The WBUR Festival

Nikhil Swaminathan is the CEO of Grist. Previously, he led the newsroom for five years. Prior to that, he was a digital producer for “Fault Lines,” a current affairs documentary film program that airs on Al Jazeera America and Al Jazeera English. Prior to that, he was a senior... Read More →

Rachel Bouton (she/her) is the Senior Manager for Networks and Events at Grist, a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. At Grist Rachel leads strategy, design and production for a robust lineup of events focused... Read More →

Tik Root covers the economics of climate change at Grist. He started his career as a freelance journalist in Yemen, and has since covered everything from Al Qaeda to the Olympics for outlets such as National Geographic, The New York Times, and The Atlantic, among others. He previously... Read More →

Zoya Teirstein is a staff writer covering the impacts of climate change on human health. Her work can also be found in Rolling Stone, Wired, and the Associated Press. She has received awards from the Indigenous Journalists Association, the SEAL Awards, and the Society of Environmental... Read More →

Katherine (Kat) Bagley is the editor-in-chief of Grist, a nonprofit media organization covering climate, environmental justice, and solutions. She is a journalism leader with more than 18 years of experience covering climate change and the environment, and more than a decade working... Read More →

Frida Garza is a staff writer covering food and agriculture at Grist. Previously, she has worked as an editor at the Guardian US where she launched America's Dirty Divide, a series on environmental and climate justice, and as a senior staff writer at Jezebel. She lives in Brooklyn... Read More →

Meagan is the managing editor of digital audience & community engagement at WBUR, Boston's largest NPR newsroom. She oversees the newsletter and social media teams.Her mouthful of a title really means thinking about the ways and places WBUR can bring its local journalism to more communities... Read More →

Nik wakes up early each morning to write WBUR's flagship newsletter, WBUR Today. He runs the day-to-day of all things email. He joined WBUR in 2022 from Boston.com, where he was a staff writer covering local news, politics, and transportation. Nik holds bachelor's degrees in journalism... Read More →

Hanna Ali is an associate producer for newsletters at WBUR, and is the host of WBUR's Weekender newsletter.Before joining WBUR, Hanna worked as a digital editor at the PBS science documentary series NOVA, writing articles for NOVA Next and managing the show’s newsletters and social... Read More →