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She’s covered </span><a href="https://calmatters.org/california-drought-water/"><span style="font-weight: 400">drought</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">, </span><a href="https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/08/shasta-river-water-standoff/"><span style="font-weight: 400">water standoffs</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">, </span><a href="https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/04/california-farmers-groundwater-probation-kings-county/"><span style="font-weight: 400">groundwater depletion</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">, </span><a href="https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/04/drinking-water-forever-chemicals-new-standards/"><span style="font-weight: 400">water quality</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> and the world’s </span><a href="https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/08/klamath-river-dams-demolition/"><span style="font-weight: 400">biggest dam removal</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">In 2021 she won first place for Outstanding Beat Reporting from the Society of Environmental Journalists for stories that included deep dives into water contamination in the wake of </span><a href="https://calmatters.org/environment/2020/10/california-wildfires-unsafe-drinking-water/"><span style="font-weight: 400">wildfires</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> and from widespread </span><a href="https://calmatters.org/projects/california-water-contaminated-forever-chemicals/"><span style="font-weight: 400">industrial chemicals</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">In 2022 Rachel was the </span><a href="https://www.watereducation.org/announcement/foundation-honors-calmatters-reporter-coverage-water-resources-california-and-west"><span style="font-weight: 400">inaugural recipient</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> of the Water Education Foundation’s Rita Schmidt Sudman Award for Excellence in Water Journalism, “honoring outstanding work that illuminates complicated water issues in California and the West.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Her reporting has also been recognized by the </span><a href="https://calmatters.org/about/news-and-awards/"><span style="font-weight: 400">California News Publishers Association</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">, the </span><a href="https://awards.journalists.org/entries/lessons-learned-drought-then-and-now/"><span style="font-weight: 400">Online Journalism Awards</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">, the </span><a href="https://calmatters.org/inside-the-newsroom/2023/01/calmatters-journalists-win-awards-for-compelling-and-high-quality-environmental-coverage/"><span style="font-weight: 400">Northern California Society of Professional Journalists</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">, the Sacramento Press Club and the San Francisco Press Club. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Rachel has a background in biology, with master’s degrees in both immunology and science journalism. She previously reported on climate change and air pollution for CalMatters, and contributed to early coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Before joining CalMatters, Rachel was a staff reporter at The Verge, where she covered science and health for the news site and for its </span><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/23/18511354/webby-awards-winner-verge-science-best-education-channels-videos"><span style="font-weight: 400">Webby Award-winning video series</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">, Verge Science. 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Various anglers around the person watch and one helps reel the fish in." sizes="(max-width: 555px) 400px, 232px" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/062124-Pier-7-Fishing-LE-CM-15.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/062124-Pier-7-Fishing-LE-CM-15.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/062124-Pier-7-Fishing-LE-CM-15.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/062124-Pier-7-Fishing-LE-CM-15.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/062124-Pier-7-Fishing-LE-CM-15.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/062124-Pier-7-Fishing-LE-CM-15.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1&w=370 370w" /> </a> <div class="story-info"> <div class="story-dtl"> CalMatters en Español </div> <a class="story-title" href="https://calmatters.org/calmatters-en-espanol/2024/10/ribus-inmigrantes-pescado-bahia-san-francisco-rios-delta-investigacion-discriminacion/" > ‘Un Delta sucio’: la desembocadura más grande de California está en crisis y es objeto de una investigación federal por discriminación </a> <div class="story-excerpt default-blurb"> Los inmigrantes, las tribus y otras personas de color dependen del pescado de la bahía de San Francisco y de los ríos del Delta. California se enfrenta a una investigación federal por discriminación por no protegerlos. </div> <div class="story-meta"> By <a href="https://calmatters.org/author/rachel-becker/" title="Posts by Rachel Becker" class="author url fn" rel="author">Rachel Becker</a> • October 8, 2024 </div> </div> </article> <article class = "archive-stories archive-main-sect"> <a href="https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/10/california-fishing-bay-delta-contamination-discrimination/" class = "story-img" > <img data-perfmatters-preload width="400" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/062124-Pier-7-Fishing-LE-CM-15.