Experience

The Irish Times

• Ireland
• Newspaper Publishing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• In The News podcast presenter

  • May 2021 - Present

• Writer of 'New to the Parish' weekly series

  • Jun 2015 - Present

  New to the Parish tells the stories of people who have made Ireland their home in recent years

• Reporter and Features Writer

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  - Print and online news reporter mainly covering immigration stories- Features writer for Irish Times newspaper, Weekend Review and Irish Times Magazine.- Recipient of Simon Cumbers Media Fund Award 2015, 2017 and 2020 (Irish Department of Foreign Affairs)



HEADLINE PICTURES LIMITED

• United Kingdom
• Media Production

• Story Consultant on 'Dance Away' TV production

  • Apr 2021 - Present



New Island Books

• Author

  • Apr 2018 - Apr 2018

  Author of 'New to the Parish: Stories of Love, War and Adventure from Ireland's Immigrants' published by New Island Books Elegantly written and deeply researched, this is a book that will resonate far beyond Ireland’s borders. Pollak is an astute and perceptive journalist and the stories she tells in this book are compelling. — PAUL LEWIS, The Guardian Head of Investigations People do not leave one life behind and start another unless they must. Migration is perhaps the biggest story of our time, and the phenomenon contains many smaller stories, personal ones, all of them worth knowing. Here in Ireland, we’re used to dealing with people leaving, but what about people arriving? Sorcha Pollak answers that question in this humane take on what Ireland is really like for immigrants. A calm and clear-eyed portrait of a country grappling with its own identity through the lens of migration; it is a wonderful book. — MAEVE HIGGINS, writer, comedian and actor Ireland has been transformed in recent years by the arrival of hopeful settlers from many parts of the world . They are not just “immigrants ”. They are people with all the richness , diversity and particularity of humanity. Sorcha Pollak is a great listener who tells those individual stories with humour, sympathy , vividness and insight. This uplifting book is both a great read and an essential document of contemporary Ireland. — FINTAN O’TOOLE, Irish Times columnist and writer Show less



The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

• United Kingdom
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Oct 2013 - Dec 2013

  Assistant researcher to Tim Newburn, Professor of Criminology and Social Policy at LSE. - History of post-war criminal justice - Post-war social order - Additional research into 2011 England riots Assistant researcher to Tim Newburn, Professor of Criminology and Social Policy at LSE. - History of post-war criminal justice - Post-war social order - Additional research into 2011 England riots



The Guardian

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Researcher

  • Apr 2013 - Sep 2013

  - Researcher on extended investigation into the causes and outcomes of the 2011 England riots (Reading the Riots Project) - Interviewed senior politicians, police chiefs and social workers around the UK - Travelled to Stockholm, Sweden to interview participants in the May 2013 riots - Researcher on investigation into British undercover police officers - Researcher on Guardian Foundation investigation into Peruvian Mining human rights abuses - Researcher on extended investigation into the causes and outcomes of the 2011 England riots (Reading the Riots Project) - Interviewed senior politicians, police chiefs and social workers around the UK - Travelled to Stockholm, Sweden to interview participants in the May 2013 riots - Researcher on investigation into British undercover police officers - Researcher on Guardian Foundation investigation into Peruvian Mining human rights abuses



TIME

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Editorial Internship

  • Sep 2012 - Mar 2013

  - Writer/Reporter for time.com - Fact-checker for articles in the domestic and international editions of Time Magazine - Four Time magazine by-lines - Researcher - Time Twitter feed - www.time.com - Writer/Reporter for time.com - Fact-checker for articles in the domestic and international editions of Time Magazine - Four Time magazine by-lines - Researcher - Time Twitter feed - www.time.com



The Guardian

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher and Reporter

  • Oct 2012 - Dec 2012

  I worked with Paul Lewis, Special Projects Editor for The Guardian, researching undercover British police officers in the 1980s-2000s I worked with Paul Lewis, Special Projects Editor for The Guardian, researching undercover British police officers in the 1980s-2000s



RTE

• Ireland
• Media Production
• 700 & Above Employee

• Morning Ireland

  • Aug 2012 - Aug 2012



Polis Journalism Think Tank

• London, United Kingdom

• Social Media Intern

  • Oct 2011 - May 2012



International Journalism Festival

• Italy
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Press and Social Media Intern

  • Apr 2012 - Apr 2012



St Ultan's National School

• Dublin

• Violin Teacher

  • Oct 2010 - Dec 2010

  - Teaching class groups of 15 children aged 5-10 - Assistant orchestra conductor - Teaching class groups of 15 children aged 5-10 - Assistant orchestra conductor



Dublin Theatre Festival

• Ireland
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Box Office Assistant

  • Jul 2010 - Oct 2010

  Box Office assistant for the 2010 Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival. My duties included all customer care queries and bookings for patrons of the Festival and general public, navigating Audience View Ticketing system, designing and personalising customer specific schedules, cash handling and reconciliation, and database maintenance. Box Office assistant for the 2010 Ulster Bank Dublin Theatre Festival. My duties included all customer care queries and bookings for patrons of the Festival and general public, navigating Audience View Ticketing system, designing and personalising customer specific schedules, cash handling and reconciliation, and database maintenance.