Meet our Tyler Prize Media Fellows!
Curious, sharp, and never afraid to ask the next question, our Media Fellows are the storytellers joining us behind the scenes as we celebrate Tyler Prize winner Toby Kiers in Amsterdam. Selected from dozens of applicants, they share a common drive: to better understand the science, policy, and people shaping the future of our planet.
Through the Fellowship, they gain direct access to the Laureates and the ideas at the heart of the Prize, engaging in conversations, exploring the research up close, and asking thoughtful (and sometimes tough) questions about what it really takes to drive environmental progress.
Yessenia Funes
(Global Fellow, USA)
Yessenia Funes is an environmental journalist with over 10 years of experience. She has been published in National Geographic, Yale Climate Connections, The Guardian, Bloomberg, and more. She publishes an independent creative climate newsletter every week called Possibilities. Find her at @yessfun on Instagram
Liam Gilliver
(European Fellow, UK)
Liam Gilliver is an NCTJ-trained journalist with bylines in some of the UK's most prominent newspapers. He specialises in environmental reporting and is passionate about making climate stories accessible for everyone. Find him at @LiamGilliver on X.
Catherine Early
(European Fellow, UK)
Catherine Early is a freelance journalist specialising in environmental issues. Her clients include the Ecologist and Resurgence, Dialogue Earth and Reuters. She won a 2024 SEAL environmental journalism award and was highly commended in the 2023 Aviva Investors sustainability Media Awards.
We’re delighted to welcome Yessenia, Liam, and Catherine, and look forward to the conversations and insights they’ll bring to the Tyler Prize community.
Interested in joining us in Amsterdam (virtually or in person)? Get tickets the State of the Environment Address from Toby Kiers on 23 April 2026 at the ARTIS Planetarium via Eventbrite.