The Truth About Cycling
Fifteen stories establish how fragmented infrastructure, road rules and political choices keep cycling precarious in Switzerland and Denmark.
Field reporting · Data · Public policy
Explore investigationSarah Zeines
Independent investigative journalist
I investigate the human consequences of institutional decisions.
Field reporting, public records, freedom-of-information requests and document analysis.
Geneva · Switzerland
01 / Selected investigations
Selected investigations
Inside Switzerland's Animal-Rights Front Lines
Ten reports, from sanctuaries and courtrooms to the inside of a slaughterhouse blockade, reveal the tactics, tensions and divisions of the antispeciesist movement.
Immersion · Interviews · Field reporting
Explore investigationSwitzerland's Psychedelic Therapy Blind Spots
Freedom-of-information records, scientific literature and testimony revealed serious incidents and gaps in how they were reported.
FOI · Interviews · Scientific literature
Read investigationNew Housing, Mold and Social Mix in Geneva
Tenant testimony, expert analysis and official responses expose gaps in the oversight of construction materials, indoor air and social mix.
Documents · Interviews · Official responses
Explore series02 / Method
Method
Fieldwork
Interviews, observation and reporting with people directly affected.
Documents
Freedom-of-information requests, administrative files, court decisions, public reports and archives.
Data
Analysis of public and institutional data to document patterns and test claims.
Sources
Work with open, confidential or anonymous sources when their protection requires it.
03 / Beats
Areas of investigation
- Institutions and accountability
- Dissent and regulatory grey areas
- Health and public risk
- Urban systems and mobility
Published in
- Heidi.news
- Le Temps
- Le Courrier
- Geneva Solutions
- The Geneva Observer
- Blick
17 years reporting · English + French · Geneva
04 / Archive
Archive
2026
When Social Assistance Means Working Without PayHeidi.newsSocial inequality↗
An AI Image Generator Sexualized a ChildBlickTechnology accountability↗
Can a Renamed Tantra Festival Safeguard Consent?BlickConsent / Safeguards↗
Peyote Tourism Comes to SwitzerlandLe CourrierPublic health↗
Switzerland's Psychedelic Therapy Blind SpotsEcstatic IntegrationHealth / Regulation↗
Inflation Hits the Aid ConvoyLe CourrierHumanitarian systems↗
The Tobacco Ad in the Shop WindowLe CourrierPublic health / Lobbying↗
Geneva's Latin American Left Sounds the AlarmLe CourrierInternational affairs↗
Tiger Mosquitoes Worry Geneva ParentsLe CourrierPublic health↗
Autism Foundation Director Faces Defamation AppealHeidi.newsLabour / Institutions↗
Behind Calvinist Geneva's Discreet Swinger SceneHeidi.newsSociety / Culture↗
2025
2024
2023
05 / Recognition
2025
Fondation Liliane, Robert et Rosalie Jordi
Journalism grant
06 / About
About
Sarah Zeines is an independent journalist based in Geneva. She investigates institutions, public policy and the points where they come into conflict, with a particular interest in social justice, public health, the environment and mobility.
She works in French and English and has been a journalist for 17 years. Based in Switzerland since the age of 12, she reports on the country and its dynamics through fieldwork, interviews, public records, freedom-of-information requests and data.
Her work has appeared in Le Temps, Heidi.news, Le Courrier, Blick, 20 Minutes and The Geneva Observer.
07 / Separate commissions
Editorial collaborations
Alongside her independent journalism, Sarah Zeines occasionally produces editorial content for institutions and organisations. These commissions are clearly separate from her journalistic work.
The Geneva Observer · 2021–23
SUSTAINED
A weekly environmental briefing conceived and written for nearly two years, covering climate, pollution, mobility, energy and urban development.
Concept · Editorial direction · Reporting · Writing
Read archive ↗International Geneva
ICRC / Red Cross Geneva
Editorial and public-facing content on humanitarian and institutional subjects, including interviews and material adapted for different audiences and formats.
Interviews · Editorial content · Audience adaptation
Romande Energie · 2024
Energy & Resilience
A year-long editorial collaboration on energy, logistics, resilience and the systems behind everyday consumption.
Research · Reporting · Writing
Read selected story ↗Selected commissions · 2013–18
Places & Public Life
Features and editorial contributions for Immorama, Geneva Tourism and the municipal publications of Vernier and Lancy.
Features · Guides · Municipal publishing
08 / Contact
Contact
For investigations, reporting assignments, editorial collaborations or confidential information.
For sensitive exchanges, contact me to arrange a secure channel.