Andrew Freedman
Contributors & Consultants
Freedman is a contributing writer for Climate Central. Prior to working with Climate Central, Freedman was a reporter for Congressional Quarterly and Greenwire/E&E Daily. His work has also appeared online at The Weather Channel Interactive and washingtonpost.com, where he writes a weekly climate science column for the "Capital Weather Gang" blog. His writing has been lauded by the Columbia Journalism Review, and cited by MSNBC, Huffington Post and the New York Times, among others.
In pursuit of compelling weather and climate stories, Freedman has spent the summer on the summit of windswept Mount Washington in New Hampshire, home of the "world's worst weather," and chased tornadoes with researchers in the Great Plains. He holds a Masters in Climate and Society from Columbia University and is completing a Masters in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University. At Fletcher, Freedman has focused on international climate negotiations and is conducting thesis research on the policy implications for the United States of rapid Arctic climate change.
