Ariel Wittenberg is the water reporter for E&E News’ Greenwire, covering everything from water pollution to drought to water infrastructure policy. She previously covered transportation, writing about the quirky rules promoting electric vehicle adoption in California, the out-dated tests regulators use to determine fuel economy standards and the environmental and safety implications of self-driving cars. She also wrote about the Pentagon, delving into the defense authorization and budget process,  detailing the challenges facing troops training on protected lands and chronicled the Army’s effort to produce an eco-friendly lead-free bullet.

Ariel previously worked as the environmental reporter for the New Bedford Standard-Times in Southeastern Massachusetts.  She spent her days there learning the finer points of wind turbines, toxic waste, public health and state government.

Ariel was a Paul Miller Fellow with the National Press Foundation for 2015 to 2016. She has also received numerous awards from the New England Newspaper and Press Association, including Rookie of the Year in 2013. She placed first for environmental reporting in 2013, and second place for investigative reporting and science and technology reporting in 2014 and 2012, respectively.

A graduate of Brandeis University, she was editor-in-chief of the campus newspaper where her projects included covering the attempted closure of the Rose Art Museum and a four-part series on race relations at the university. She has also been published by Scientific American, Pro Publica, the Center for Public Integrity, the Waltham News Tribune and the Metro West Daily News.

Ariel previously worked as the environmental reporter for the New Bedford Standard-Times in Southeastern Massachusetts.  She spent her days there learning the finer points of wind turbines, toxic waste, public health and state government.

Ariel was a 2015-2016 Paul Miller Fellow with the National Press Foundation. She has also received numerous awards from the New England Newspaper and Press Association, including being named Rookie of the Year in 2013. She also placed first for environmental reporting in a NENPA competition in 2013 and second for investigative reporting in 2015. In 2014 she placed second and third for investigative and racial issues reporting, respectively.

Prior to working for The Standard Times, Ariel worked at Pro Publica, where she researched campaign finance reform and the Center for Public Integrity, where she covered the nation’s foreclosure crisis. A graduate of Brandeis University, she was editor-in-chief of the campus newspaper where her projects included covering the attempted closure of the Rose Art Museum and a four-part series on race relations at the university. She has also written for the Waltham News Tribune and the Metro West Daily News.

In addition to being a writer, she is also an amateur photographer, as well as a lover of puzzles, owls and wild turkeys.

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