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.
After a Decade, Federal Officials Tighten Guidelines on Air Pollution
By Victoria St. Martin
Study: Higher Concentrations Of Arsenic, Uranium In Drinking Water In Black, Latino, Indigenous Communities
By Victoria St. Martin, Aydali Campa
Behavioral Scientists’ Appeal To Climate Researchers: Study The Bias
By Victoria St. Martin
Citing Health and Climate Concerns, Activists Urge HUD To Remove Gas Stoves From Federally Assisted Housing
By Victoria St. Martin
Tiny Soot Particles from Fossil Fuel Combustion Kill Thousands Annually. Activists Now Want Biden to Impose Tougher Standards
By Victoria St. Martin
New Toolkit of Health Guidance Helps Patients and Care Providers on the Front Lines of Climate Change Prepare for Wildfires
By Victoria St. Martin
Poll: Climate Change Is a Key Issue in the Midterm Elections Among Likely Voters of Color
By Victoria St. Martin
In Texas, a New Study Will Determine Where Extreme Weather Hazards and Environmental Justice Collide
By Victoria St. Martin
Lung Cancer in Nonsmokers? Study Identifies Air Pollution as a Trigger
By Victoria St. Martin
Amid the Devastation of Hurricane Ian, a New Study Charts Alarming Flood Risks for U.S. Hospitals
By Victoria St. Martin
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
