Cipher hires Clifford as senior science and economics correspondent

Cipher, which covers climate and technology, has hired Catherine Clifford as its senior science and economics correspondent.

Before joining Cipher, Clifford helped launch the climate desk at CNBC.com, where she was the climate technology and innovation reporter. In that role, she was best known for explaining the science behind a new technology or innovation.

In November, Clifford received the Darlene Schmidt Science News Award, given to her by the American Nuclear Society, for her leading coverage of the nuclear industry, both fission and fusion. She has also covered include the burgeoning clean hydrogen economy and related policy, transmission lines and the grid’s importance in the deployment of clean energy resources, the debate over deep sea mining for minerals used in clean energy manufacturing, the development of carbon removal and sequestration technologies, and battery technologies.

Clifford completed the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Clean Air Task Force’s extended education course on nuclear energy in 2021, participated in the Columbia Energy Journalism Initiative in 2022 and was a member of the first cohort of the Climatebase fellowship in 2022. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University.