Kendra Pierre-Louis
Kendra Pierre-Louis | |
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Occupation | journalist |
Language | English Spanish Haitian Creole |
Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology SIT Graduate Institute Cornell University |
Genre | climate change |
Kendra Pierre-Louis is an American climate reporter and journalist. She currently works at Gimlet Media as a reporter and producer on the podcast How to Save a Planet, featuring Alex Blumberg and Ayana Elizabeth Johnson.[1][2][3]
Career
Pierre-Louis previously worked at The New York Times and Popular Science.[4][5] Her work has also appeared in Aeon, FiveThirtyEight, Sierra, InsideClimate News, Newsweek and The Washington Post.[2] She also worked as a researcher for Terrapin Bright Green, an environmental consulting and strategic planning firm.[6]
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.[7][8][9] It was reviewed positively by Climate and Capitalism reviewer Ian Angus.[8] Kirkus Reviews called the book "a slim but revealing investigation."[10]
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.[11][12][13]
Personal life
Pierre-Louis is a first-generation American born to Haitian parents, and was raised speaking Spanish and Haitian Creole.[14]
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.[2] During her graduate studies, she received a Taylor/Blakeslee University Fellowship for science writing.[15]
She has repeatedly criticized mayonnaise,[3][14] going so far as to publish an essay in Popular Science in 2017, calling the condiment "disgusting".[16]
Awards and recognition
Pierre-Louis received a "Sagebrush Country Institute Fellowship" in 2015,[17] and a "Bringing Home the World Fellowship" from the International Center for Journalists in 2016.[7] In 2017, Pierre-Louis was selected by the National Press Foundation for national environmental journalist training.[18] In 2020, Pierre-Louis was named "Science Writer in Residence" by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[19]
In 2019 Bustle named her one of its "25 Climate Scientists and Experts to Follow on Twitter" for climate information.[20] She also delivered the keynote speech at the 2019 Oppenheimer Media Ethics Symposium at the University of Idaho.[21]
References
- ^ "The Haitian Roundtable » Kendra Pierre-Louis". Retrieved December 14, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Kendra Pierre-Louis". MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
- ^ a b "OFF TOPIC: Ex-NYT climate reporter fights 'doom' and 'gloom'". www.eenews.net. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ^ "Kendra Pierre-Louis, SM '16". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ^ Staff. "Kendra Pierre-Louis Shares What It's Like To Be A New York Times Climate Reporter". www.boisestatepublicradio.org. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ^ "Green Washed – Ig Publishing". Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ a b "Kendra Pierre-Louis". International Center for Journalists. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Staff, Ashley Soliman | (November 21, 2020). "Weekender | Sustainable, ethical consumption and the environment, a non sequitur". The Daily Californian. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ^ GREEN WASHED | Kirkus Reviews.
- ^ "Contributors". All We Can Save. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
- ^ "How Movies Like 'Black Panther' Could Help Us Save the Planet". Time. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ^ "Listen: What Wakanda can teach us about climate change". Grist. October 30, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ^ a b "Threshold Conversations with Kendra Pierre-Louis". Threshold. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ^ "Five awarded Taylor/Blakeslee University Fellowships for 2015–16 | Council for the Advancement of Science Writing". casw.org. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ^ "Mayonnaise is disgusting, and science agrees". Popular Science. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ^ "Sagebrush Fellows". Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ^ "20 Journalists Chosen for Environmental Training". National Press Foundation. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ^ "Gimlet's Kendra Pierre-Louis to visit virtually as Science Writer in Residence". news.wisc.edu. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ^ "25 Climate Scientists & Experts To Follow On Twitter If You Want To Stay Informed". Bustle. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ^ "2019 Oppenheimer Ethics Symposium". www.uidaho.edu. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
External links
- Official website
- Kendra Pierre-Louis on X
- Kendra Pierre-Louis on the Muck Rack journalist listing site
- Kendra Pierre-Louis on Instagram