multimedia Journalist of the Year. She has interviewed politicians, protesters marching through tear gas, mothers who have lost children to overdoses and embedded alongside soldiers in South America. Her extensive reporting on the military led Sarah Blake to her latest challenge. In March of 2021, she enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve and shipped off to Basic Combat Training at 31 years old. Sarah Blake graduated in June and will be attending Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia in October.