Andy Lehren

Andy Lehren is Mongabay’s investigations editor. He is a former investigative reporter and editor for The New York Times and NBC News, concentrating on national and international projects. He is a former Pulitzer Center Rainforest Investigations Network fellow. Recently he worked for International Center For Journalists, where he oversaw a global environmental collaboration, and for Inside Climate News.

He is on the Board of Directors for Investigative Reporters & Editors, and teaches investigative reporting at CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism. Honors include a Polk, Peabody, Emmys, multiple IRE, Columbia duPont, Murrow and Overseas Press Club awards. He was part of a Pulitzer-winning investigation and also part of a Pulitzer finalist investigation. His stories have led to companies to pay millions in fines and in compensation for wrongdoing. They have led to arrests and changes in laws and regulations.