Karen Pinchin
Former Tow Journalism Fellow, FRONTLINE/Columbia Journalism Fellowship
Karen Pinchin was a reporter and the 2019-2020 Tow Journalism Fellow at FRONTLINE. A graduate of Columbia Journalism School’s MA-Science, she started her journalism career at The Canadian Press and Maclean’s, and has regularly written for The Globe and Mail, Canadian Geographic and The Walrus. She is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and Investigative Reporters and Editors, and won a 2019 Lynton Fellowship in Book Writing and a 2018 Atlantic Journalism Award for business reporting.
Location:
Boston, MA
Areas of Expertise:
Science, environment, technology, medicine
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Stories from Karen Pinchin
“Deflect, Delay, Defer”: Decade of Pacific Gas & Electric Wildfire Safety Pushback Preceded Disasters
China Considers New National Security Law for Hong Kong
Facing COVID-19 in the World’s Largest Refugee Camp, Young Rohingya Help Prepare for an Outbreak
“We’ve Got to Double Our Efforts”: WA Gov. Inslee Warns Against Reopening Too Early
How the U.S. Has Responded to Allegations of China’s Human Rights Abuses
With NRA Under Investigation, Former Fundraiser Says Gun Group is Republican “Through and Through”
Weinstein Sentenced to 23 Years for Rape and Criminal Sexual Act
Exclusive: Amazon’s First Employee Calls Company a “Huge and Unstoppable Force”
Hong Kong Struggles with Coronavirus, Renewing Residents’ Anger
Isabel dos Santos Facing Fraud Charges; Banker’s Death Linked to Investigation
Angolan Government, Companies and dos Santos Respond to The Luanda Leaks
Inequality and the Rise of the “Forgotten America”: An Oral History
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