Joan Meiners, PhD

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🌵 Climate reporter (The Arizona Republic | @azcentral.com) 🐝 Bee doctor (Ecology Ph.D. @UF) 🚴‍♀️ Outdoor athlete (runner, thruhiker, skier, former bike racer) Listen. Be human. Fight bullshit. https://www.azcentral.com/staff/5308605002/joan-meiners/

Newspaper page with story about a biodiversity researcher in print.

Photo of an award plaque to Joan Meiners at The Arizona Republic from the Society for the Advancement of Business Editing and Writing for an honorable mention recognizing work in the Energy/Sustainability/Climate Change category.

Climate journalists Helina Selemon, Amy Westervelt and Joan Meiners before the Friday lunch plenary session at the 2025 Society of Environmental Journalists conference in Tempe, AZ.

First place team

Centerpiece of today’s USA TODAY newspaper is a story about a bill to block wind farms across 90% of Arizona by Joan Meiners and Ignacio Calderon.