Agri-Pulse is pleased to announce the promotion of Steve Davies to deputy managing editor, effective immediately.
“Steve continues to be an excellent writer, copy editor and contributor to our team,” said Agri-Pulse editor Sara Wyant. “We look forward to having him assume a larger managerial role within our company.”
Davies is a talented journalist who understands the complex environmental and legal issues impacting agriculture and agribusinesses. He covers a wide variety of topics at both EPA and USDA including pesticides, WOTUS, climate change, endangered species, PFAS and more.
Before joining Agri-Pulse in November 2015, Davies was editor and publisher of Endangered Species & Wetlands Report, a monthly newsletter covering regulation, legislation and litigation, which he launched in 1995. Before that, he worked for a variety of publications, including Green Markets and Green Markets Dealer Report, newsletters focused on the fertilizer industry.
Davies began his professional journalism career as a copy editor and reporter at the Gazette Newspapers in Gaithersburg, Maryland, before moving on to The Sentinel in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he covered Cumberland County government and won an AP Managing Editors award for investigative reporting.
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He grew up in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and overseas, where his father served as a Foreign Service Officer: Moscow, USSR; Calcutta (now Kolkata), India; and Warsaw, Poland. He graduated from Brown University in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in Russian Studies. He has lived in Takoma Park, Maryland, since 1992.
“I have truly enjoyed my time with Agri-Pulse, and I’m excited to continue with the company in this new managerial role,” Davies said. “We have the largest and most experienced team of journalists covering farm and food policy in Washington, and I’m thrilled to work with them to give our audience the information they need and trust.”
Davies can be reached at Steve@Agri-Pulse.com.
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