Cadence Bambenek is a journalist, researcher, and editor interested in the intersection between science and  technology and power and culture.

Bambenek built her journalism career fact-checking for outlets from Popular Science and Scientific American to Rolling Stone before co-founding Hothouse, a publication investigating climate solutions, in 2021. 

Hothouse’s original stories examine how to combat climate change, and what readers can do in their own lives.

In addition to making complex subjects accessible and actionable through Hothouse, Bambenek is keenly interested in the future of journalism and its business models. She has completed several Google News Initiative programmings, including Start Up Bootcamp, Google for Startups Sales Academy, Building and Managing a Team Lab, and the GNI Fundamentals Lab. 

A graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison school of journalism, Cadence formerly interned at the Wisconsin State Journal, Business Insider, and Psychology Today. She also spent a stint in the sociology department at Columbia University working on the Obama Presidency Oral History Project.

Calling Duluth, Minnesota her childhood home, Cadence enjoys time in nature. When she's not writing or reading, she can be found thru-hiking, traveling, doing amateur photography, yoga, or spending time with friends and family. 
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You can follow her on Twitter @cadencebambenek or send her an email: cadence [dot] bambenek [at] gmail [dot] com.