Hi! My name is Amanda Sakuma and I'm a freelance journalist, editor, and content strategist based in Brooklyn.
I also moonlight as an amateur sewist and pattern-maker. I'm currently on a journey to make my own custom wardrobe from scratch while investigating all the confusing reasons why our clothes don't fit.
My latest visual essay for The Pudding explores the data behind women's clothing sizes and the inter-generational struggle to find clothes that fit more than a tiny portion of women.
Previously, I was a special projects editor at The Guardian US, where I led a year-long series investigating the fossil fuel industry's role in driving the climate crisis.
I also served as a senior editor at GEN, a digital magazine by Medium covering politics, culture and power.
Before that, I was a national reporter and editor at NBC News and MSNBC digital. My written features and on-air reporting covered everything from immigration to politics and breaking news.
I graduated from New York University and grew up on a strawberry farm in Washington state.