Author Bios

Rebecca Egan McCarthy is a Climate News Reporting Fellow at Grist.

Majd Jawad is a Journalist and researcher from Jenin, Palestine, holding a Master’s degree in Democracy and Human Rights from Birzeit University and a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism.

Adam Rhodes is an investigative journalist whose work primarily focuses on queer people and the criminal legal system. They currently work as a training director at Investigative Reporters and …

Peyton McCauley is a Water Policy Specialist and Sea Grant UW Water Science-Policy Fellow at the Center for Water Policy. She holds a Juris Doctorate from Marquette University Law …

Natalie Jonas is a contributor to OpenSecrets.

Christine Mai-Duc is a California-based reporter for KFF Health News.

Katie Surma is a reporter at Inside Climate News focusing on international environmental law and justice. Before joining ICN, she practiced law, specializing in commercial litigation. She also wrote …

Dr. David Higgins is a double board-certified pediatrician and preventive medicine/public health specialist committed to improving the health and well-being of children, adolescents, and their communities. His research focuses …

Usha Kumar is a researcher and political commentator based in New York City. She can be reached at [email protected].

Dr. Alex Hanna is director of research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) and a lecturer in the School of Information at the University of California Berkeley. She is …