The Climate Story Network is growing its network of experienced writers telling stories of climate solutions. Introduce yourself if you want to join us.
Jon Tattrie
Jon Tattrie is a Halifax-based writer and freelance journalist who has worked for the CBC for the last 15 years. He has written eight books, including Peace by Chocolate; Daniel Paul: Mi’kmaw Elder; and The Hermit of Africville. Jon has also taught writing at both Dalhousie University and The University of King’s College, and currently works as Editor at Atlantic Books Today. He is also a member of the Writers’ Federation of Canada..
Moira Donovan
Moira Donovan is an independent journalist and radio producer based in Halifax, with a body of work focused on the environment and climate change. Her work has appeared in Hakai Magazine, the MIT Technology Review, and The Walrus. Her reporting has aired on CBC Radio, and her documentary work has been featured on CBC’s Ideas, Quirks & Quarks and Atlantic Voice.
Zack Metcalfe
Zack Metcalfe is a freelance journalist, photographer, columnist, and author. He has written for many publications across Canada, and focuses on the environment, endangered species, land conservation, and climate change. He has nine works of fiction to his name. Zack is also an outdoor adventurer, hiker, and rock climber.
Philip Moscovitch
Philip Moscovitch is a freelance writer, editor, and audio producer in Nova Scotia. He has written for many publications, including the Halifax Examiner, The Walrus, Saltscapes, and The Globe and Mail. He has also been a National Magazine Award and Atlantic Journalism Award finalist. Fluent in French, Philip produces and hosts the podcast D’Innombrables voyages for the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.
Scott Stoneman
Scott Stoneman teaches in the Department of Communication Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax/Kjipuktuk. He is the host of the Pretty Heady Stuff podcast, and has produced a six-episode podcast series with the After Oil collective called Volatile Trajectories in 2022. He’s written articles for Canadian Dimension, The Breach, and CBC. He is also the co-author of Widening Scripts: Cultivating Feminist Care in Academic Labour, from Punctum Books.
Elizabeth Peirce
Elizabeth Peirce is an author, editor, mother, and gardener living in Kjipuktuk, Mi’kma’ki (Halifax, Nova Scotia). Her books, Grow Organic, Grow Hope and You Can Too all focus on food self-sufficiency and attempt to demystify food gardening and preserving for newbies. She is also the author of Lost and Found: Recovering Your Spirit After a Concussion. Elizabeth is a frequent speaker on growing your own food.
Allison Lawlor
Allison Lawlor is a freelance writer who has been widely published across Canada, including in The Globe and Mail. Based in the coastal community of Prospect, Nova Scotia, she is the author of several non-fiction books. Allison also works as a writing coach with journalism students at the University of King’s College.
Evert Lindquist
Evert Lindquist studied journalism and humanities at Carleton University. He’s worked for Black Press Media and his environmental work has appeared in outlets such as Hakai Magazine and Canada’s National Observer. He has also reported on wetland restoration in Uganda for Farm Radio International. He can also be found forest hiking, paddle boarding, and wildlife watching on Vancouver Island.
Alison Auld
Alison Auld is a freelance writer and the Senior Research Reporter at Dalhousie University in Halifax, where she often writes about scientific advances, climate change, and the marine environment. She worked as a journalist for The Canadian Press for two decades and her stories appeared in national and international publications. Alison has won a National Newspaper Award and several Atlantic Journalism Awards.
Erica Butler
Erica Butler is a local radio reporter and journalist based in Sackville, New Brunswick, perched on one end of the Chignecto Isthmus, the strip of land that joins Nova Scotia with the rest of the country. She is a former transportation columnist for The Halifax Examiner, and her work has appeared in The Coast, Metro Halifax, Quill & Quire, and Halifax Magazine.
Joy Samuel
Joy Samuel is a freelance writer with a background in environmental studies and a passion for community development. Joy has written pieces for several magazines and publications inside and outside of Canada with a focus on youth issues, arts and culture, and the environment. She has worked for non-profits focused on the environment, community development, and youth.
Sean Kelly
Sean Kelly has been published in Outpost, Verge, Saltscapes, New Internationalist, The Globe & Mail, Destinations and Natural Life. He was the editor of the Sustainable Times, a Canadian magazine on environment and global development issues published in print and online from 1995-2007. Sean has produced radio documentaries that have been heard on the CBC, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and National Public Radio in the U.S. He won a National Magazine Award in Canada and a Gabriel Award for Documentary in the U.S.
Pam Sullivan
Pam is a communications specialist with an extensive background in journalism, communications, and editing. She has many years of experience working as editor-in-chief for both magazines and community newspapers. Pam currently works as an independent writer and editor, with a wide range of clients: from business and government to tourism agencies, development banks, chambers of commerce, and more. She is also the Managing Editor of the Climate Story Network.