Karen Charman Environmental Journalist

I began my career as a journalist covering agriculture in New Zealand, where I lived from 1983 until 1991.

After moving back to the U.S., I attended the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, earning a Masters degree in journalism in 1993.

From that time I freelanced, focusing mainly on agricultural and environmental issues, for numerous publications including World Watch, Sierra, On Earth, TomPaine.com, Extra!, The Nation, In These Times, The Progressive, various New Zealand publications, and several others.

From the summer of 2004 until May 2013, I was the managing editor of the journal Capitalism Nature Socialism, an academic ecosocialist journal published by Routledge. I am now freelancing again, writing for WhoWhatWhy.com and others.