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-small size-newspack-article-block-landscape-small wp-post-image" alt="An angler holds up a stripped bass from a fishing line as they reel it in at the edge of a pier. 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Is the state discriminating against people who fish there? </a> <div class="story-excerpt default-blurb"> Immigrants, tribes and other people of color rely on fish from San Francisco Bay and Delta rivers. California faces a federal discrimination probe for failing to protect them. </div> <div class="story-meta"> By <a href="https://calmatters.org/author/rachel-becker/" title="Posts by Rachel Becker" class="author url fn" rel="author">Rachel Becker</a> • October 8, 2024 </div> </div> </article> <article class = "archive-stories archive-main-sect"> <a href="https://calmatters.org/calmatters-en-espanol/2024/09/juez-orden-judicial-agua-juanta-autoridad-condado-kings-california/" class = "story-img" > <img data-perfmatters-preload width="400" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/040424-Armona-Water-LV_44.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-small size-newspack-article-block-landscape-small wp-post-image" alt="An ag well pumps water into Jacky Lowe’s walnut orchard in Hanford on April 4, 2024. In the last ten years, Lowe had to lower one ag well, drill another, and replace two domestic wells on her land. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local" sizes="(max-width: 555px) 400px, 232px" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/040424-Armona-Water-LV_44.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/040424-Armona-Water-LV_44.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/040424-Armona-Water-LV_44.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/040424-Armona-Water-LV_44.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/040424-Armona-Water-LV_44.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/040424-Armona-Water-LV_44.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1&w=370 370w" /> </a> <div class="story-info"> <div class="story-dtl"> CalMatters en Español </div> <a class="story-title" href="https://calmatters.org/calmatters-en-espanol/2024/09/juez-orden-judicial-agua-juanta-autoridad-condado-kings-california/" > California sufre un duro revés en una demanda por uso del agua presentada por los productores agrícolas </a> <div class="story-excerpt default-blurb"> Un juez le impone al estado una orden judicial, alegando que la junta de agua excedió su autoridad en el condado de Kings </div> <div class="story-meta"> By <a href="https://calmatters.org/author/rachel-becker/" title="Posts by Rachel Becker" class="author url fn" rel="author">Rachel Becker</a> • September 16, 2024 </div> </div> </article> <article class = "archive-stories archive-main-sect"> <a href="https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/09/california-water-kings-county-lawsuit/" class = "story-img" > <img data-perfmatters-preload width="400" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/040424-Armona-Water-LV_44.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-small size-newspack-article-block-landscape-small wp-post-image" alt="An ag well pumps water into Jacky Lowe’s walnut orchard in Hanford on April 4, 2024. In the last ten years, Lowe had to lower one ag well, drill another, and replace two domestic wells on her land. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local" sizes="(max-width: 555px) 400px, 232px" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/040424-Armona-Water-LV_44.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/040424-Armona-Water-LV_44.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/040424-Armona-Water-LV_44.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/040424-Armona-Water-LV_44.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/040424-Armona-Water-LV_44.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/040424-Armona-Water-LV_44.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1&w=370 370w" /> </a> <div class="story-info"> <div class="story-dtl"> Water </div> <a class="story-title" href="https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/09/california-water-kings-county-lawsuit/" > ‘Unlawful regulation’: State suffers big setback in water lawsuit filed by growers </a> <div class="story-excerpt default-blurb"> A judge slaps the state with an injunction, saying the water board overstepped its authority in Kings County: “There has been no review, analysis, or ability to challenge their conduct.” </div> <div class="story-meta"> By <a href="https://calmatters.org/author/rachel-becker/" title="Posts by Rachel Becker" class="author url fn" rel="author">Rachel Becker</a> • September 16, 2024 </div> </div> </article> <article class = "archive-stories archive-main-sect"> <a href="https://calmatters.org/calmatters-en-espanol/2024/09/no-los-dejo-beber-de-esa-agua-estos-son-los-pueblos-de-california-donde-el-agua-potable-esta-fuera-de-alcance/" class = "story-img" > <img width="400" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/090424_Water-Quality-LV_09.