Sarah Petrescu covers arts and fashion for the Times Colonist. She joined the newspaper in 2005 as an intern and returned as staff the next year after completing graduate studies in journalism at Ryerson University in Toronto.

In 2007, Sarah received a fellowship from the Jack Webster Foundation to report on development issues in sub-Saharan Africa. She has also reported for Reader's Digest, the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star and the Tyee.