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Kendra Pierre-Louis

Kendra Pierre-Louis is an American climate reporter and journalist. She most recently worked[1] at Gimlet Media as a reporter and producer on the podcast How to Save a Planet, featuring Alex Blumberg and Ayana Elizabeth Johnson.[2][3][4]

Kendra Pierre-Louis
Occupationjournalist
LanguageEnglish
Spanish
Haitian Creole
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
SIT Graduate Institute
Cornell University
Genreclimate change

Career

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Pierre-Louis previously worked at Gimlet Media, The New York Times and Popular Science.[5][6] Her work has also appeared in Aeon, FiveThirtyEight, Sierra, InsideClimate News, Newsweek and The Washington Post.[3] She also worked as a researcher for Terrapin Bright Green, an environmental consulting and strategic planning firm.[7]

Her 2012 book, Green Washed: Why We Can't Buy Our Way to a Green Planet, argues that individual action and consumption capitalism do not support climate action.[8][9][10] It was reviewed positively by Climate and Capitalism reviewer Ian Angus.[9] Kirkus Reviews called the book "a slim but revealing investigation."[11]

Pierre-Louis was a featured author in the book All We Can Save, contributing an essay examining what the fictional country of Wakanda can teach about climate adaptation.[12][13][14]

Personal life

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Pierre-Louis is a first-generation American born to Haitian parents and was raised speaking Spanish and Haitian Creole.[15]

She has a Master of Science in Science Writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master of Art in Sustainable Development from the SIT Graduate Institute, and a Bachelor of Art in Economics from Cornell University.[3] During her graduate studies, she received a Taylor/Blakeslee University Fellowship for science writing.[16]

She has repeatedly criticized mayonnaise,[4][15] going so far as to publish an essay in Popular Science in 2017, calling the condiment "disgusting".[17]

Awards and recognition

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Pierre-Louis received a Sagebrush Country Institute Fellowship in 2015,[18] and a Bringing Home the World Fellowship from the International Center for Journalists in 2016.[8] In 2017, Pierre-Louis was selected by the National Press Foundation for national environmental journalist training.[19] In 2020, Pierre-Louis was named Science Writer in Residence by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[20]

In 2019 Bustle named her one of its "25 Climate Scientists and Experts to Follow on Twitter" for climate information.[21] She also delivered the keynote speech at the 2019 Oppenheimer Media Ethics Symposium at the University of Idaho.[22]

References

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  1. ^ Shapiro, Ariel (October 6, 2022). "Spotify is axing 11 original podcasts". The Verge. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  2. ^ "The Haitian Roundtable » Kendra Pierre-Louis". Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Kendra Pierre-Louis". MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "OFF TOPIC: Ex-NYT climate reporter fights 'doom' and 'gloom'". www.eenews.net. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  5. ^ "Kendra Pierre-Louis, SM '16". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  6. ^ Staff. "Kendra Pierre-Louis Shares What It's Like To Be A New York Times Climate Reporter". www.boisestatepublicradio.org. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  7. ^ "Green Washed – Ig Publishing". January 11, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Kendra Pierre-Louis". International Center for Journalists. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  9. ^ a b Angus, Ian (March 5, 2012). "Green Washed: Why we can't buy our way to a green planet | Climate & Capitalism". Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  10. ^ Staff, Ashley Soliman | (November 21, 2020). "Weekender | Sustainable, ethical consumption and the environment, a non sequitur". The Daily Californian. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  11. ^ GREEN WASHED | Kirkus Reviews.
  12. ^ "Contributors". All We Can Save. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
  13. ^ "How Movies Like 'Black Panther' Could Help Us Save the Planet". Time. September 21, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  14. ^ "Listen: What Wakanda can teach us about climate change". Grist. October 30, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  15. ^ a b "Threshold Conversations with Kendra Pierre-Louis". Threshold. September 16, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  16. ^ "Five awarded Taylor/Blakeslee University Fellowships for 2015–16 | Council for the Advancement of Science Writing". casw.org. April 22, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  17. ^ "Mayonnaise is disgusting, and science agrees". Popular Science. October 31, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  18. ^ "Sagebrush Fellows". Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  19. ^ "20 Journalists Chosen for Environmental Training". National Press Foundation. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  20. ^ "Gimlet's Kendra Pierre-Louis to visit virtually as Science Writer in Residence". news.wisc.edu. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  21. ^ "25 Climate Scientists & Experts To Follow On Twitter If You Want To Stay Informed". Bustle. September 20, 2019. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  22. ^ "2019 Oppenheimer Ethics Symposium". www.uidaho.edu. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
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