As part of the expansion of its Local News Initiative, Grist is excited to announce a new local partnership with Deep South Today, a nonprofit news network that includes Verite News in Louisiana and Mississippi Today.
Grist has added Verite’s senior climate and environment reporter Tristan Baurick as the newsroom’s fifth local reporter. In addition, Grist and Deep South Today will work together to develop a similar new reporting position that will work in both the Mississippi Today and Grist newsrooms.
Before joining Verite in 2024, Baurick was a coastal and environment reporter at The Times-Picayune | Nola.com. His special projects included an in-depth look at the potential for offshore wind energy in the Gulf of Mexico; a long-form story about the relocation of a Louisiana tribal community; and a series with New Orleans Public Radio about water management in the Netherlands and the lessons it holds for Louisiana.
Baurick’s work has been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists, National Association of ... Read more
