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Sarah Ruiz B.A.

  • Science Writer and Editor
Sarah Ruiz
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Phone: 508-444-1569 Email: Twitter

I lead Woodwell Climate’s editorial content production— writing, commissioning, and editing stories about the Center’s research. I oversee the creation of Climate Science For Change, Woodwell Climate’s biannual magazine, and support field research trips as a reporter and photographer.

Previously, I worked at the World Resources Institute as a writer and editor, running a blog about forest monitoring and protection efforts. I have also written for the Jane Goodall Institute, Virginia Sea Grant, and other science non-profits and publications. I was a 2016-2017 reporting fellow with the Pulitzer Center, and received a grant from the College of William and Mary to pursue a multimedia reporting project about the 2017 total solar eclipse.

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On assignment for Woodwell near Arches National Park, Utah.

I am motivated by my passion to tell stories that have a positive impact on the world and to make climate science accessible and inspiring to a broad audience. I hope connecting to readers on a personal level will drive enthusiasm and action in the fight against climate change.
I hold a B.A. in science communication and have broad expertise in ecology, biology, multimedia journalism, and documentary.

During my time as an undergraduate, I was an editor for William and Mary’s student newspaper, The Flat Hat. When not writing about climate science, I can be found writing fiction, painting, drawing, and gardening.

Stories

Taking measures of Alaskan salmon, photo by Madeleine Lee
  • Feature

Are Alaska’s streams getting too hot for salmon?
night sky with stars and milky way over green shed and buildings of research station
  • Feature

20 years at Tanguro Field Station
cows and weather station in co
  • Feature

It’s not the cows, it’s the way we’re managing them