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Science Writer, Editor, and Communicator, Natural Hazards Center
Brief Biography
Anna Canny is the science writer, editor, and communicator for the Natural Hazards Center at University of Colorado Boulder. She is passionate about telling rigorously reported, human-centered stories about the way natural hazards and disasters affect our communities. Her work is driven by the belief that effective science communication empowers the most vulnerable populations and creates more resilient communities, especially as human-caused climate change fuels more damaging disasters across the world.
Before joining the Natural Hazards Center in 2024, Canny worked as an climate and weather reporter for KTOO Public Media, in Juneau, Alaska, where she reported on the science of avalanche mitigation, the thorny political debates around hazard maps, and the aftermath of two of Southeast Alaska’s most devastating recent disasters — the 2023 and 2024 glacial outburst floods in Juneau, Alaska and a fatal landslide in Wrangell, Alaska. Her reporting earned awards for best public safety reporting and best science reporting from the Alaska Press Club.
As an assistant producer at American Public Media, Canny worked on multiple investigative reporting projects, including “In Deep,” a podcast that followed disaster recovery efforts in Lake Charles, Louisiana after the city was hit by two hurricanes, a severe winter storm, and a devastating flood in the course of a year. The series was a finalist for the 2023 Livingston Awards. Canny graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University with a bachelor’s degree in environmental science and sustainability.
