Amy Westervelt leads the global investigative newsroom Drilled, a media outlet that applies true crime narrative techniques to the climate crisis. Operating from Costa Rica, she produces high-stakes journalism focused on the machinery of corporate obstruction and the legal battles between industry giants and environmental defenders. Westervelt frequently collaborates with environmental essayist Mary Annaïse Heglar on projects like the Hot Take podcast and the Messy Conversations series. Her investigative rigor earned her the Crissy Field Award, and her work appears in major outlets including The Intercept and The Guardian. Drilled pioneered the Carbon Cowboys investigative format to expose industrial propaganda and domestic surveillance of activists. A recent win for the newsroom is the launch of Lawless Planet, a series investigating sabotage on the Dakota Access Pipeline. This professional reporting provides industry researchers with essential data regarding the intersection of fossil fuel interests, global policy, and human rights.