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Meet SEJ member Virginia Gewin! Virginia is an independent science journalist based in Portland, Oregon. After pursuing graduate research on the carbon sequestration capacity of farmland, she has spent the last two decades reporting on agriculture, biodiversity loss and climate change. Courtesy of recent fellowships from the Nova Institute for Health and Knight Science Journalism Foundation, her reporting turned to exploring the impacts of wildfires, dust storms, and oil and gas development on public health, often in environmental justice communities. Virginia is currently developing a series of stories from sacrifice zones, those on the frontlines of hazardous pollution.
When asked how SEJ membership makes her job easier, Virginia said, "SEJ's calendar is a gold mine of professional development opportunities. I feel like a kid in a candy store every time I scroll through the lengthy list of upcoming fellowships, grants and trainings." Join us — apply for SEJ membership.
Check out some of Virginia's work:
- "The Race To Save the American Landscape One Seed at a Time," Bloomberg, September 27, 2024.
- "The EPA Funded Citizen Science To Address Gaps in Air Monitoring. Will It Result in Cleaner Air?" Grist, September 26, 2024.
- "Heat Waves Increase the Number of Risky, Premature Births," Vox, May 30, 2024.
- "California Farm Counties Are Not Even Close to Meeting the EPA’s New Clean Air Quality Standard," Civil Eats, March 5, 2024.
- "Air Pollution Threatens Millions of Lives. Now the Sources Are Shifting," Scientific American, February 8, 2024.
- "As the Salton Sea Shrinks, Agriculture’s Legacy Turns to Dust," Civil Eats, July 17, 2023.
- "How a Dangerous Stew of Air Pollution Is Choking the United States," Nature, December 6, 2022.
Find Virginia:
LinkedIn /virginia-gewin-4665361
X @VirginiaGewin
Bluesky @virginiagewin.bsky.social
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