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-small size-newspack-article-block-landscape-small wp-post-image" alt="A woman standing in front of a faucet in a bathroom pours herself a cup of water of water from a container to brush her teeth without using contaminated water" sizes="(max-width: 555px) 400px, 232px" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/090424_Water-Quality-LV_09.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/090424_Water-Quality-LV_09.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/090424_Water-Quality-LV_09.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/090424_Water-Quality-LV_09.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/090424_Water-Quality-LV_09.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/090424_Water-Quality-LV_09.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1&w=370 370w" /> </a> <div class="story-info"> <div class="story-dtl"> CalMatters en Español </div> <a class="story-title" href="https://calmatters.org/calmatters-en-espanol/2024/09/no-los-dejo-beber-de-esa-agua-estos-son-los-pueblos-de-california-donde-el-agua-potable-esta-fuera-de-alcance/" > “No los dejo beber de esa agua”: Estos son los pueblos de California donde el agua potable está fuera de alcance </a> <div class="story-excerpt default-blurb"> La contaminación del agua potable es una amenaza crónica e insidiosa en las comunidades rurales de California. Algunas llevan años esperando tener agua limpia. </div> <div class="story-meta"> By <a href="https://calmatters.org/author/rachel-becker/" title="Posts by Rachel Becker" class="author url fn" rel="author">Rachel Becker</a> • September 10, 2024 </div> </div> </article> <article class = "archive-stories archive-main-sect"> <a href="https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/09/california-drinking-water-contamination/" class = "story-img" > <img width="400" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/090424_Water-Quality-LV_09.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-small size-newspack-article-block-landscape-small wp-post-image" alt="A woman standing in front of a faucet in a bathroom pours herself a cup of water of water from a container to brush her teeth without using contaminated water" sizes="(max-width: 555px) 400px, 232px" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/090424_Water-Quality-LV_09.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/090424_Water-Quality-LV_09.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/090424_Water-Quality-LV_09.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1 600w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/090424_Water-Quality-LV_09.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/090424_Water-Quality-LV_09.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/090424_Water-Quality-LV_09.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1&w=370 370w" /> </a> <div class="story-info"> <div class="story-dtl"> Water </div> <a class="story-title" href="https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2024/09/california-drinking-water-contamination/" > ‘I won’t let them drink the water’: The California towns where clean drinking water is out of reach </a> <div class="story-excerpt default-blurb"> Drinking water contamination is a chronic, insidious threat in California’s rural communities. Some have been waiting for clean water for years. </div> <div class="story-meta"> By <a href="https://calmatters.org/author/rachel-becker/" title="Posts by Rachel Becker" class="author url fn" rel="author">Rachel Becker</a> • September 10, 2024 </div> </div> </article> <article class = "archive-stories archive-main-sect"> <a href="https://calmatters.org/calmatters-en-espanol/2024/08/ganaderos-orden-estatal-agua-multa-legislacion-normas/" class = "story-img" > <img width="400" height="300" src="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/082922-SHASTA-RIVER-WATER-MHN-CM-07.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-small size-newspack-article-block-landscape-small wp-post-image" alt="" sizes="(max-width: 555px) 400px, 232px" decoding="async" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/082922-SHASTA-RIVER-WATER-MHN-CM-07.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/082922-SHASTA-RIVER-WATER-MHN-CM-07.jpg?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 800w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/082922-SHASTA-RIVER-WATER-MHN-CM-07.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/082922-SHASTA-RIVER-WATER-MHN-CM-07.jpg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/082922-SHASTA-RIVER-WATER-MHN-CM-07.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1&w=370 370w" /> </a> <div class="story-info"> <div class="story-dtl"> CalMatters en Español </div> <a class="story-title" href="https://calmatters.org/calmatters-en-espanol/2024/08/ganaderos-orden-estatal-agua-multa-legislacion-normas/" > Californianos enfrentarán fuertes multas si no siguen las órdenes de conservación de agua según una nueva legislación </a> <div class="story-excerpt default-blurb"> Los ganaderos que desafiaron orden estatal sobre el agua recibieron multa de 50 dólares cada uno. 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