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Umair Irfan covers climate change, energy, and the environment for Vox. He is also a contributor to Science Friday. Before joining Vox, Umair was a reporter for Climatewire at E&E News in Washington...

Eliza Barclay oversees Vox.com's health, science, energy, and environment coverage. She was formerly a reporter and editor at NPR, and most recently edited the food blog, The Salt. As editor of The...

Katelyn Weisbrod is a student at the University of Iowa studying journalism and environmental science. She has a passion for travel and was inspired by the way other countries address environmental...

Madison is from Georgetown, Texas, and graduated from Baylor University with a B.S. in Environmental Science in 2018. She is now pursuing her M.S. in Occupational and Environmental Health from the...

Corinne Chin is the director of news talent for recruitment at the Associated Press, working to build and mentor a competitive, diverse, and inclusive newsroom staff across the globe. She is also a...

Erika Schultz is a staff photojournalist at The Seattle Times. She was a 2019 U.S.-Mexico Border Reporting Fellow with the International Women's Media Foundation. In 2017, Pictures of the Year...

Stephanie Beasley is a multilingual journalist based in Washington, D.C. She has worked as both a staff writer and freelance print and photo journalist for publications such as POLITICO, Bloomberg BNA...

Perla Trevizo is a Mexican-American journalist who has spent more than a decade covering immigration stories from about a dozen countries. Until recently, she was the border and immigration reporter...

Emma Johnson is an environmental journalist and communicator whose writing and visualizations have been featured in Mongabay, Carolina Public Press, Chesapeake Bay Magazine, and more. She is a three...

Rick Barrett is a business news reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and USA TODAY Network-Wisconsin, covering manufacturing, agriculture, and telecom. Previously, he worked for the Wisconsin...

Claire Galofaro has been documenting the spiraling opioid epidemic since joining the Associated Press in 2015. Galofaro, a correspondent in Louisville, Kentucky, was awarded the Livingston Award for...

Tegan Wendland is editorial director of the Mississippi River Basin AG and Water Desk. She has more than a decade of experience reporting on issues in the Mississippi River Basin, from the shores of...