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Portrait of Kate Selig

Kate Selig

I cover breaking news for the National desk. I’m particularly drawn to finding hidden stories of how climate change affects everyday people, and I’m fascinated by any subject that allows me to spotlight individuals to illuminate larger issues.

Before joining The Times, I reported on climate change through internships at The Washington Post, The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle.

I’ve covered the debilitating effects of extreme heat from a sweltering single room occupancy in Boston’s Chinatown, tracked down wildfire survivors living off the grid in the Santa Cruz Mountains and investigated the opposition to a major wind farm off the shores of a New Jersey beach town. Last fall, I was recognized as a student journalist of the year by Covering Climate Now, a global journalism organization co-founded by the Columbia Journalism Review.

My roots are in local news. I got my start in journalism as a sportswriter for my hometown newspaper, The Harvard Press in Harvard, Mass. I also took time off from college during the pandemic to report for Mission Local, a hyperlocal newsroom covering the Mission District in San Francisco. My freelance work has appeared in KQED and The Guardian.

I graduated from Stanford with a degree in philosophy in 2024. There, I served as editor in chief of The Stanford Daily and helped oversee an investigation into research misconduct allegations against the university president, which led to his resignation and was recognized with the George Polk Award.

As a Times journalist, I share the values and adhere to the standards of integrity outlined in our Ethical Journalism Handbook.

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