Sabrina Malhi

Senior Writer, Newsletters

Sabrina Malhi is a senior newsletter writer for CNN. She is passionate about bringing clarity and context to the complex news stories shaping readers’ lives.

About

Before joining CNN in 2026, Sabrina was a national health reporter at The Washington Post, where she led the Coronavirus Updates newsletter and covered health, medicine and science. She previously worked as an opinion editor at The Hill. Sabrina got her start in journalism writing for her college paper, The Spectrum, at the University at Buffalo.

Later she earned a master’s degree in journalism from New York University and was the president of the South Asian Journalists Association. She lives in Washington, D.C. Outside of work, she trains Brazilian jiu-jitsu and is always searching for a great cup of coffee.