Emily Benson
@erbenson1
Senior editor @highcountrynews, focused on the northwest, northern Rockies & Alaska, science stories and climate coverage. 🏳️🌈 she/her
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For the new year, High Country News is coming in hot with a special issue on How to Build a Better Climate Future, edited by Emily Benson, featuring work by Brooke Larsen The Land Desk Kylie Mohr (she/her) Tiffany Midge Anna V. Smith Rebecca Randall and others. hcn.org/issues/56.1
We're hiring 2 full-time, year-long fellows to join the High Country News editorial team. Report, write, fact check – broaden our coverage of the West.
Proud that this position finally includes health care. Get the details & apply classifieds.hcn.org/denver/employm…
Digging into the wild world of wildfire insurance. 🔥 What stories do you want to see from High Country News? What questions do you have?
This Thursday, Join HCN Senior Editor Emily Benson for a conversation with HCN correspondent Ben Goldfarb about his latest book, Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet, which examines how roadways have reshaped our world. 🗓
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🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨
The Spokesman-Review is hiring a Racial and Social Equity Reporter to write about local racial equity, race relations, historic/systemic racism issues, and their impacts on life in the Inland Northwest. #JournalismJobs buff.ly/3QAjmwy
Update: I've moved to Helena, MT to work High Country News! (Will be embedded here for the 2nd year of my The New York Times Headway fellowship.) Thrilled to join HCN and report on MT + the West. Esp interested in housing/food/progress stories. Let's talk — and if you're in MT, let's meet!
.High Country News staff sending love, and tidbits of advice, to everyone breathing smoke back East. hcn.org/articles/hey-n…
Ephemeral streams — like desert washes that only flow after rainfall — are crucial for both ecosystems and humans. Last week, the Supreme Court issued a ruling leaving them unprotected by the Clean Water Act. By me for High Country News: hcn.org/articles/north…
When you are a finalist for a prize with so many other incredible stories, you can't help but feel deeply honored! Stories like these are much more of a collaboration then appear. Shout-out to Aviva Shen McKenna Stayner Emily Benson and @samantha_yadron. Was truly the best team!
Tune in tomorrow to listen to me ask Kathleen McLaughlin & LeahSottile.Substack.com what it's like to work as a journalist & writer in the Western U.S. these days, and what topics and projects they're excited about right now! Noon pacific/1pm MT on Thursday, March 23
At next week's AWP conference in Seattle, I'll be on a panel about narrative science writing with Michelle Nijhuis robertakwok Emily Benson and Jane C. Hu
We'll chat craft and technique, with specific examples
Consider stopping by. We'd love to see you!
#AWP23