Email Author Sarah Fenske

Awards

• 2011 - Investigative Reporters and Editors, published February 11, 2010

  "Mr. Big Stuff"

• 2011 - Livingston Awards for Young Journalists, published February 11, 2010

  "Mr. Big Stuff"

• 2011 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published February 11, 2010

  "Mr. Big Stuff"

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published February 11, 2010

  "Mr. Big Stuff"

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published March 11, 2010

  "Somebody Call a Doctor"

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published June 17, 2010

  "Clean Elections and Its Hypocrites"

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published June 24, 2010

  "Let Us Now Marry Famous Men"

• 2011 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published August 5, 2010

  "'Til Death Do Us Part"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published August 6, 2009

  "The Katies Connection"

• 2010 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published June 11, 2009

  "Good Cop, Bad Cop"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published January 29, 2009

  "Icy Wing and a Prayer"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published April 2, 2009

  "Mr. Clean Elections"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published May 21, 2009

  "Odd Woman Out"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published October 22, 2009

  "Sal DiCiccio's Loop 202 Problem"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published July 2, 2009

  "The Gal That Got Away"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published June 18, 2009

  "Church and State"

• 2010 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  SCA Scandal

• 2010 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published July 2, 2009

  "The Gal That Got Away"

• 2010 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published July 2, 2009

  "Oh, the Insanity"

• 2010 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published March 26, 2009

  "Justice, Maricopa County-Style"

• 2010 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published July 9, 2009

  "Mean Girls (and Boys)"

• 2010 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published August 27, 2009

  "Outfoxed"

• 2010 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published October 22, 2009

  "Sal DiCiccio's Loop 202 Problem"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 24, 2009

  "I Won't Be Home for Christmas"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 18, 2009

  "City Raids Pastor's Home"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 28, 2009

  "The MCSO & the Rape Victim"

• 2010 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published December 24, 2009

  "I Won't Be Home for Christmas"

• 2010 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published October 22, 2009

  "Sal DiCiccio's Loop 202 Problem"

• 2010 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published August 6, 2009

  "The Kaites Connection"

• 2010 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published July 16, 2009

  "Who's the Boss?"

• 2010 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published January 29, 2009

  "An Icy Wing and a Prayer"

• 2009 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published March 26, 2008

  "Free Bryant Wilkerson"

• 2009 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published January 24, 2008

  "The Wrong Driver"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 8, 2008

  "Sarah Fenske in Dogged Pursuit"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 24, 2008

  "The Pete Singer Conundrum"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 7, 2008

  "Globe High School"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published April 24, 2008

  "The Peter Singer Conundrum"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published May 8, 2008

  "Other Nature"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published February 28, 2008

  "The Autobiography of Andrew P. Thomas"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published January 17, 2008

  "Shattered Peace"

• 2009 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published September 4, 2008

  "Unfriendly Skies"

• 2009 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published August 21, 2008

  "Fraud Squad"

• 2009 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published June 5, 2008

  "Racketeering for Jesus"

• 2009 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published January 24, 2008

  "The Wrong Driver"

• 2008 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published August 9, 2007

  "Taken for a (Bus) Ride"

• 2008 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published August 23, 2007

  "Daddy's Little Girl"

• 2008 - Clarion Awards/Association of Women in Communications, published July 26, 2007

  "Immigrant Song"

• 2007 - Investigative Reporters and Editors

  "Cracked Houses"

• 2007 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing

  "Cracked Houses"

• 2007 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published June 29, 2006

  "Flunk'd"

• 2007 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published April 27, 2006

  "Meth Madness"

• 2007 - Arizona Press Club Awards

  "Cracked Houses"

• 2007 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published April 20, 2006

  "Off the Reservation"

• 2007 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published October 26, 2006

  "Suffer the Children"

• 2006 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published October 27, 2005

  "Ambulance Chasers"

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published May 5, 2005

  "Head Games"

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published October 27, 2005

  "Ambulance Chasers"

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published May 26, 2005

  "The Rancher’s Revenge"

• 2006 - Arizona Press Club Awards, published January 13, 2005

  "Katie & Jordy’s Excellent Adventure"

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2009 Stories by Sarah Fenske

• The Holiday Spirit Is Fueled by Longing for Past Merry Little Christmases

  published December 24, 2009

  Driving down Central Avenue a few weeks ago, I found myself listening to "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." That's not so strange. They... More >>

• Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Is Paying His Girlfriend, Elissa Mullany, Big Bucks

  published December 17, 2009

  In the spring of 2008, roughly six months after Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon coasted to re-election, he officially began dating his... More >>

• Andrew Thomas’ Battle Against Spanish-Language DUI Probation Has Cost Us a Half-Million Dollars. But Who's Counting?

  published December 3, 2009

  Four years and hundreds of thousands of dollars ago, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas filed suit to stop the county's Spanish-language... More >>

• PMT Ambulance Company Gets Smacked Down by a National Labor Relations Board Judge — and We Mean Smacked

  published November 26, 2009

  It isn't every day that an administrative law judge issues a decision so juicy that it's read all the way to the end — much less pored over... More >>

