Izzy Ross | IPR
Climate Solutions Reporter, Interlochen Public RadioIzzy covers climate change for communities in northern Michigan and around the Great Lakes for Interlochen Public Radio through a partnership with Grist.org.
She spent the past five years at KDLG in Dillingham, Alaska, as a reporter and news director. There, she led the annual Bristol Bay Fisheries Report, a daily show for the region's communities and thousands of commercial fishermen. She also collaborated with other radio stations across the state and reported for Alaska's Energy Desk.
Izzy grew up in the Hudson Valley, New York. She graduated from Smith College with a degree in Government and spent a year reporting on stand-up comedy in Berlin on a Fulbright Journalism Fellowship. Izzy loves to salsa dance, experiment with baking and play the board game Everdell.
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There are concerns about burning plastics, leading authorities to tell people in the city to stay inside and close their windows. -
Alaska's governor says salmon fishing season will go ahead, drawing thousands of people from across the country. But locals worry about COVID-19 outbreaks in places with only one or two ventilators.
