Stanford CIS

Sarah Hinchliff Pearson

Non-Residential Fellow

Sarah Hinchliff Pearson is Senior Counsel at Creative Commons. She became a fellow at the Center for Internet and Society (CIS) in January 2009. Her research and writing focuses on the First Amendment implications of copyright and defamation law, and the impact of technology on the media and democracy, with a particular interest in the evolution of journalism in the digital age. Prior to joining CIS, she worked as an intellectual property associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP in New York City. Sarah graduated cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School in 2006. Before law school, Sarah received her undergraduate degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and worked at a number of media outlets, including New York magazine and HARPO Studios.

Recent articles

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Amnesia in the Face of Crisis

It’s fascinating to witness the public reaction as the newspaper industry implodes.  Young people are largely indifferent while older generations seem to think…

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Us vs. Them: Populism on the Net

In a recent email debate, a friend of mine raised an interesting point about the role of the Internet in fueling populist fervor, especially during the current…