Katherine Lanpher is an award-winning editor, writer and teacher based in New York’s Hudson Valley. Currently the Senior Editor for Environmental Justice at Grist.org, she also recently was the Interim Editor-in-Chief at High Country News, a magazine about the American West. Her work at both places was nominated for two awards this year at the American Society of Magazine Editors and her editing work has also won top honors from Investigative Reporters and Editors and Sigma, an international competition.

Her background also includes several stints as a public radio host, including at Minnesota Public Radio and New York Public Radio. She has been coming to Madeline Island for more than two decades and loves to teach in this magical place.