Oden Taylor will be serving as the EcoNews intern this spring. Taylor is a third-year journalism student with a news concentration, and he is minoring in sustainable food systems at Cal Poly Humboldt. Taylor is passionate about service-based, solutions-focused journalism that amplifies the voices of underrepresented communities. Taylor is also part of the CalMatters College Journalism Network. He has written about LGBTQ+ issues and rights, and Title IX issues in higher education, as well as covering Green New Deal and George Floyd protests in Sacramento. Taylor is dedicated to providing thoughtful journalism that highlights the intersections of racial, social, and climate justice. In his time as a journalist, he has served as the student president of the Journalism Association of Community Colleges—a statewide organization that provides educational seminars, networking opportunities, and awards to student journalists. Taylor has also volunteered with Journalists in Classrooms, an organization that places journalists in high school classrooms at schools without journalism programs to get kids excited about the field of journalism. After graduating college, Taylor plans to teach journalism and media literacy as well as continuing as a freelance writer for non-profit organizations.