Marek Fuchs is the Ellen Kingsley Hirschfeld Chair in Writing at Sarah Lawrence, as well as the Executive Director of The Journalism and Justice Initiative. As a journalist, he covered professional, collegiate and amateur sports for The New York Times. As a basketball coach, he led St. Matthew's to the Catholic Youth Organization championship of New York State. He was also an assistant coach at Byram Hills High School in Armonk, N.Y.