Amy Westervelt

**Amy Westervelt** (an haife ta a shekara ta 1978) 'yar jaridar muhalli ce ta Amurka kuma 'yar jarida ce ta rediyo. Ita ce ta kafa cibiyar sadarwar kwasfan fayiloli mai mahimmanci kuma tana karɓar bakuncin shahararren kwasfan fayil ɗin Drilled, wanda aka sauke shi fiye da sau miliyan ɗaya. Har ila yau, ita ce mai karɓar bakuncin kwasfan fayiloli Hot Take, tare da marubuciyar yanayi Mary Annaïse Heglar, a kan hanyar sadarwar kwasfan fayil na Critical Frequency .  Ta ba da gudummawa ga *[[The Guardian]]*, The Wall Street Journal, *NPR*, The New York Times, *Huffington Post* da Popular Science . Westervelt ya lashe lambar yabo ta Edward R. Murrow a matsayin jagora mai ba da rahoto don jerin abubuwan da Tesla Nevada"Gigafactory ke tasiri a Nevada, wanda aka watsa a Rediyon Jama'a na Reno a cikin 2017. 

## Rayuwa ta mutum
An haifi Amy Westervelt a shekara ta 1978. Tana zaune a Truckee, California .  Ta yi magana game da yadda ta girma a cikin tambayoyin, musamman game da ɗan'uwanta. "Ina da ɗan'uwa wanda yake da ƙwayoyin cuta. Kuma shi ɗan adam ne kawai. Yana faɗin mummunar ba'a, kuma yana da ma'ana a wasu lokuta. Shi ɗan adam ne. Akwai halin sanya mutane da ke gwagwarmaya a kan matsayi, saboda ba mu san wane rukuni za mu sanya su a ciki ba. Amma gaskiyar su na al'ada ne, kamar kowa, "ta gaya wa Werk a cikin 2017. 

## Ayyuka

### Jarida ta bugawa
Ayyukan Westervelt sun fi mayar da hankali ga bayar da rahoto game da batutuwan da suka shafi muhalli kuma, daga baya, mata da tattalin arziki. Yayin da aikinta ya ci gaba ta sami mafi girma tsakanin waɗannan batutuwa uku. Daga 2006 zuwa 2015, Westervelt ya rubuta a wani lokaci don GreenBiz .  A cikin 2009 da 2010, Westervelt ya ba da gudummawa ga InsideClimate News .  Westervelt ya rufe fasahar kore don *Forbes* daga 2011 zuwa 2013, yana rubutu game da kamfanoni, ka'idoji da batutuwan muhalli. A wannan lokacin, ta wallafa jagororin tafiye-tafiye guda biyu: Michigan's Upper Peninsula: Great Destinations (2008) da Explorer's Guide Upper Península (2012).

Westervelt ya ba da gudummawa ga *The Guardian* daga 2014 zuwa 2018. A cikin waɗannan shekarun, ta kuma kasance co-kafa Climate Confidential, wanda ya buga rahotanni na bincike kan batutuwan muhalli daga 2014 zuwa 2016.

### Cibiyar sadarwa ta Podcast
Westervelt ya kafa cibiyar sadarwar kwasfan fayiloli Critical Frequency, wanda ke da gida ga kwasfan fayil 14 ciki har da Drilled, wasan kwaikwayon da Westervelt ta ruwaito kuma ta shirya wanda ke tonowa cikin musanta canjin yanayi. Critical Frequency ya kasance abokin haɗin gwiwa don biyan kuɗi na Slate da dandalin kwasfan fayiloli na membobin Goyon bayan Cast a cikin 2019. 

Drilled ya lashe lambar yabo ta Jarida ta yanar gizo ta 2019 don ƙwarewa a cikin labarun sauti na dijital. "A cikin watanni tun lokacin da aka saki shi, an sauke Drilled fiye da sau miliyan; The New Yorker, Esquire, da New Scientist sun ba da shawarar; kuma an nakalto shi a bene na Majalisar Dattijan Amurka, "naganar lambar yabo ta karanta. 

A watan Afrilu na 2020, shafin yanar gizon Westervelt na Drilled News ya ƙaddamar da Climate & COVID-19 Policy Tracker,  wani fasalin labarai mai gudana wanda ke ba da labarin sauye-sauye da yawa da suka shafi yanayi da makamashi, tallace-tallace na hayar man fetur, taimakon kuɗi da aka ba masana'antar man fetur na burbushin halittu, da sauran matakan da suka shafi da gwamnatin Trump ta dauka da kuma wasu gwamnatocin jihohi a cikin annobar COVID-19.

An buga abubuwan da suka faru na Westervelt's podcast Rigged tun daga watan Satumbar 2021. 

### Littafin
Littafin Westervelt game da uwaye masu aiki, Forget Having It All,  an buga shi ne ta hanyar Seal Press (yanzu alama ce ta Basic Books) a cikin 2018. Westervelt ya yi mamakin "yadda al'adun da ke riƙe da uwaye a cikin irin wannan girmamawa na iya kasancewa da ƙarancin girmamawa ga mata masu haihuwa".

Mai bita Rebecca Stoner ya bayyana aikin a matsayin "tarihin ilimi na uwayen Amurka," yana rubuta cewa Westervelt "mai tsada ne a cikin amsarta, yana ba da shawarar gyara manufofi da al'adu a ƙarshen kowane babi wanda take tunanin za a iya aiwatarwa ba tare da 'canjin al'adu da tattalin arziki ba.'" Stoner ya kwatanta salon Westervelt a matsayin "kai tsaye da ke cike da lokacin da fushi da ake buƙatun da aka sanya wa iyaye mata masu aiki".

A cikin tambayoyin game da littafin, Westervelt sau da yawa tana magana game da mahaifiyarta da kuma yadda ta sami albarkatu a cikin al'ummarta kuma tana kiwon ɗanta. "Suna yara maza suna da girma. Ina tsammanin barin yara maza su zama uwa a hanyoyi daban-daban. Kamar ɗana, lokacin da yake kamar 4 ko 5, da gaske yana son yar tsana, kuma mutane da yawa kawai sun murkushe hakan. Sun kasance kamar, 'A'a, yara ba su da 'yan tsana,' kuma ina da, 'OK. Yanzu mun san dalilin da ya sa maza ba su da kyau da jarirai.,' "

## Manazarta