Rebecca Raney is an award-winning investigative journalist who covers pollinators, corporate influence on science, and the pesticide industry. She has contributed to The New York Times, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, The Atlantic. For AAAS, she profiled some of the game-changing scientists of our time, with an emphasis on neuroscience and biotech. For The Times, she contributed to some of the biggest stories of the last decade, including coverage of the mass shooting in Las Vegas, which was recognized for staff reporting as a Finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news.
Rebecca spent 10 years working for Southern California newspapers, where she covered earthquakes, riots, floods, forest fires, serial murders, economic boom, economic bust, California politics and the Internet. During the last few years of that stint, she trained editors and reporters in methods of using technology to improve news coverage. She has also taught data journalism at the Annenberg School at the University of Southern California.
Other honors include top awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association, the Best of Gannett and the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, as well as designation as a top-three finalist for the Livingston Award.
Contact Rebecca: rebecca@usrtk.org Follow Rebecca on Twitter: @fairleyraney
