Gabrielle Nelson

Gabrielle Nelson covers environment, agriculture and energy along the Missouri River. Before joining Buffalo’s Fire, she worked as an environmental reporting intern at the nonprofit publication Bridge Michigan, covering climate change, renewable energy and the Great Lakes. Gabrielle received a journalism degree from Michigan State University, where she worked as an entertainment editorial assistant and DJ for the college radio station Impact 89FM.

Originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, she now lives and works in Bismarck, North Dakota.

At Buffalo’s Fire, Gabrielle hopes to combine her love of environmental journalism with narrative writing to tell stories that are important to North Dakota’s Native communities. You can support her work with a tax-deductible donation to Report for America.