Sottile covered the Malheur occupation court trials for "The Washington Post" and Outside Magazine, and regularly talked about the trials as a guest on Oregon Public Broadcasting programming. She is the host of the podcasts "Bundyville" and "Bundyville: The Remnant", produced through Longreads, and Two Minutes Past Nine produced by BBC Radio 4. She has written for "Rolling Stone", "Outside", "High Country News" and "The Washington Post" on subjects related to the American West.