Eleven young journalists are joining Inside Climate News as reporting fellows this summer.
ICN’s summer 2025 fellowship class draws from current college students and recent graduates in locations ranging from California to Illinois to Washington, D.C. The program is designed to hone participants’ writing and reporting skills and deepen their expertise in a variety of topics related to climate change and the environment.
“Inside Climate News believes in the importance of equipping emerging journalists to cover the most urgent story of our era,” said Jamie Smith Hopkins, ICN’s managing editor. “Climate change affects our present and looms over our future, and we’re excited to work with our talented fellows on articles that help illuminate the causes and ripple effects.”
More than 75 fellows have participated in the program since ICN’s executive editor, Vernon Loeb, launched it in 2020. The 2025 summer class includes:
Anika Jane Beamer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Naaja Flowers, Hampton University
Carl David Goette-Luciak, Columbia University
Ryan Krugman, Columbia University
Sarah Mattalian, Northwestern University
Nina Sablan, Swarthmore College
Chad Small, University of Washington
Finya Swai, Northwestern University
Rambo Talabong, New York University
Jennifer Ugwa, University of California, Berkeley
Deep Vakil, Columbia University
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