The Uproot Project Database is a critical resource for journalists who are seeking to connect with editors, mentors, experts, sources, and other journalists of color within the environmental space. As a network by and for environmental and climate journalists of color, The Uproot Project is committed to diversity in the media, which means spotlighting diverse voices. The people you will find in our database identify as Black, Indigenous, or other people of color, who have exercised expertise in climate, science, social justice, and environmental spaces.
HOW TO USE
To navigate The Uproot Project Database, simply use the filters to find what you’re looking for whether it’s a mentor, subject matter expert or a freelance journalist. The database can also be narrowed down by the member’s geographic location as well as their availability to mentor, freelance, meet up for coffee based on location, or be interviewed as a subject matter expert.The database has been fully vetted and verified as of April 2022. We will continue to update, add, and verify members on a rolling basis. If you have any questions, please contact info@uprootproject.org.
Want to be a part of Uproot’s database? Fill out the application here!
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Alex (Ching Lam), Ip
Alex Ip is the Editor In Chief of The Xylom, an Atlanta-based nonprofit -
Ayurella Horn-Muller
Ayurella Horn-Muller is an award-winning freelance journalist and a correspondent at Climate Central. -
Britny Cordera
Britny Cordera is a published poet, nonfiction writer, and emerging journalist -
Chris Trinh
Chris Trinh is a Vietnamese-American photojournalist and data analyst -
Christina Colón
Christina Colón is associate editor of Sojourners magazine -
Drew Costley
Drew Costley is a reporter, editor, photographer and videographer based in Northern Virginia -
Felix Poon
Felix Poon is an audio producer with a passion for deeply personal narrative storytelling -
Francisco Martínezcuello
Francisco Martínezcuello is a second-year student at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism -
Gulnaz Khan
Gulnaz Khan is the climate editor at TED Talks and a former editor at National Geographic -
Jesenia De Moya Correa
Jesenia De Moya Correa is a Dominican American award-winning journalist -
Katherine Cheng
Katherine Cheng is a Chinese-Canadian freelance documentary photographer and videojournalist -
Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson
Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson is a Pacific Islander journalist with over 20 years experience -
Laura Lopez Gonzalez
Laura López González is a Chicana health and science writer/editor with 15 years of experience -
Lauren J. Young
Lauren J. Young is a science journalist, editor, and multimedia producer in New York City -
Learnmore Nyoni
Learnmore Nyoni is a Zimbabwean Black journalist & documentary filmmaker -
Lucia Priselac
Lucia is the Director of The Uproot Project -
Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz
Luis Alexis Rodríguez-Cruz uses science and storytelling to understand and bring visibility to Puerto Rico’s food system’s issues -
Maria Paula Rubiano A.
Maria Paula Rubiano A. is a science and environmental journalist with a focus on sustainability, food sovereignty, etc. -
Michelle Dang
Michelle Dang is a producer at the podcast Science Vs from Gimlet Media/Spotify -
Paige Curtis
Paige Curtis is a Boston-based writer covering the intersection of climate, arts, and culture -
Pamela EA (Elizarrarás Acitores)
Pamela EA is a documentary photographer and climate justice organizer focused on gender equality. -
Rachel Ramirez
Rachel Ramirez is a climate writer with CNN, covering climate science and environmental justice -
Richa Syal
Richa Syal is an investigative journalist reporting on environmental exploitation -
Sarah Belle Lin
Sarah Belle Lin is a freelance journalist reporting on the nexus of in/justice, sociocultural movements, accountability and solutions -
Spoorthy Raman
Spoorthy Raman is a Toronto-based science journalist with over five years of experience in sciene writing and editing -
Taylor Moore
Taylor Moore is a freelance journalist in Chicago who writes about environmental justice, urban development, and politics -
Vivek Shandas
Vivek Shandas is a Professor of Climate Transformation and Director of the Sustaining Urban Places Research (SUPR) Lab at Portland State University -
Wufei Yu
Wufei Yu is a bilingual journalist based in New Mexico and about to move back to the Greater China area -
Yessenia Funes
Yessenia Funes is an environmental journalist dedicated to covering climate and environmental justice. -
Zayna Syed
Zayna Syed is a Pulliam environment fellow at the Arizona Republic, where she writes about the climate crisis, water management, etc