Delaney Dryfoos

Report for America corps member with The Lens, New Orleans' nonprofit news team, and the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk

 
 
 
 
 
 
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About Me

Delaney Dryfoos covers the environmental beat for The Lens. She is a Report for America Corps member and covers storm surges, hurricanes and wetlands in collaboration with the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk. Prior to joining The Lens, they reported on climate change resiliency in New York City for Inside Climate News. She holds a master’s degree in science, health and environmental journalism from New York University, where she worked as the managing editor for Scienceline and an editorial intern at Living on Earth. As a college intern for NJ Advance Media, Dryfoos covered news across New Jersey and their story about South Orange’s rainbow lampposts was republished by U.S. News and World Report. She is passionate about reporting on the intersection of health and the environment as well as working to make journalism more inclusive of disabled and LGBTQ+ sources and reporters. She studied biology, global health, policy journalism and media studies at Duke University.

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Curriculum Vitae

Experience

Environment Reporter
The Lens NOLA
July 2023 to present

Fact Checker
Lede New Orleans
June 2024 to present

Reporting Fellow
Inside Climate News
Sept. 2022 to June 2023

Managing/Environmental Editor
Scienceline
Nov. 2021 to Dec. 2022

Editorial Assistant
Living on Earth
May 2022 to Sept. 2022

Communications Assistant
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
June 2019 to August 2021

 

Education

M.A. JournalismScience, Health & Environmental Reporting
New York University
Sept. 2021 to Dec. 2022

B.S. Biology, with a minor in Global Health, and a certificate in Policy Journalism & Media Studies
Duke University
Aug. 2015 to June 2019

 

Volunteer Experience

Editor
Lede New Orleans    
May 2024 to present

Mentor
Adolescents Transitioning to Leadership and Success (ATLAS)
Sept. 2018 to May 2019

 

Skills & Languages

Investigative reporting

Collaborative journalism

Writing

Editing

Fact-checking

Word processing programs

AP style

English

Spanish

 
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Contact

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