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James Anderson is Press Officer for the World Resources Institute, where he conducts outreach to media and develops communication strategies for projects across the institute.

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Previously, James was a Research Fellow at the Gobabeb Training and Research Centre in Namibia, where he managed a desert ecology research program and field school, coordinated media outreach, and advised Namibia’s Strategic Environmental Assessment on the social and envionmental impacts of uranium mining. James has also worked with Jones Associates Foresters in Maine, the Fish and Wildlife Service in Kodiak, Alaska and the National Park Service at Mt. Rainier, Washington. Most recently, he was a writer for the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s online biodiversity database The Encyclopedia of Life.

James is passionate about both communications and rigorous research. He studied English and Environmental Studies at Grinnell College, Iowa.

James is an avid hiker and outdoorsman, and also plays mandolin with his D.C.-based bluegrass band.