Virginia Gewin covers environmental issues — from food security to acidifying oceans to endangered species — from her perch in Portland, Ore. Following an American Association for the Advancement of Science Mass Media fellowship at The Oregonian and an internship at Nature magazine, she has worked as a freelance journalist for over a decade. Her work has appeared in Nature, Science, Discover, Popular Science, Slate and others. Last year, she played a founding role in Bracing for Impact, a climate change reporting project published by a team of six for Beacon Reader.