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HERE AT THE XYLOM, WE GROW SCIENCE WITH WORDS.
Founded in 2018 and based in Atlanta, The Xylom grows healthy, interconnected communities across the world.
As the only Asian American-run news outlet dedicated to science, climate, and environmental coverage, we believe in leveraging our Asian American identity to become your most trusted resource on environmental health impacts and democracy.
You might've heard of us when:
- Our scrutiny into the Office ofMayor Andre Dickens' numerous baseless claims about the "environmental stewardship" of "Cop City" led to the deletion of a press release and won us an Atlanta Press Club Award,
- We conducted the first-ever analysis of USCIS data to show just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on the specialized knowledge of H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate balance might be disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration.
- We collaborated with journalists and civic groups on a nationwide, unofficial, crowdsourced estimate of "No Kings" protests.
- We reported on the devastating ecological and economic impacts of the Mumbai Coastal Road as it approaches completion andMaharashtra's first-in-the-nation unproven plan to sterilize leopards, the first foreign news outlet to do so.
Here's what our readers say about us:
A lot of you have asked me how I’ve been able to learn so much about "Cop City", it’s because of people like [...] (Editor-in-Chief Alex Ip) [...] Give them a follow for really insightful coverage.
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Rep.
Ruwa Romman
, the first Muslim woman to be elected to the Georgia State House
of Representatives, on Twitter
...Tan creates a rich tapestry that connects science and history, localized personal memories and science of worldwide importance, effectively expanding both the reader's access to what is described and the reader's understanding of the much larger contexts they are exploring.Exquisite, sobering, accessible writing.
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The National Academies
, on
Fayth Tan
's
winning entry
in the
Eric and
Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communication
In the few months that I've become aware of the ["Cop City"] issue, your exceptionally detailed and factual reporting is the first time things have been put in perspective for me.
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Reader
Albert Conway
, in an email conversation with Editor-in-Chief Alex Ip
I was talking with my cofounder of 3484 earlier this week...we both fully agreed your journalism even as a student has been some of the best and most impactful in Atlanta, especially about "Cop City".
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Sam Baskin,
Founder and former Creative Director of
3484 Magazine,
Georgia Tech’s official student news magazine
We are 100% supported by readers and grants. We will never have a
paywall, nor do we sell ads or do sponsored content.
The Xylom is a member newsroom of Covering Climate Now, the INN
Network (including its Rural News Network), LION Publishers, and the
Alliance of Nonprofit News Outlets. We are fiscally sponsored by the
Alternative Newsweekly Foundation, a 501(c)(3) registered in the
District of Columbia.
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