Ashley Braun is Senior Editor of DeSmog. She is an award-winning freelance science and environmental journalist who has written for publications including Smithsonian Magazine, The Atlantic, Slate, Science, Scientific American, Discover, bioGraphic, Hakai Magazine, and Audubon. She also fact-checks for publications such as Science News and The New York Times. Ashley is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and National Association of Science Writers and is the former president of the Northwest Science Writers Association.

Find more of her writing at ashleybraun.com/writing and follow her on Bluesky at @ashleybraun.bsky.social or Twitter at @ashleybraun.