Karen Pinchin

Karen Pinchin is a Canadian science journalist and author whose projects investigate and reveal how consumption, history, and technology shape our shared warming world. A graduate of Columbia University’s Master’s in Science Journalism, her longform magazine and newspaper reporting has won regional and national awards, appearing in outlets including Canadian Geographic, Hakai Magazine, and Scientific American. Her first book, Kings of Their Own Ocean: Tuna, Obsession and the Future of Our Seas—about a mercurial fisherman and a bluefin tuna he tagged—was named a Globe and Mail Best Book in 2023.