Meredith Rizzo

Washington, D.C., United States

Visual Senior Staff Editor, Well at The New York Times

photo, video, maker of visual and digital things. science multimedia editor and art director at NPR.

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Step inside the world's only nuclear-powered passenger ship — built in 1959

Jun 23, 2023 | npr.org | Geoff Brumfiel |Meredith Rizzo

NPR correspondent Geoff Brumfiel boards the NS Savannah, a nuclear passenger ship built in the late 1950s as part of a U.S. program to illustrate the positive uses of nuclear energy. Meredith Rizzo for NPR hide caption toggle caption Meredith Rizzo for NPR NPR correspondent Geoff Brumfiel boards the NS Savannah, a nuclear passenger ship built in the late 1950s as part of a U.S. program to illustrate the positive uses of nuclear energy.
Tracking health threats, one sewage sample at a time

Apr 25, 2023 | kpbs.org | Pien Huang |Meredith Rizzo

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The best time of day to collect a wastewater sample is in the morning. That's according to Raul Gonzalez, an environmental scientist who's an expert on how people's hygiene habits intersect with the flow of sewage. Gonzalez runs the wastewater surveillance program at the Hampton Roads Sanitation District, a Virginia Beach, Va., sewage treatment operation that processes waste for 20% of the state's population.
Tracking health threats, one sewage sample at a time

Apr 23, 2023 | npr.org | Pien Huang |Meredith Rizzo

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The best time of day to collect a wastewater sample is in the morning. That's according to Raul Gonzalez, an environmental scientist who's an expert on how people's hygiene habits intersect with the flow of sewage. Gonzalez runs the wastewater surveillance program at the Hampton Roads Sanitation District, a Virginia Beach, Va., sewage treatment operation that processes waste for 20% of the state's population.