North America

Max Graham is a freelance journalist based in Alaska, where he reports on mining, oil, commercial fishing, and other environmental issues. Formerly a food and agriculture fellow at Grist, he has...

May 23, 2025

Alex Sugiura is a Peabody and Pulitzer Prize–winning composer, editor, and podcast producer based in Brooklyn, New York. He has worked on projects for Bloomberg, Axios, Crooked Media, and Spotify...

Menaka Raman-Wilms is the host of The Decibel, The Globe and Mail’s daily news podcast. Previously, she was a reporter in the Ottawa bureau. Before joining The Globe, Menaka was an associate producer...

Lily Zhang is a second-year master of environmental management student at the Duke University Marine Lab. Her work centers on community-based marine conservation and explores human-ocean connections...

Madeleine Paris is a doctoral student in marine science and conservation at the Duke University Marine Lab. Her research focuses on the range expansion of harbor seals along the East Coast of the...

Tony Chen is co-founder and CEO of Manolin, a data intelligence platform. He is also the host of the Fish n' Bits podcast on the business and data behind seafood.

Alyssa Klim is a visiting student at Duke University from Allegheny College, where she is majoring in environmental science and minoring in English. She is also pursuing a master's degree in public...

Minh (Nate) Ha is a reporter and photojournalist based in Washington, D.C. He previously covered education for Verite News, a nonprofit newsroom in New Orleans. Ha graduated with honors in journalism...

Climate and environmental journalist Lue Palmer (they/them) was born in rural Canada, is based in New Orleans, and has roots in Jamaica. Palmer was at the forefront of reporting on Louisiana's first...

Suryatapa Chakraborty is a Boston-based multimedia journalist and graduate student at Boston University’s College of Communication. Her reporting spans multiple formats, including news, features...

Alexa York is a journalist and investigative reporter at The Blade in Toledo, Ohio. A native of Luckey, Ohio, she was a Fulbright grantee in Bitterfeld, Germany, one of the most polluted cities in the...