Meet Valerie Vande Panne! Valerie is the Managing Editor of Native News Online [2]. She is a former environmental reporter for the NPR and PBS affiliate WGCU in Southwest Florida. She is also a former Editor in Chief of Detroit's alt-weekly, the Metro Times, and a former News Editor of High Times magazine. Her work has been featured in a wide variety of outlets, from Bloomberg to In These Times. She travels extensively throughout Indian Country. More [3].

 Valerie recommends joining SEJ [4], and said, "SEJ has given me access and connections to countless reporters and experts. My work — and my life — are fuller because of the opportunities SEJ presents to its members."

Check out some of Valerie's work:

• "Snail Kites Move North As Health of Lake O & the Everglades Wane [5]," WGCU, July 16, 2021.
• "Saharan Dust Helping To Keep Tropics Quiet [6]," WGCU, July 14, 2021.
• "As Floods Become More Frequent, Climate Change Threatens Seminole Tribe of Florida [7]," Native News Online, June 2, 2021.
• "Will a Known Neurotoxin Be Used on Florida Citrus? [8]" WGCU, March 25, 2021.
• "Red Tide Connected to Dead Birds [9]," WGCU, March 12, 2021.
• "What Truth and Reconciliation Looks Like in Practice [10]," Next City, November 2, 2020.
• "Climate Change Inspires Roseate Spoonbills to Relocate [11]," WGCU, September 23, 2020.
• "Cities Are Cutting the Salt From Their Winter Road Diets [12]," Next City, February 3, 2020.
• "Foraging, and Forging, Connections in Cities [13]," Next City, December 16, 2019.
• "How Abandoned Big-Box Stores Can Bring Communities Together [14]," Next City, March 11, 2019.
• More on WGCU [15].

Find Valerie:

Twitter      @asktheduchess [16]
Web          valerievandepanne.com/ [17]
Email        valerie@valerievandepanne.com [18]
 

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