Author Bios

Ajani Stella is a Dow Jones reporting fellow at Inside Climate News, based in New York City. Previously, he interned at amNewYork, covering politics, housing and crime. His reporting …

Dan Gearino covers the business and policy of renewable energy and utilities, often with an emphasis on the midwestern United States. He is the main author of ICN’s Inside Clean …

Melissa Manno is a reporter at New York Focus, covering the state’s school system and education politics. She was previously an education reporter for the San Antonio Express-News, where …

Max Nesterak is the deputy editor of the Reformer and reports on state government, politics and labor. Before helping launch the Reformer in 2020, he worked for Minnesota Public …

Maya McDaniel is a fellow at Inside Climate News, currently based in Western Colorado. She is a junior at Swarthmore College, majoring in Environmental Studies with a focus on …

Ashish Malhotra is the host of “The Soccernomics Podcast,” and the series creator of “The Dark Side of The World Cup” for Zeteo. He was previously a producer for …

Chris Mills Rodrigo is a rank-and-file member of the Communications Workers of America and organizer with CWA for Palestine.

Aastha Uprety is a rank-and-file member of the Communications Workers of America and organizer with CWA for Palestine.

Julian Cooper is a Chicago-based journalist, an editorial intern for The Progressive, and a research intern for the Quincy Institute's Democratizing Foreign Policy program.

Jay covers education for the Florida Phoenix. He previously worked for the Iowa Capital Dispatch and the Iowa State Daily. He grew up in Iowa and is a graduate …