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Eliza Barclay

Eliza Barclay

Former Science and Health Editor

Eliza Barclay oversaw Vox.com’s health, science, energy, and environment coverage. She led the team of writers, photographers, and editors that received an Online Journalism Association award, a Scripps Howard award, a North American Digital Media award, a National Press Club honorable mention, and a Pictures of the Year International award in 2020 for the Supertrees project on tropical forests and deforestation. In 2019, she and other Vox staff were finalists for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Communications Award for a project on the mysteries of weight loss.

Formerly she was a reporter and editor at NPR, and most recently edited the food blog, The Salt. As an editor of The Salt, she received a James Beard Award, a Gracie Award, and an Association of Food Journalists Award. She’s been a fellow with the International Reporting Project, the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting, and the International Women’s Media Foundation.

Latest articles by Eliza Barclay

Science
Thich Nhat Hanh’s final mindfulness lesson: How to die peacefullyThich Nhat Hanh’s final mindfulness lesson: How to die peacefully
Science

“Letting go is also the practice of letting in, letting your teacher be alive in you,” says a senior disciple of the celebrity Buddhist monk and author.

By Eliza Barclay
Climate
How to listen to all of Vox’s Earth Month podcastsHow to listen to all of Vox’s Earth Month podcasts
Podcast
Climate

From climate change policy to clean energy technology, these episodes focus on ways to solve the environmental crisis.

By Lauren Katz and Eliza Barclay
Down to Earth, our project on the biodiversity crisis, explained
Climate

Why a reporting initiative on the science, politics, and economics of an ecological catastrophe is so badly needed.

By Eliza Barclay and Brian Anderson
The exponential rise in Covid-19 hospitalizations, in one chart
Politics

More people in the US are hospitalized with the coronavirus than at any other time this year.

By Eliza Barclay and Dylan Scott
Climate
How affluent people can end their mindless overconsumptionHow affluent people can end their mindless overconsumption
Climate

Every energy reduction we can make is a gift to future humans, and all life on Earth.

By Eliza Barclay and Jag Bhalla
The Vox guide to navigating the coronavirus crisis
You can get reinfected with Covid-19 but may still have immunity. Let’s explain.You can get reinfected with Covid-19 but may still have immunity. Let’s explain.
The Vox guide to navigating the coronavirus crisis

Reinfections so far appear to be rare — and immunity is complex.

By Brian Resnick and Eliza Barclay
Politics
Trump and his staff’s refusal to wear a face mask is a catastropheTrump and his staff’s refusal to wear a face mask is a catastrophe
Politics

A face mask might have protected Trump, his staff, and the people around them from the coronavirus.

By Eliza Barclay
Explainers
California’s recurring wildfire problem, explainedCalifornia’s recurring wildfire problem, explained
Explainers

The state’s weather is becoming warmer and more volatile due to climate change. And there are more people and buildings.

By Umair Irfan, Eliza Barclay and 1 more
Climate
Hurricane Laura: The danger of storm surge, explainedHurricane Laura: The danger of storm surge, explained
Climate

Why this storm could bring life-threatening flooding.

By Eliza Barclay and Brian Resnick
Science
More people in the US are hospitalized with Covid-19 than at almost any other timeMore people in the US are hospitalized with Covid-19 than at almost any other time
Science

With daily cases, hospitalizations, and deaths still on the rise, the coronavirus pandemic is not slowing down in the US.

By Dylan Scott and Eliza Barclay