Austin Keating is an Illinois trade journalist specializing in fabrication, conservation and remediation, having previously covered agriculture and remote sensing as a correspondent for Planet Forward (2017-18), field editor for Informa magazine Prairie Farmer (2018-21), then editor of BNP Media's Point of Beginning (2021 until it was discontinued in 2022). He currently serves at BNP as editor of SNIPS NEWS, the 80-year-old sheet metal industry special section of biweekly newspaper ACHR NEWS, and edits for Engineered Systems and Mission Critical magazines. He also serves as editor of Remediation Technology, a publication for BNP Media's RemTEC trade show focused on vapor intrusion, groundwater and soil contamination, as well as per and polyfluoroalkyl substances and mining/hydrocarbon remediation.