2025 SJP Fellows

Aryn Baker is a Rome-based foreign correspondent who has spent the past 25 years writing about the intersection of climate change, conflict, migration, science, culture, and politics as a bureau chief for Time Magazine in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. She now writes for Time, the New York Times, World Politics Review, and Noema Magazine, and is a Visiting Fellow at New America’s Planetary Politics program.

Saugat Bolakhe is a Nepalese freelance science journalist based in New York City. He is passionate about writing about living things, biotech, and environmental research. His work has headlined in The Atlantic, Wired, Scientific American, Nature, Science News, Quanta Magazine, New Scientist, EOS, Knowable Magazine, and other publications. He is also a program assistant at The Open Notebook and collaborates with biotech ventures to refine and elevate their communication strategies. Saugat holds a BS in Zoology from Tribhuvan University, Nepal, and an MA in Science Journalism from Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. In 2024, he was recognized with the Science Journalism Award from the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology. When not writing, Saugat is running, hiking, humming Nepalese, Hindi, or English tunes, flipping through gymnastics, or geeking out over another novel or sci-fi flick.

Ed Cara is a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based science writer, performer, and pug enthusiast. He is currently the health reporter at Gizmodo, where he spends his days digging into the latest scientific advances, the weirdest medical cases, and the occasional charming animal news He has acted on the stage, including off-Broadway, for over a decade. Since fully transitioning into science journalism eight years ago, Ed has written investigative and long form articles for Pacific Standard magazine, Newsweek, the Atlantic, and Undark Magazine. In his free time, he still regularly performs in the city as a sketch and improv comedian.

George Musser is a contributing editor to Scientific American and Nautilus magazines and a contributing writer to Quanta magazine. He was a senior editor at Sci Am for 15 years and, with his wonderful colleagues, shared in two National Magazine Awards. His writing has won awards from the American Institute of Physics and other institutions. He has written four books on fundamental physics and its intersection with philosophy, neuroscience, A.I., and other areas. Although he covers mainly physics and astronomy, he has written on everything from migrant remittances to childhood moral development.

Stephany Paz is a journalist and anchorwoman at Teleamazonas, one of the major television networks in Ecuador. She presents the local midday newscast and also works as a reporter covering current affairs (politics, education, health, community, etc.). Stephany coordinates, produces and presents the health segment “Vive Bien” (Live Well), which informs about diseases, their treatment and prevention and is broadcast on Teleamazonas' morning newscast. Stephany is the co-author of two books, “Murmullos de Papel” and “Recuerdos Adulterados.” She holds a master’s degree in Scientific, Medical and Environmental Communication from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain, and received the 2023 Pfizer - Clúster Andino Health Journalism Award.

Lori Youmshajekian is a freelance science journalist based in Armenia, primarily covering consumer health and research integrity. Her work has appeared in Scientific American, Retraction Watch, National Geographic, and other leading publications, drawing on her background in explanatory reporting for TV and video at ABC Australia. She holds a master's degree from NYU’s Science, Health & Environmental Reporting Program.

Ana Bueno, raised in Veracruz, Mexico, is a Bronze Telly and Emmy Award-winning journalist specializing in environmental issues and climate change. In 2022, she became an environmental reporter for Univision 45, covering topics ranging from air quality and wildlife conservation to watchdog reporting on Houston’s oil and gas industry. Among her many accolades, she was selected as a fellow at the University of Rhode Island’s prestigious Metcalf Institute in 2023. Additionally, in 2024, she was selected by the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources as a fellow for its Western Wildfire Institute and by NYU Stern as a fellow for its Climate Economics Journalism program. She hopes her work will make a difference in the Latino community in this country.

Moira Donovan is a freelance journalist reporting on the environment and climate change, with a particular focus on Atlantic Canada. Her stories on subjects such as fisheries management, ocean pollution, and carbon dioxide removal have appeared in Hakai Magazine, Yale E360 and the Economist, and on CBC Radio, and have won awards from the Canadian Association of Journalists and the Society of Environmental Journalists. She's based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Georgia Krause is an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker telling empathetic stories set within elevated realities. Their work has been featured on ABC, National Geographic, Netflix, and the Emmy-nominated PBS show “Human Footprint.” Georgia's short documentaries have premiered at DOC NYC, Defy Film Fest, Jackson Wild, Wild Coast film Festival, and have been awarded the Founder’s Choice at San Diego Environmental Film Festival. Georgia is interested in creating work that makes the misunderstood familiar, and that dances between the edges of harsh and soft. Outside of documentary filmmaking, they are interested in mosh pits and treasure.

Olga Loginova is an investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker telling stories of environmental justice, climate displacement, and human rights. She is a producer, reporter and host of the nonfiction narrative podcast “Leaving the Island,” which investigates the first federally funded climate change-driven community resettlement in the United States. Olga’s work has appeared in The Guardian, Al Jazeera, The Center for Public Integrity, Type Investigations, Yahoo!News, PopSci, VICE News, Eurasianet, RFE/RL and others. She is a recipient of the 2023 Amnesty International Media Award for a longform feature about crimes against humanity in Belarus. She is the 2024 Joan Konner Fellow in the Journalism of Ideas Program and the 2021 Columbia Journalism Investigations’ Fellow. Loginova holds master’s degree in Science, Health and Environmental reporting from Columbia University and a master’s in Broadcast and Cinematic Arts from Central Michigan University.

Lela Nargi is a freelance journalist covering the intersection of food and agriculture systems, social justice issues, and climate science for The Guardian, Eater, The New York Times, Mother Jones, Hakai, Knowable Magazine, and many other outlets. Her 2022 story for the Food and Environment Reporting Network (FERN), “Why America’s food-security crisis is a water-security crisis, too”, received a first honorable mention for outstanding explanatory reporting from the Society for Environmental Journalists. In 2023-‘24 she was a Nova Institute for Health media fellow, covering the connection between water poverty and food insecurity. She was also a 2023 media fellow at the Vermont Law and Graduate School and a 2019 Fromson journalism fellow. Formerly, she was an editor at Working Mother magazine, a journalism instructor at Kingsborough Community College, and a reporter for national outlets like People, Life, and Entertainment Weekly. She’s also the author of 25 science books for kids.

Jorge Rodriguez is an environmental and science journalist based in Guatemala, with over a decade of experience covering topics related to the environment, biodiversity, climate change, and sustainability in Latin America. He is the founder of Viatori, a Central American digital media outlet that highlights the efforts of marginalized communities to achieve sustainable development in harmony with nature. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with international outlets such as El País (Planeta Futuro and América Futura), Mongabay, Living Bird, Think Global Health, and National Geographic. He has also worked with CONNECTAS, a journalism platform that promotes investigative reporting on key regional issues. His journalistic focus lies at the intersection of natural resource conservation and policies affecting Indigenous and local communities. He is a member of international journalism networks such as Earth Journalism Network, Hostwire, and IJNet, and has been a speaker at events such as the 14th International Science Journalism Meeting. Currently, he seeks to expand his work to more Caribbean countries and explore new ways to tell environmental stories, including writing books. He also manages the Instagram account @elapachabotones, where he shares documentary images showcasing the biodiversity and culture of Central America.