Inside Climate News Selects 11 Summer Fellows to Report on Environmental Issues Around the Country

Eleven young journalists are joining Inside Climate News as reporting fellows this summer.

ICN’s summer 2025 fellowship class draws from current college students and recent graduates in locations ranging from California to Illinois to Washington, D.C. The program is designed to hone participants’ writing and reporting skills and deepen their expertise in a variety of topics related to climate change and the environment.

“Inside Climate News believes in the importance of equipping emerging journalists to cover the most urgent story of our era,” said Jamie Smith Hopkins, ICN’s managing editor. “Climate change affects our present and looms over our future, and we’re excited to work with our talented fellows on articles that help illuminate the causes and ripple effects.”

More than 75 fellows have participated in the program since ICN’s executive editor, Vernon Loeb, launched it in 2020. The 2025 summer class includes:

Anika Jane Beamer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Naaja Flowers, Hampton University

Carl David Goette-Luciak, Columbia University

Ryan Krugman, Columbia University

Sarah Mattalian, Northwestern University

Nina Sablan, Swarthmore College

Chad Small, University of Washington

Finya Swai, Northwestern University

Rambo Talabong, New York University

Jennifer Ugwa, University of California, Berkeley

Deep Vakil, Columbia University