Victoria St. Martin
Health and Environmental Justice Reporter, Philadelphia
Victoria St. Martin covers health and environmental justice at Inside Climate News. During a 20-year career in journalism, she has worked in a half dozen newsrooms, including The Washington Post where she served as a breaking news and general assignment reporter. Besides The Post, St. Martin has also worked at The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., The Times-Picayune of New Orleans, The Trentonian, The South Bend Tribune and WNIT, the PBS-member station serving north central Indiana. In addition to her newsroom experience, St. Martin is also a journalism educator who spent four years as a distinguished visiting journalist with the Gallivan Program in Journalism, Ethics, and Democracy at the University of Notre Dame. She currently teaches at the Klein College of Media and Communication at Temple University. St. Martin is a graduate of Rutgers University and holds a master’s degree from American University’s School of Communication. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011 and has written extensively about the prevalence of breast cancer in young women. In her work, St. Martin is particularly interested in health care disparities affecting Black women.
Ubiquitous ‘Forever Chemicals’ Increase Risk of Liver Cancer, Researchers Report
By Victoria St. Martin
Without Significant Greenhouse Gas Reductions, Countries in the Tropics and Subtropics Could Face ‘Extreme’ Heat Danger by 2100, a New Study Concludes
By Victoria St. Martin
Study: Pennsylvania Children Who Live Near Fracking Wells Have Higher Leukemia Risk
By Victoria St. Martin
Study Underscores That Exposure to Air Pollution Harms Brain Development in the Very Young
By Victoria St. Martin
A Vast Refinery Site in Philadelphia Is Being Redeveloped and Called ‘The Bellwether District.’ But for Black Residents Nearby, Justice Awaits
By Victoria St. Martin
In An Unusual Step, a Top Medical Journal Weighs in on Climate Change
By Victoria St. Martin
As Animals Migrate Because of Climate Change, Thousands of New Viruses Will Hop From Wildlife to Humans—and Mitigation Won’t Stop Them
By Victoria St. Martin
Warmer Nights Caused by Climate Change Take a Toll on Sleep
By Victoria St. Martin
Study Identifies Outdoor Air Pollution as the ‘Largest Existential Threat to Human and Planetary Health’
By Victoria St. Martin
Fossil Fuels Aren’t Just Harming the Planet. They’re Making Us Sick
By Liza Gross, Victoria St. Martin
