Reynard Loki and Danica Tomber
Reynard Loki is a co-founder of the Observatory. He is also a writing fellow at the Independent Media Institute, where he serves as the editor of Earth | Food | Life.
Danica Tomber is an applied linguist with a master of arts in teaching English to speakers of other languages from Portland State University. She is an editor of the Observatory’s Guide to Linguistics and Guide to Language Arts & Writing. Her interests span science communication, discourse analysis, pragmatics, and literacy.
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