Contributors
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Jon Burns
Jon Burns is the site director and executive producer of Discovery.com. After graduating Waynesburg College in 1995 Jon rode the dot-com boom to bust and housing bubble to burst. But, one thing remained constant: always seeking adventure and new ways to communicate it back through the web. While in the past Jon spent most of his time in some distant place on a snowboard, cycling or surf these days he spends the majority of his time with an amazing wife, their three beautiful children and has cultivated an encyclopedias wealth of knowledge on mulch.
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Talal Al-Khatib
Before joining Discovery, Al Khatib was a bit of a political junkie, as an intern for the ABC News Political Unit, an associate writer for National Journal's "The Hotline," and a Web producer for POLITICO.
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Marc Carter
Marc is the founder and author of the online auto-blog, The Torque Report. Launched in 2007 The Torque Report is the "go-to" destination for late and breaking news on the auto industry. Marc's obsession with cars began at a very early age with an endless stack of car magazines and Hot Wheels scattered all over the house. Marc grew up in Los Angeles listening to the sound of vintage Chevys and Fords being tweaked in his parent's garage. Today his obsession about the automotive world is stronger than ever and he's now trying to convert San Francisco into a car-loving city.
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Rachel Cernansky
Rachel is a freelance journalist based in Boulder, Colorado. She primarily focuses on green business for TreeHugger, and writes for other outlets about environmental justice and politics, sustainable food and nutrition, and human rights issues. She hates greenwashing and writes about that too. Before Colorado, she lived in New York, Kenya, and Rwanda, and has a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University. She gets around by bike, eats plants, and occasionally tweets.
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Alex Davies
When Alex is not at his computer saving the planet from almost certain environmental doom, he can usually be found playing ultimate Frisbee or on a tennis court. Also check the couch in front of any television showing The Sopranos, The Wire, or The Simpsons. Alex is also interested in history (mostly medieval and European), media studies, and French, as well as trying not to come off as snobby despite being interested in medieval history and French.
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David DeFranza
David is an assistant editor at TreeHugger, where he writes about nature, produces slide shows, and serves as TreeHugger's books editor. Before joining Discovery Communications, he wrote about travel, the outdoors, and frugal living for a variety of websites. Follow him on Twitter at @ddefranza.
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Kirk Denkler
Kirk serves as executive producer for multiple Discovery Channel websites including Gold Rush, Deadliest Catch, Storm Chasers, Sons of Guns and Dual Survival. A former Time-Life history editor and paleontologist with the USGS, he has a passion for Deep Time, third-party politics, fossils over 300-million-years-old, Job 38:4, and Civil War battlefields. His growing interest in portable solar power - and Dave Canterbury’s survival tools - may presage a future with a slimmed-down grid connection.
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Collin Dunn
Collin is a sustainability enthusiast living in Portland, Oregon. Growing up in the mountains of Colorado, he became involved in outdoor adventures like skiing, backpacking, hiking and mountain biking from an early age. Before coming to TreeHugger, he cut his enviro-teeth at Grist and Sustainable Style Foundation, both in Seattle, Washington. When not busily TreeHugging, Collin is an enthusiastic cook, amateur gardener, and zealous explorer of Portland's vibrant food and beverage scene. He likes to spend time outside, learn where things come from, and once made 24 pounds of cheese for a single event (but not all in one day). Collin believes everyone can do something every single day to make the world a better place. He can be reached at collin at treehugger dot com.
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Expedition Bhutan Team
Expedition Bhutan is a team of athletes and entrepreneurs, made up of Terri Schneider, Tony Lillios, David Kelly, and Greg Thomas, who will cross the nation of Bhutan on foot and mountain bike to learn the secrets of what's reputed to be the happiest nation on Earth. Their goal is to capture the geographic and cultural treasures of a country whose king declares the nation’s yardstick to be Gross National Happiness.
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David Goodspeed
David is the automotive contributor at GearDiary.com and Dallas Morning News NeighborsGo and BlitzWeekly tabloids. He is former automotive editor, webmaster and photographer at Today Newspapers in North Texas and has been covering the automotive industry since 1998. David is an avid photographer, videographer and iPhoneographer. He is a former firefighter and paramedic and he continues to work in public service today as a certified forensic technician.
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Kristen Lomasney
Kristen Lomasney joined Discovery Channel in March 1999, when a casual conversation -- about how Judge Wapner’s Animal Court was the BEST SHOW ON TV -- resulted in a job interview and then offer. During her tenure, Kristen has held many positions, including copyeditor, director of TV development and, her latest role, interactive executive producer. As it happens, she has worked with many of Discovery Channel’s most recognizable stars since they first debuted on the channel, which has made for occasional surreal experiences, such as when the MythBusters met her boyfriend before her parents did. Kristen has a master’s in international relations and economics that she uses less than she thought she would at the time, but she’s so happy doing what she does, she’s cool with it.
