Michelle Nijhuis

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Michelle Nijhuis [1] (born January 7, 1974) is an American science journalist who writes about conservation and climate change for many publications, including National Geographic and Smithsonian magazines.

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Early life and education

Nijhuis was born and raised in Poughkeepsie, New York. She graduated from Reed College in 1996 [2] and began interning at High Country News , in Paonia, Colorado, in January 1998.

Career

Nijhuis is the Contributing Editor of High Country News . [3] She also holds the title of Contributing Writer for Smithsonian magazine. [4] She has also published in The New York Times , [5] Nature, [6] Scientific American, [7] National Geographic, Audubon , and Orion , among many other outlets. She gave the 2008 commencement address at her alma mater, Reed College. [8]

With journalist Thomas Hayden, Nijhuis is the co-editor of The Science Writers’ Handbook, released in spring 2013. [9] Nijhuis blogs regularly at The Last Word on Nothing. [10] In her book, Beloved Beasts, published in 2021, she traces key turning points in the development of conservation biology that considers the restoration of ecological processes with an emphasis on the impact of an animal upon the ecosystem beyond the importance of an individual species. [11] Beginning with the conservation of American bison, the book describes chronologically both well known campaigns and obscure efforts to protect animals along with key people and organizations. [12] Turning points in the history of the conservation movement are told through the biographies of interesting, often flawed and contradictory people. [13] She doesn't avoid the realities of where conservation was built on a foundation of nationalism, sexism, and racism. [14] The movement, with roots in elite circles in North America and Europe, often overlooked the ability of people to manage the species they live alongside. [15]

Nijhuis appeared in the 2023 Ken Burns documentary The American Buffalo. [16]

Awards

Nijhuis has received several awards for her work, including the 2012 American Association for the Advancement of Science's Kavli Science Journalism Award in the magazine category, [17] for her piece titled Crisis in the Caves [18] on white-nose syndrome in bats. [19] The piece was published by Smithsonian and was also the recipient of the 2012 Award for Reporting on a Significant Topic, from the American Society of Journalists and Authors. [20]

In 2011, Nijhuis was a fellow of the Alicia Patterson Foundation. [21]

Nijhuis received the 2006 Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism from the American Geophysical Union; a 2006 AAAS Science Journalism Award in the small newspaper category; the Media Award from the American Institute of Biological Sciences; and three additional awards from the American Society of Journalists and Authors. Nijhuis has been a finalist for the National Academies Communication Award.

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  1. ↑ Nijhuis, Michelle. "Michelle Nijhuis" . Retrieved November 25, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Michelle Nijhuis '96 (interview in series "Life Beyond Reed")". Reed Magazine. 95 (2). June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Staff". High Country News. July 15, 2008. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Staff". Smithsonian. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
  5. ↑ "New York Times" . Retrieved November 25, 2012.
  6. ↑ Nijhuis, Michelle (2012). "Forest Fires Burn Out". Nature. 489 (7416): 352–354. Bibcode:2012Natur.489..352N. doi: 10.1038/489352a . PMID   22996530. S2CID   205074003.
  7. ↑ "Scientific American". Scientific American . Retrieved November 25, 2012.
  8. ↑ "In Weirdness is the Preservation of the World". Reed College News Center. November 14, 2012.
  9. ↑ Nijhuis, Michelle. "The Science Writers' Handbook" . Retrieved November 25, 2012.
  10. ↑ "The Last Word on Nothing" . Retrieved November 25, 2012.
  11. ↑ Freeberg, Ernest (April 14, 2021). "The Long History of Those Who Fought to Save the Animals". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved January 6, 2022.
  12. ↑ Berry, Erica (March 12, 2021). "'Beloved Beasts' Is a Riveting History of Conservation". Outside Online. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  13. ↑ Pelletier, Katie (October 18, 2021). "Beloved Beasts". Reed Magazine. Reed College. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  14. ↑ Nuwer, Rachel (March 26, 2021). "Book Review: An Open-Eyed History of Wildlife Conservation". Undark Magazine. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  15. ↑ Granillo, Gabriel (November 18, 2021). "Changing the Narrative on Conservation and Environmentalism". Portland Monthly. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  16. ↑ "About the Filmmakers". PBS .
  17. ↑ Lane, Earl (November 14, 2012). "Winners Named in 2012 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award Competition". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Archived from the original on December 1, 2012.
  18. ↑ Nijhuis, Michelle. "Crisis in the Caves". Smithsonian. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
  19. ↑ Carpenter, Siri (September 6, 2011). "Michelle Nijhuis searches for hopeful signs amid a bat plague". The Open Notebook. Archived from the original on September 6, 2011.
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  21. ↑ "Alicia Patterson Foundation". December 17, 2010. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
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