Elena Matera is a freelance climate and environmental journalist based in Berlin. She works for media outlets such as Deutschlandradio, DIE ZEIT, Stern magazine, and RiffReporter.
Elena's research has taken her to Italy, Uganda, and the United States, among other places. As part of the International Journalist Program (IJP), she spent two months in Lithuania.
Her work has earned her several awards, including the Helmut Schmidt Young Journalist Prize in 2020. In 2023, Medium Magazine named her one of the Top Ten Science Journalists of the Year 2022. She holds a Master’s degree in Political Science and Biosciences.