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Derek Markham
Derek is a digital dad with an analog streak, as comfortable with a smart phone as he is with pencil and paper. He's got a soft spot for babies, bicycles and bouldering, and he's a master at packing the truck for family road trips. You can also find him letting it all hang out on Twitter and Facebook.
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Matthew McDermott
After nearly a decade in the world of independent film, and completing a Masters degree at NYU's Center for Global Affairs concentrating on Environmental and Energy Policy, Matthew joined the editorial team at Discovery Communication's environmental news and culture site TreeHugger, where writes about alternative energy.
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Brian Merchant
Brian Merchant is a freelance writer and editor living in Brooklyn, NY. He covers politics for TreeHugger, with a focus on climate and energy issues. Brian has written for Slate, Paste, Salon, GOOD, and the Huffington Post, among many others. He pens the column Getting Samy Out of Burma, and is the editor and founder of the blog the Utopianist.
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Meaghan O'Neill
Meaghan is editor-in-chief of Discovery's blogs, TreeHugger, and Parentables. She has been a freelance journalist and managing editor of Boston Magazine and is co-author of Ready, Set, Green: Eight Weeks to Modern Eco-Living. Her series The Slate Green Challenge was a National Magazine Award finalist in 2007. Follow her on Twitter @msoeden.
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Stephanie Pearson
Stephanie Pearson is a freelance writer and contributing editor to Outside magazine, where she worked for more than 11 years, most recently as a senior editor. Three of Pearson’s Outside stories have earned Honorable Mentions in the “Best American Travel Writing” series and her piece about the Falkland Islands was featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered.” In spring 2010, Pearson worked as the journalist for Expedition Hanesbrands, a two-man team that successfully summited Mount Everest. She wrote a feature, “Higher Love,” about the expedition for the January 2011 issue of “O, The Oprah Magazine.” Follow her on Twitter @outsidegeargirl.
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Jason Robey
In October 1998, Jason Robey took a random filing assignment at Discovery Channel that somehow grew into a full-time career as a senior interactive producer. A zoology and anthropology major, Jason brings passion and expertise to special Discovery Channel projects like Shark Week, Life, Human Planet and Frozen Planet. An animal passionate and a bit of a risk taker, Jason spends much of his spare time riding and racing mountain bikes, riding and jumping horses, whitewater kayaking and volunteering at a horse rescue. Inspired in part by his work on Shark Week, scuba diving with sharks is on his short list of things to try in 2012.
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Eric Rogell
Mixing a large chunk of humor with a carefully measured dose of advice, Eric is the guy behind TheBachelorGuy.com, the go-to resource for everyday guys who want to improve their lifestyle, with access to the latest info on gear, gadgets, style, food, drink, cars, dating. When he's not test driving the latest car, tasting the newest tequila, or risking his skin with an advanced mega-blade razor, Eric regularly consults and lectures on digital marketing strategies. His new book, "The Art of War for Dating," takes the time-tested tactics of the ancient Chinese military genius Sun Tzu and applies them to modern dating. Because all's fair in love and war.
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Courtney Siegel
Courtney is an associate interactive producer for Discovery.com, where she writes about show news, assists in programming the homepage and produces content for the fansites. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Telecommunication from the University of Florida in 2007 (Go Gators!), and had her eyes set on working for Discovery Communications as soon as she graduated. She is patiently waiting for Bear Grylls to stop by the Silver Spring office.
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Jerry James Stone
Jerry is an environmental writer who covers green tech, design and odd green news. And while he doesn't own a car anymore, he loves to write about those too. He's a contributing writer for both TreeHugger and Planet Green. His crusade for all things eco started 20 years ago when he ditched his meat-and-potatoes upbringing for something more vegetarian-shaped. He studied at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, Calif., where he was a DJ and wrote for the campus paper. Follow him on Twitter Facebook.
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Erik Trinidad
When he's not working as a designer, playing video games, or playing with his food, Erik is a travel writer and blogger whose work has appeared in National Geographic Traveler, Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, The New York Post, The Chicago Tribune, and Travelers' Tales anthology book, Hyenas Laughed at Me and Now I Know Why. He also documents his ongoing adventures (and misadventures) on TheGlobalTrip.com, including dancing in the Sambadrome during Rio's Carnival, getting air-lifted off the Everest trail, being shot in the stomach while wearing a bulletproof jacket, and running for his life at the Running of the Bulls -- all one-off experiences unlike his regular excursions of biking, hiking, and rock climbing closer to home.
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Alice Truong
A freelance reporter and Web consultant based in Silicon Valley, Alice has reported in Chicago, Washington D.C., New York and Hong Kong, where she was a staff writer for the Wall Street Journal. Her previous beats include technology, real estate, politics and personal finance. Alice graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 2010, earning a master's degree in business reporting and interactive storytelling and a bachelor's in print and online reporting and political science. Follow her on Twitter @alicetruong.
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