• David Cavazos, Phoenix's New City Manager, May Owe His Job to a Plugged-In Developer

  published November 19, 2009

  Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and the Reverend Oscar Tillman, who heads the local NAACP, have long enjoyed a good relationship — if not... More >>

• Sky Harbor's Taxi Plan Relies on Start-Ups - But One Experienced Cab Company Could End Up in the Driver's Seat

  published November 12, 2009

  Nine years ago, when the city of Phoenix last issued a request for proposals for taxicab service at Sky Harbor airport, it chose three experienced... More >>

• Phoenix Public Information Director David J. Ramirez May Have Been a Victim of His Own "Friend"; Plus, Councilman Sal DiCiccio May Be Gagging the City Attorney

  published October 29, 2009

  It used to be that the people who worked in the city of Phoenix's public information office were friends — or at least acted like... More >>

• Councilman Sal DiCiccio Could Make a Mint if a Freeway Extension Goes Through – But His Neighborhood Hates the Idea

  published October 22, 2009

  For months, as Phoenix City Councilman Sal DiCiccio stockpiled his campaign war chest with thousands of dollars from developers and their... More >>

• Phoenix Interrupted: Downtown’s Full of Gleaming Progress Surrounded by Vacant Lots – Now What?

  published October 15, 2009

  There's a development on the edge of downtown Phoenix that captivated me even before I moved into the neighborhood: the Chateaux on... More >>

• Sal DiCiccio’s Loop 202 Problem: Phoenix Councilman Would Benefit from Reviled Ahwatukee Freeway Extension

  published October 15, 2009

  Phoenix City Councilman Sal DiCiccio has promised to be a "forceful voice" in the ongoing controversy over the proposed extension of the Loop 202... More >>

• Joe Arpaio and Andrew Thomas: They're All About the Perp Walk

  published October 8, 2009

  "You've got to be kidding." That's what Don Stapley said as sheriff's deputies arrested him September 21 in the county parking garage. The... More >>

• Psyched Out: Governor Jan Brewer’s Liaison Hijacks the Democratic Process

  published October 1, 2009

  If you are bitter about something that happened in your divorce, don't take it out on the rest of us. If you hated your court-appointed... More >>

• Arizona Republic Publisher Mike Ryan Quits the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce — Finally

  published September 24, 2009

  There's a joke making the rounds in Scottsdale. "What do Colorado City and Scottsdale have in common?" The politically incorrect... More >>

• Walking in Memphis? Try Walking in Phoenix — in August

  published September 10, 2009

  It's entirely possible that my dog is on crack. Yes, it seems cruel to libel him this way when he shows none of the worst signs of drug addiction.... More >>

• Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Command Staff is Caught Up in a Serious Criminal Investigation, Newly Released Documents Show

  published September 3, 2009

  Five months ago, investigators with the Arizona Attorney General's Office raided the home of one of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's favored commanders... More >>

• Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard Goes After Captain Joel Fox and the SCA Money

  published August 27, 2009

  In near-endless posts on our Web site, Captain Joel Fox has waxed on about the media, about his career as a SWAT team commander, and even about... More >>

• Rove, Renzi and the Dirty Trick: The Justice Department Doesn't Comment on Ongoing Investigations — Except, Apparently, When It's Lying

  published August 20, 2009

  I'm not trying to brag here, but I can tell you just about anything you'd like to know about the investigation that led to a 35-count indictment... More >>

• SCA Donors Knew Their Money was Going to Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- and That Could Mean Trouble for the State GOP

  published August 13, 2009

  Five little words just might prove to be the downfall of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's command staff — and the Arizona Republican... More >>

• PMT Ambulance's Management Has Union Roots -- and Labor Pains

  published August 13, 2009

  As president of the United Phoenix Firefighters Association for more than 20 years, Pat Cantelme turned the union into a political force... More >>

• Something Smells in Glendale: Did the City Steer the Phoenix Coyotes Franchise to an Insider?

  published August 6, 2009

  Something is rotten in the city of Glendale. That's my conclusion after poring over bankruptcy files for the Phoenix Coyotes, reading... More >>

• All the Sheriff's Men: The SCA Campaign-Finance Scandal is Linked to Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Chief Deputy David Hendershott

  published July 23, 2009

  ANALYSIS (See list of related stories that led up to this... More >>

• Franc Kahn's Questionable Past Sets Up a Questionable Future for the Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities

  published July 16, 2009

  Franc Kahn isn't exactly what you'd expect of a guy running a government agency. He's been divorced three times. He legally changed his... More >>

• Things Get Nasty in the Phoenix Police Department’s Homicide Bureau

  published July 9, 2009

  For more than a month now, I've been waiting for the court to unseal key documents in the Phoenix Police Department's investigation into one of... More >>

• Where's the Other Driver in the Bryant Wilkerson Case? Not in Jail...

  published July 2, 2009

  By any standard, Laura Varker has had quite a year. In the past nine months alone, the 19-year-old has been booked for shoplifting,... More >>

• Phoenix Police Raid a Local Pastor’s Home For Holding Church Services

  published June 18, 2009

  Last Thursday, a swarm of police officers descended on Michael Salman's northwest Phoenix home. Armed officers herded Salman, his wife Suzanne,... More >>