About Stella

Stella Mayerhoff is a multimedia journalist interested in wildlife, psychology, and human-animal connections. In July, she will join KAXE/KBXE News with Report for America and the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk.

She was a Regional Finalist for the Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Award in Science/Environment Reporting.

Stella’s work has appeared in Mongabay, Eos, the San Jose Mercury News, the Monterey Herald, the Santa Cruz Sentinel, the East Bay Times, Georgia State University Research Magazine, and Science ATL’s Awesome Science of Everyday Life. She is currently a Taylor/Blakeslee Fellow pursuing a master’s degree in Science Communication at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a Science Writing Intern at Stanford University’s Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute.

As a scientist, Stella traveled the world—from Puerto Rico to the Democratic Republic of Congo—studying various primates, including macaques and bonobos. That same curiosity now drives her to cover stories about people, science, and the environment.

When she’s not chasing a story, Stella enjoys spending her time with her cat, TBD, who owes his perfectly odd name to a moment of writer’s block.

You can find Stella’s portfolio here.