Bio

Benji is a journalist and former research scientist. Based in Brooklyn, he's currently an environmental reporter at Vox, where he writes about wildlife, climate, and natural disasters. You can see his work here: www.vox.com/authors/benji-jones. Before joining Vox, Benji was a senior business reporter at Insider covering the energy industry. He consistently broke news on several of the nation's largest energy companies including Exxon, Schlumberger, and Sunrun. His work appears in National Geographic, Smithsonian, Popular Science, and other outlets. Benji has a master's degree in ecology and evolution from Stanford University, and prior to journalism, he worked at the World Resources Institute as a researcher for the forest monitoring platform Global Forest Watch. You can learn more about Benji at www.benji-jones.com.