Vince Beiser

Vince Beiser is an award-winning journalist and author. His latest book, “Power Metal: The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future” is an investigation into how the materials we need for digital technology and renewable energy are causing environmental havoc, mayhem and murder, and how we can do better. It is a finalist for awards from the New York Public Library and the Writers’ Trust of Canada. Vince has reported from over 100 countries, states, kingdoms, occupied territories, no man’s lands and disaster zones. He has exposed conditions in California’s harshest prisons, trained with US Army soldiers, ridden with the first responders to natural disasters, and hunted down other stories from around the world for publications including Wired, The Atlantic, The Guardian, The Economist, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. His work has been honored by many institutions, and he has shared in winning three National Magazine Awards and an Emmy. Vince’s first book, “The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization” was a finalist for a PEN America award and a California Book Award, and spawned a TEDx talk.