Shannon Osaka
Washington, D.C.
Climate zeitgeist reporter
Education: Princeton University, BA in environmental science and environmental studies; University of Oxford, MPhil in geography
Shannon Osaka is a climate reporter covering policy, culture, and science for The Washington Post. She came to The Post after two and a half years at the nonprofit environment journalism outlet Grist, where she analyzed federal climate policy, the energy transition and ideas about climate change. Before becoming a journalist, she received a master’s degree in human geography and published academic papers on climate change perception and modeling.
