Jessica Benko
Jessica Benko
Jessica Benko is an independent print and radio Journalist. [3] She is drawn to stories about the lives of people on the margins of society, from the illegal gold mines of the Amazon to the barren tundra of the Arctic.[2][4]
Career
As a writer and journalist, Jessica Benko gets her stories about the lives of people on the margins of the society.
She has covered news from the illegal gold mines of the Amazon to the barren tundra of the Arctic. Her articles has been published in reputable online and print media including: The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Wired (magazine), This American Life, and a host of others.
Prior to being independent, she worked as a producer for WNYC's Radiolab and science editor for WNYC Studios 360. Her passion her stories where the practice of science is targeted to address human suffering, in areas of medicine, psychology, Poverty, public health, or Technology.
Her reporting topics overtime bothers around humane prison reform, epidemic prevention in the aftermath of Ebola virus disease, and the impact of extremist violence in East Africa and West Africa.
Articles
Jessica has written a number of Articles.
Some of which include:
El desplazamiento provocado por el cambio climático[5]
Imaginary friends forever[6]
How a Warming Planet Drives Human Migration[7]
The New York Times[8]
He Survived Ebola. Now He’s Fighting to Keep It From Spreading.[9]
Making and Unmaking the Digital World[10]
The Atavist Magazine[11]
The Radical Humaneness of Norway’s Halden Prison[12]
Prison Planet[13]
Mother of God, Child of Zeus[14]
The Hyper-Efficient, Highly Scientific Scheme to Help the World’s Poor[15]
“Why’s this so good?” No.
89: Matthew Power and ‘Mississippi Drift’
Social Media
She is quite active on Social media. She joined Twitter in October 2009 and has nearly 1000 followers.[1]