Expertise
Food, agriculture, climate change, biodiversity, health, science, and technology
About
Jenny Splitter is an award-winning journalist who writes about food, agriculture, climate change, biodiversity, health, science, and technology. She is the editor-in-chief of Sentient, a nonprofit news outlet covering factory farms. Her work has been published in a wide range of media outlets, including Vox, Forbes, Civil Eats, The Observer, OneZero, Undark, The Washington Post, Popular Mechanics, New York magazine, and Mental Floss. Her story "Please Don't Call This Cultured Nugget 'Lab Meat,'" published by Popular Mechanics, received the best food and beverage story award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors in 2020.
She has done public speaking engagements for the National Academy of Science's LabX, the National Gallery of Art, the World Resources Institute, Prepare.AI, the Reducetarian Summit, SynBioBeta, the Breakthrough Institute, and the Museum of Science Fiction.
Education
- Bachelor or Arts (B.A.) in Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
- Juris Doctor (J.D.), George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC
Certifications
- Fact-Checking Workshop, Knight Science Journalism, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Awards
- Best Food and Beverage Story, American Society of Journalists and Authors, 2020