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Biography

Jerry Redfern reports on the intersection of the oil and gas industry, climate change, and politics in New Mexico for Capital & Main. In his previous life as a photojournalist, he covered environmental and humanitarian issues across Southeast Asia and other developing regions. His work ranges from the aftermath of American bombs in Laos to agroforestry in Belize to life amid logging in Borneo. Jerry’s work has appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Der Spiegel, among others. He has contributed to four book projects, including Eternal Harvest: The Legacy of American Bombs in Laos (co-authored with Karen Coates), which was a finalist for the IRE Book Award. After graduating with a degree in journalism from the University of Montana, he spent several years as a staff photographer at newspapers in the American West. He began his freelance career in Cambodia where he shot news, features and investigative stories for Agence France Presse, The New York Times, The Cambodia Daily and other publications. These days he works with video as well as photos, and he is in the final stages of post-production on his first feature length documentary film, Eternal Harvest, an extension of the book project. Jerry was a 2012-2013 Ted Scripps Fellow in Environmental Journalism at the Center for Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado at Boulder and was a Senior Fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University until the program closed in 2018.

Content

Total articles 136

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  New Mexico Legislative Halftime Report: Sluggishness and Chaos

  By Jerry Redfern Verified

  Feb. 24, 2025

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  In Democratic New Mexico, Oil and Gas Legislation Doesn’t Pass

  By Jerry Redfern Verified

  Apr. 04, 2025

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  Snow Melts, Drought Builds and New Mexico Legislators Spike New Oil Regulations

  By Jerry Redfern Verified

  Mar. 12, 2025

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Capital & Main

Capital & Main is an award-winning nonprofit publication that reports from California on the most pressing economic, environmental and social issues of our time. Winner of the 2023 Online Journalist of the Year prize from the Southern California Journalism Awards, Capital & Main has had stories co-published in more than 30 media outlets, from The Atlantic, Time, Reuters, The Guardian and Fast Company to The American Prospect, Grist, Slate and the Daily Beast. Working with top writers, editors and visual artists, we cover income inequality, climate change, the green economy, housing, health care, public education, immigration, race, and criminal justice. Capital & Main is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization. Follow us on... Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/capitalandmain Threads: https://www.threads.net/@capitalandmainnews Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/capitalandmain.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/capitalandmainnews Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/capitalandmain