Wallace Stegner
Initiative Team
Christopher Bryant
Before joining IJNR in 2001, Chris directed mineral exploration
crews in Mexico, Africa, Indonesia, the American West and the Canadian
Arctic. He has also taken part in field experiments in several Western
states and the Galapagos Islands as a geophysical technician, deploying
and maintaining seismology equipment. Chris has a bachelor’s
degree in geological sciences and a master’s degree in journalism,
both from the University of Oregon. He interned at KQED
Public Radio in San Francisco and has written articles for Sierra
magazine. Chris, a sixth-generation Oregonian, now lives in
Missoula, Montana.
Lisa "Kersch" Kerscher
Kersch (center) has been a freelance print and online media producer
since 1998, specializing in science, technology and environment topics.
She joined IJNR in 2001. She also has been a staff writer for Learners
Online, Inc., an electronic-media service for teachers. Most of her
articles are distributed to Newspapers in Education programs at numerous
dailies, including The Denver Post, The Sacramento Bee
and The Salt Lake Tribune. Kersch also has worked for the
Missoulian, the International Wildlife Media Center &
Film Festival, the Montana Natural History Center and the U.S. Forest
Service. She has a bachelor’s degree in wildlife biology and
a master’s degree in journalism, both from the University of
Montana. She lives in Missoula, Montana.
Jennifer Savage
Jennifer has worked as a reporter and copy editor at four daily newspapers
in North and South Carolina. She left the South to attend graduate
school at the University of Oregon where she earned a master’s
degree in journalism and helped teach classes in newspaper design,
copy editing and writing for the media. Jennifer has also worked for
the last five years as a freelance writer, designer and book editor.
Her travel and work experiences in the West led her to IJNR in 2001.
She now lives on a farm near Arlee, Montana. |
