Journalism Fellows

As members of the news media, journalism fellows provide context to research and make timely connections between academia and today’s headlines through insightful event moderation and intimate workshops.

Policy Fellows

With high-level experience in government, policy fellows help bridge the divide between research and policy through a wide range of forums, including public and private events and student engagement.

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News·Mar 23, 2023

TIME Reporter Justin Worland Named EPIC Journalism Fellow

Worland’s in-depth coverage of the key climate policy issues being debated brings a new depth of knowledge and perspective to UChicago researchers and students.
In The News·Jun 30, 2023

The Climate Rifts Biden and Modi Couldn’t Heal

via TIME
“It’s very easy to say ‘move away from coal,’” Mahua Moitra, a Member of Parliament in India, told EPIC's Journalism Fellow Justin Worland last month at an event he moderated at the University of Chicago as part of EPIC's 2023...
Topics: COP28: Insights & Reflections
News·Nov 18, 2021

New York Times Reporter Lisa Friedman Named EPIC Journalism Fellow

Friedman’s deep reporting on climate and environmental policy will offer critical context and perspective to UChicago research.
Insight·Mar 20, 2019

Covering the Climate: How, and Why, the Beat Has Changed

Climate change is a complex subject to cover at any time, let alone at a time in history when basic science is undermined and criticized. How have reporters and media organizations changed how and how often they cover climate change?...
Topics: Climate Change
Podcast episode·Aug 16, 2021

Podcast Miniseries: The Roadmap

Where does climate and energy policy go from here? In the new podcast miniseries The Roadmap, The Atlantic‘s Rob Meyer joins EPIC scholars to take a deep dive into timely climate and energy issues and the evidence behind needed policy changes, as described...
EPIC Event·Jun 30, 2021

Revitalizing the Grid to Achieve a Clean-Powered Economy: A Conversation with FERC Chair Richard Glick

Video Watch Full Video The Biden administration has pledged to achieve a carbon-free power sector by 2035. Meeting this goal will require not only enormous growth in U.S. clean power generation but also a significant expansion in transmission capacity to...
News·Jul 28, 2021

EPIC Welcomes New Class of Former Senior Officials as Policy Fellows

Former Congressman Carlos Curbelo and former Southeast Regional EPA Administrator Heather McTeer Toney will share their insights on the policy implications of energy and environmental research from UChicago faculty.
News·Jul 30, 2018

Former Senior Government Officials Join EPIC as Visiting Policy Fellows

Former high-ranking Republican and Democratic officials, McKie Campbell and Melanie Kenderdine, will share their insights on the policy implications of energy and environmental research.
News·Aug 30, 2018

Axios Reporter Amy Harder Named EPIC’s Inaugural Journalism Fellow

Harder brings her keen ability to contextualize energy policy issues to the University of Chicago for a series of events designed to bridge the gap between research and policy.
News·Oct 23, 2018

EPIC Journalism Fellow Amy Harder to Appear on New Axios HBO Series

Series to air Sundays at 6:30 p.m. ET/PT in November.
News·Jun 10, 2019

Unpacking Climate and Energy Policy in the 116th Congress

Congressman Sean Casten (D-Ill.) joined Axios’ Amy Harder to discuss the outlook for climate and energy policy in the current Congress, as well as the broader outlook for renewables in the U.S.
News·Mar 23, 2021

New Book by Leading Academics Provides Practical Climate and Energy Policy Ideas for the Biden Administration and Congress

Grounded in research, the book presents a series of evidence-based recommendations from University of Chicago scholars designed to inform climate policy in the new administration and Congress.