CalMatters and Grist are pleased to announce the hire of reporter Katie Rodriguez to cover the impacts of climate change in California’s Central Valley, from agricultural impacts to the energy transition.
“The best way to cover a community is to have a reporter there on the ground,” said Kristin Go, editor-in-chief at CalMatters. “Katie’s experience will help us better tell the stories of how the Central Valley — which is crucial to California’s economy — are dealing with everything from water scarcity to the future of agriculture.”
Rodriguez was previously a reporter for the Monterey County Weekly/Monterey County Now, covering agriculture, water issues, oceans, and energy, as well as Big Sur, Carmel Valley, and the County Board of Supervisors. Her writing — which has largely focused on how food systems fit squarely at the center of our most important environmental, political, and economic questions — has been published in Civil Eats, The Washington Post, Inside Climate News, Ag Alert, USA Today, The G... Read more
