HERE AT THE XYLOM, WE GROW SCIENCE WITH WORDS.

Founded in 2018, and based in Atlanta, The Xylom is the only Asian American-run news outlet dedicated to science, climate, and environmental coverage.

We seek to bring you clarity and complicate the narrative on three questions:

1. ​"How can science look more like us?"
2. "How are scientists shaped by what happens outside of the lab?"
3. "How do people respond to the changing world through science?"

​We do so by pairing an award-winning collection of essays with multilingual, multimedia, and culturally competent reporting that is accountability-, solutions-, and data-driven.

​The Xylom is 100% supported by readers and grants. We will never have a paywall, nor do we sell ads or do sponsored content.

Let's grow science with words, together. #xforxylom

MEET THE TEAM

ALEX IP 葉清霖

Publisher and Editor

Alex covers the future of cities and environmental justice, with a focus on the American South and the Global South. His reporting surrounding false statements from the City of Atlanta regarding "Cop City" led him to being named the Atlanta Press Club's 2024 Rising Star. Born and raised in Hong Kong and fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin, Alex also recently led a team to translate the KSJ Science Editing Handbook into Chinese (Traditional and Simplified). Alex holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Georgia Tech and a master's degree in Science Writing from MIT.

RHYSEA AGRAWAL 
Managing Editor

Rhysea graduated from the University of Southern California (USC) with degrees in Journalism, Geological Science, and English. She served as the Founding Editor of USC Annenberg Media's Earth Desk and was a USC Annenberg Center for Climate Journalism and Communication Rural Climate Reporting Fellow at the Malheur Enterprise in southeast Oregon. Her work focuses on the environment, politics, and social issues.  

AORUI PI 皮奧睿
Engagement Editor and Public Health Writer

Aorui is a bilingual journalist and news producer based in Los Angeles. She manages The Xylom's social media presence and reports on the future of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the United States. With living experience abroad and a keen interest in reporting international stories, Aorui brings a global perspective to her work. A recent journalism graduate from the University of Southern California, her bylines include Initium News, RADII, and USC Annenberg Media. 

KANG-CHUN CHENG 鄭康君
Editor-at-Large

KC is a Taiwanese-American photojournalist based in Nairobi, Kenya covering how climate change exacerbates insecurity, Indigenous communities' response to development, China-Africa relations, and outdoor adventure. She uses photography as a tool for storytelling.

KC has herded reindeer in the Arctic, roasted lamb with pastoralists in the mountains of Xinjiang, hitchhiked through Tunisia, harvested honey with the Yaaku in Kenya's Laikipia North, walked the Camino de Santiago, and free-dived on the south Sinai peninsula. Her bylines include The New York Times, Bloomberg, The Christian Science Monitor, Climbing Magazine, and Al Jazeera.

Betsy Ladyzhets

Paola Rosa-Aquino

Tyler Jones

ADVISORY BOARD

WE ARE RECOGNIZED INTERNATIONALLY.

We've been featured by top-tier institutions, republished by industry publications, and shortlisted for awards. We are also a member newsroom of Covering Climate Now, the Institute of Nonprofit News (INN) Network and Local Independent Online News (LION) Publishers. That's because we are committed to changing the world one science story at a time.

AWARDS

2024 Rising Star

Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communication

News & Journalism: Sustainability, Environment, & Climate

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WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD TOGETHER.

Our stories amplify marginalized voices, drive emotional impact, and spur local action. 

Sabrina Imbler, award-winning science journalist, on the Science Friday podcast.

And there are some other exciting models in science journalism right now... I also think about The Xylom... these models are popping up everywhere as people understand there needs to be another way to tell science journalism stories.

NOTABLE ALUMNI

• Saugat Bolakhe, Contributor for Nature, Scientific American, Science News, and others; Contributor for The Xylom, 2021 - Present
• Gobinda Pokharel, winner of Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists' Environmental Journalism Award; Contributor for The Xylom, 2022 - Present
• Hanna Webster, who led above-the-fold coverage of the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Contributor for The Xylom, 2022 
• Katrina Miller, New York Times Fellow and winner of The National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communication; Contributor for The Xylom in 2021
• Fayth Tan, winner of The National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communication; Contributor for The Xylom in 2021
• Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, Physics Reporter, New Scientist; Contributor for The Xylom in 2023

MASTHEAD

Alex Ip

Publisher and Editor

alex@thexylom.com

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Rhysea Agrawal

Managing Editor

rhysea@thexylom.com

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Aorui Pi

Engagement Editor and Public Health Writer aorui@thexylom.com

Kang-Chun Cheng

Editor-at-Large