Kendra Pierre-Louis Explained

Kendra Pierre-Louis
Occupation:journalist
Language:English
Spanish
Haitian Creole
Alma Mater:Massachusetts Institute of Technology
SIT Graduate Institute
Cornell University
Genre:climate change
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Kendra Pierre-Louis is an American climate reporter and journalist. She most recently worked[1] at Gimlet Media as a reporter and producer on the podcast How to Save a Planet, featuring Alex Blumberg and Ayana Elizabeth Johnson.[2] [3] [4]

Career

Pierre-Louis previously worked at Gimlet Media, The New York Times and Popular Science.[5] [6] Her work has also appeared in Aeon, FiveThirtyEight, Sierra, InsideClimate News, Newsweek and The Washington Post. She also worked as a researcher for Terrapin Bright Green, an environmental consulting and strategic planning firm.[7]

Her 2012 book, Green Washed: Why We Can't Buy Our Way to a Green Planet, argues that individual action and consumption capitalism do not support climate action.[8] [9] [10] It was reviewed positively by Climate and Capitalism reviewer Ian Angus. Kirkus Reviews called the book "a slim but revealing investigation."[11]

Pierre-Louis was a featured author in the book All We Can Save, contributing an essay examining what the fictional country of Wakanda can teach about climate adaptation.[12] [13] [14]

Personal life

Pierre-Louis is a first-generation American born to Haitian parents and was raised speaking Spanish and Haitian Creole.[15]

She has a Master of Science in Science Writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master of Art in Sustainable Development from the SIT Graduate Institute, and a Bachelor of Art in Economics from Cornell University. During her graduate studies, she received a Taylor/Blakeslee University Fellowship for science writing.[16]

She has repeatedly criticized mayonnaise,[15] going so far as to publish an essay in Popular Science in 2017, calling the condiment "disgusting".[17]

Awards and recognition

Pierre-Louis received a Sagebrush Country Institute Fellowship in 2015,[18] and a Bringing Home the World Fellowship from the International Center for Journalists in 2016. In 2017, Pierre-Louis was selected by the National Press Foundation for national environmental journalist training.[19] In 2020, Pierre-Louis was named Science Writer in Residence by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[20]

In 2019 Bustle named her one of its "25 Climate Scientists and Experts to Follow on Twitter" for climate information.[21] She also delivered the keynote speech at the 2019 Oppenheimer Media Ethics Symposium at the University of Idaho.[22]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shapiro . Ariel . 2022-10-06 . Spotify is axing 11 original podcasts . 2023-01-04 . The Verge . en-US.
  2. Web site: The Haitian Roundtable » Kendra Pierre-Louis. December 14, 2020. en-US.
  3. Web site: Kendra Pierre-Louis. December 14, 2020. MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing. en-US.
  4. Web site: OFF TOPIC: Ex-NYT climate reporter fights 'doom' and 'gloom'. December 15, 2020. www.eenews.net. en.
  5. Web site: Kendra Pierre-Louis, SM '16. December 15, 2020. MIT Technology Review. en.
  6. Web site: Staff. Kendra Pierre-Louis Shares What It's Like To Be A New York Times Climate Reporter. December 15, 2020. www.boisestatepublicradio.org. en.
  7. Web site: Green Washed – Ig Publishing. December 16, 2020.
  8. Web site: Kendra Pierre-Louis. December 14, 2020. International Center for Journalists. en.
  9. Web site: Angus. Ian. March 5, 2012. Green Washed: Why we can't buy our way to a green planet Climate & Capitalism. December 15, 2020. en-US.
  10. Web site: Staff. Ashley Soliman . November 21, 2020. Weekender Sustainable, ethical consumption and the environment, a non sequitur. December 15, 2020. The Daily Californian. en-US.
  11. Book: GREEN WASHED Kirkus Reviews. en.
  12. Web site: Contributors. December 10, 2020. All We Can Save. en-US.
  13. How Movies Like 'Black Panther' Could Help Us Save the Planet. December 15, 2020. Time. September 21, 2020 .
  14. Web site: October 30, 2020. Listen: What Wakanda can teach us about climate change. December 15, 2020. Grist. en-US.
  15. Web site: Threshold Conversations with Kendra Pierre-Louis. December 15, 2020. Threshold. September 16, 2020 . en-US.
  16. Web site: Five awarded Taylor/Blakeslee University Fellowships for 2015–16 Council for the Advancement of Science Writing. December 15, 2020. casw.org. April 22, 2015 .
  17. Web site: Mayonnaise is disgusting, and science agrees. December 15, 2020. Popular Science. October 31, 2017 . en.
  18. Web site: Sagebrush Fellows. December 15, 2020. Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources. en-US.
  19. Web site: 20 Journalists Chosen for Environmental Training. December 15, 2020. National Press Foundation. en-US.
  20. Web site: Gimlet's Kendra Pierre-Louis to visit virtually as Science Writer in Residence. December 15, 2020. news.wisc.edu. en-US.
  21. Web site: 25 Climate Scientists & Experts To Follow On Twitter If You Want To Stay Informed. December 15, 2020. Bustle. September 20, 2019 . en.
  22. Web site: 2019 Oppenheimer Ethics Symposium. December 15, 2020. www.uidaho.edu. en.