I’m Gabe Castro-Root, a journalist, photographer and student at American University in Washington, D.C. I’m currently a reporting intern at the Investigative Reporting Workshop, which partners with other publications on enterprise and investigative projects. I was a metro reporting intern at the San Francisco Chronicle in summer 2023, where I covered health and breaking news. In spring 2023 I was the local news editor for The Eagle, AU’s student-run newspaper, where I was previously the local news reporter. I was a business reporting intern at The Charlotte Observer in summer 2022. Before that, I was a staff writer and photographer for my San Francisco neighborhood newspaper, The Noe Valley Voice. My work has also appeared in The DC Line and The Environmental Magazine. I’m a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and the D.C. Science Writers Association.