Marissa Taylor
Local Expert / StorytellerMarissa Taylor is an environmental journalist based in Kathmandu, Nepal. Taylor has been working as a journalist since 2013, and has been a part of newsrooms of The Kathmandu Post, The Himalayan Times, and, most recently, The Record Nepal, where she was assistant editor. Although she covers a wide array of environmental topics, she focuses on writing on the intersections of climate change, poverty, inequalities, and public health. She was among the grantees in Thomson Reuters Foundation’s Climate Change Reporting programme in 2020 and in the British Council’s Women Reporters on Climate Change programme in 2021.
Stories from Marissa Taylor
While the year’s first planting of rice is marked by joyous festivities, the gradual disappearance of native planting traditions provides food for thought.
Perhaps the biggest charity ride in the Himalaya, the Kora Cycling Challenge attracts 4,000+ riders in a single day to locations in Nepal and around the world.
Photo Kathmandu is harnessing the transformative power of the arts to bring the community together.
Many people pass through Kathmandu on their way to the mountains, but this bustling city is a vibrant destination in and of itself.
Most people don’t really think of Lalitpur as a travel destination but travellers who stop by find an easy-going, culturally rich Nepali life.
