Blanca Begert will join Politico as the inaugural California climate reporter and will author the new California Climate newsletter, which is set to debut on Aug. 14.
The newsletter will cover the political and legislative dynamics surrounding climate change in California.
Begert has freelanced since March 2023 and was a reporting fellow at Grist. She has also worked as a section editor and producer, news and environment at PBS SoCal.
Begert has a B.A. from Brown University and a master’s degree from Yale School of the Environment.
You can congratulate Begert via Twitter.
