Note from the editor
The nation’s leading source of reporting on the American West. We are a nonprofit 501©3 independent media organization that covers the important issues and stories that define the region. Our mission is to inform and inspire people — through in-depth journalism — to act on behalf of the West’s diverse natural and human communities.
Editors
High Country News
Working to inform and inspire people — through in-depth journalism — to act on behalf of the West’s diverse natural and human communities.
Paige Blank
Journalist | @HighCountryNews | MA @Mizzou. Stories about the people, places and issues of the American West.
Writers
Ruxandra Guidi
Multimedia collab between Ruxandra Guidi & Bear Guerra, telling stories about migration, human rights, culture, the environment. Homelands Productions members.
Jonathan P. Thompson
Writer and reporter focused on U.S. West & beyond. Sr Editor at @highcountrynews. Based in Durango, CO. Trail runner, cyclist, chocolate chip cookie maker.