Brittney J. Miller
Energy and Environment Reporter | The Cedar Rapids GazetteAs a kid, I couldn’t decide between being a writer or being a scientist. It wasn’t until college that I realized I could combine these passions through science journalism. After graduating from the University of Florida, I moved to the West Coast for the University of California, Santa Cruz’s Science Communication Master’s Program. And now, I’m thrilled to be serving The Gazette as a corps member for Report for America, a national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues. I’m also a journalist on the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, a regional collaboration between 10 newsrooms that covers agriculture, water and related issues throughout the basin.
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Starting in late April, two major broods of cicadas will crawl out of the soil and head to treetops to sing and mate — the first time they've emerged at the same time in more than 200 years.
