Michelle Nijhuis
Verified
(She/Her)
As seen in:
High Country News,
Apple Podcasts,
MSN,
MSN UK,
The New York Times,
The New York Times Magazine,
The Guardian,
Washington Post Opinions,
Yahoo Canada,
Aol,
BuzzFeed
and
Covers:
biodiversity, environment, american west, climate, energy
Author of BELOVED BEASTS, tinyurl.com/belovedbeasts. Editor @HighCountryNews, bylines @NatGeoMag, @nybooks &c.; Find me @ Conservation Works on $ubstack.
Interview
What was your first job as a journalist?
High Country News intern, class of 1998.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes!
What does it mean to be a journalist?
To make sense of complex, important issues for intelligent but distracted people.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
MacBook, iPhone, my brain
Who do you wish followed you?
Benedict Cumberbatch (duh).
Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?
Viva the Arlingtonian.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Keep your eye on the long game.
Would you like to take the Muck Rack Interview?
Create a Muck Rack profile.