At University of Oklahoma, Grantee Nina Dietz Will Discuss Project on Pollution's Health Effects

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Grantee Nina Dietz brings her reporting on the long-term health consequences of exposure to smoke and ash contamination to the University of Oklahoma. During her two-day visit, she will also speak with students and faculty about her career trajectory.

Dietz will engage with students and faculty across OU’s Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication through class visits, and will meet with journalists from the OU Daily newsroom.

Her Pulitzer Center-supported project, The Toxic Side of Climate Change, investigates the hazards left behind by urban wildfires in Los Angeles and examines the long-term risks these toxins pose to affected communities. The project also explores what remains in the ash and debris after a fire, and how those materials impact public health.

Dietz is a writer, documentarian, and journalist reporting from a background rooted in both science and the humanities. Her work has appeared in New Lines Magazine, Inside Climate News, Science Friday, and at Photoville, among others.