Meet Our 2022-2023 Planet Forward Correspondents!

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Open Dates: 
Tuesday, September 06, 2022 to Wednesday, May 10, 2023

We are excited to announce our 2022-2023 Planet Forward Correspondents! Get to know them below:

 

Our 2022-2023 Senior Correspondents:

  • Halley Hughes - University of Arizona. Halley is in her senior year, double majoring in Natural Resources and the Environment.

  • Carter Weinhofer - Eckerd College. Carter is in his senior year, majoring in Environmental Studies and Spanish with a minor in Journalism.

 

Our 2022-2023 Correspondents:

  • Chris Zatarain - University of Arizona. Chris is pursuing his bachelor's degree in Music and minoring in Environmental Studies.

  • Eric Forbes - Colorado State University. Eric is pursuing his graduate degree in Journalism and Media Communication.

  • Adriana Martinez-Smiley - Northwestern University. Adriana is in her senior year, majoring in Journalism with a concentration in Critical Race and Ethics Studies.

  • Hannah Krantz - George Washington University. Hannah is in her senior year, studying Journalism and Mass Communications.

  • Ciara Thomas - Tuskegee University. Ciara is in her sophomore year, majoring in Political Science.

  • Josh Rosenstein - Middlebury College. Josh is in his junior year, majoring in Environmental Science with a concentration in Economics.

  • Julia Paige-Carter - Arizona State University. Julia is in her Senior year, studying Sustainability and Communications.

  • Katie Perkins - Texas Tech University. Katie is in her third year, studying Creative Media Industries with a concentration in photography.

  • Owen Volk - SUNY-ESF. Owen is in his junior year, majoring in Environmental Studies with a focus in policy and communications.

  • Sachi Mulkey - University of California-Berkeley. Sachi is pursuing her graduate degree in the School of Journalism.

  • Vidya Muthupillai - George Washington University. Vidya is in her second year, majoring  in Political Science with a concentration in International Environmental Studies.

  • Tiya Cantrell - Tuskegee University. Tiya is a senior majoring in Political Science with a minor in Public Policy.

  • Eva Sideris - SUNY-ESF. Eva is in her final year, studying Environmental Studies with a concentration in policy, planning, and law.

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Hub Content

How farmers and pollution regulators work together
A man in a long shirt and pants hold a long pole out over a section of crops in a large field. The pole is spraying a mist over the plants.

A worker sprays a field with pesticide. (phhere.com/Public Domain)

Hannah Krantz
Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University
Bartlett Durand of the Sand County Foundation discusses the effects of fertilizer use on waterways and what farmers can do to combat these effects.
The Sound of Mountains Melting: A musical meditation on emotions in a world in crisis
A page of sheet music for a song titled, "The Sound of Mountains Melting," lies on a flat surface framed by a collection of small objects including a flute.

Handwritten sheet music inspired by Earth’s Wild Music by Kathleen Dean Moore, Ph.D. (Chris Zatarain)

Chris Zatarain
Planet Forward Correspondent | University of Arizona
An original composition of electro-acoustic art music scored for English horn and fixed media featuring field recordings and narration. The piece explores the complicated emotions that may arise from living in a time of anthropogenic climate change.
Community management and the importance of license plates in Tampa Bay
A sign with a picture of a "tarpon tag" license plate. The text underneath states, "This project was funded by a grant from Tampa Bay Estuary Program's Specialty License Plate"

An example of the "tarpon tag" license plate. For $17 a year, Florida residents can have this specialty license plate which funds dozens of community projects every year. (Carter Weinhofer/Eckerd College)

Carter Weinhofer
Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | Eckerd College
What effect can a cool license plate have on your local ecosystem? In the Tampa Bay area, simply purchasing a specialty license plate, adorned in the iconic tarpon, funds dozens of projects annually through the Tampa Bay Estuary Program.
The power of aquaculture in Papua New Guinea
Jesmond Sammut stands with four other men from Papua New Guinea in a lush green environment.

Jesmond Sammut, pictured center-right, in Papua New Guinea with members of the Bihute Fish for Prisons program. (Photo courtesy of Jesmond Sammut)

Joshua Rosenstein
Planet Forward Correspondent | Middlebury College
In this audio story, University of New South Wales Professor Jesmond Sammut explains the transformative power of his aquaculture and fish farming research in Papua New Guinea.
The importance of understanding epistemic injustice in science communication

An ancient old-growth redwood forest along California's northern coast. Changes to forestation on the West Coast may have downstream effects on temperatures and precipitation in the Mississippi River Basin. (Halley Hughes)

Halley Hughes
Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | University of Arizona
In this podcast, I chat with Jose Soto, Ph.D. about his work in Ecoclimate Teleconnections and the importance of communicating complex scientific ideas to a wider audience. 
Navigating a new era in agritourism: persistent drought in West Texas causes corn maze owners to reimagine fall tradition
A group of people walk down a path lined with tall plants. Signs on either side of the maze entrance usher maze-goers inside.

Maze-goers walk through the entrance of the At’l Do Farms maze made up of seven different crops designed to reduce the amount of water required to grow in a drought-stricken West Texas landscape. (Katie Perkins)

Katie Perkins
Planet Forward Correspondent | Texas Tech University
How one West Texas family created a sustainable and drought-tolerant crop maze to save a beloved fall tradition from drying out.
Prescription foods: Healthy feeding toward a better future
Bob Cat and Allan Gandelman stand side-by-side holding a large basket of colorful produce picked from their fields. A lush green field of vegetables extends behind them.

Co-owners of Main Street Farms, Bob Cat (left) and Allan Gandelman (right) hold up produce at their farm in upstate New York. (Courtesy of Main Street Farms)

Owen Volk
Planet Forward Correspondent | SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry
How an organic farm and a nonprofit health coalition in Cortland, N.Y., are partnering to implement a system of prescription foods to serve people with low incomes in their community.
What’s cracking? Bird flu and its strain on egg production
Rows of egg cartons fill a grocery store's shelves.

In some places, eggs have doubled in price in the past year. (Raysonho/CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication)

Tiya Cantrell
Planet Forward Correspondent | Tuskegee University
What does your grocery tab have to do with diseases in birds? Find out why the price of eggs is more complicated than you think. 
The Tijuana River Estuary: A living laboratory
A snowy egret walks among green plants in low water.
Julia Paige-Carter
Planet Forward Correspondent | Arizona State University
The beautiful landscape of the Tijuana River Estuarine Research Reserve is constantly threatened by human impacts. This is what the estuary's research team is doing about it.
AgNext: The future of sustainable animal agriculture

A cow grazing at Colorado State University's Agricultural Research, Development and Education Center on Oct. 27, 2022, in Fort Collins, Colo. (Photo by Eric Forbes)

Eric Forbes
Planet Forward Correspondent | Colorado State University, Center for Science Communication
In this video, AgNext's Dr. Kim Stackhouse-Lawson and Dr. Sara Place discuss the future of sustainable animal agriculture.

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