Annika McGinnis

Annika McGinnis is a data and investigative journalist based in New York. She co-founded InfoNile, a Uganda-based geojournalism platform and journalists’ network reporting on water and environment across 10 Nile Basin countries. At InfoNile, she spent eight years leading cross-border investigations and spearheading science journalism platforms. Most recently, she was a Columbia Journalism Investigations fellow reporting on climate and public health. She has also reported for Reuters, USA TODAY and McClatchy Newspapers, and her work has been recognized by Covering Climate Now, the Fetisov Journalism Awards and the Uganda National Journalism Awards, among others. She has a master’s in data journalism from Columbia University.