Candice Bernd

I’m a Special Investigative Correspondent covering climate, energy, and the environment at the Texas Observer, and an independent, freelance journalist who has been covering social and environmental justice issues since 2009.

Before I came to the Observer, I was Senior Editor/Staff Reporter at Truthout, an Editor/Environmental Reporter at Generation Progress, an Editorial Intern at In These Times magazine and Co-Host of a Dallas-based progressive talk radio program.

My work has also appeared in several other publications, including The Nation, The American Prospect, Salon, the Dallas Morning News, The Real News Network, Rewire News Group, Sludge, YES! Magazine and Earth Island Journal. I have received awards from the Fort Worth chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Indigenous Journalists Association, the Dallas Peace and Justice Center, and the San Francisco Press Club.

My forthcoming book for Haymarket Books, Blood, Soil, and Oil: Far-Right Acceleration in the Age of Climate Crisis, is an immersive, character-driven portrait examining how right-wing “replacement” ideology—the notion that migrants are crowding out white Christian citizens—is colliding with ecological breakdown to denature democracy in the United States and across the world.

I also wrote and produced a feature-length documentary, Don’t Frack With Denton, which chronicles how my hometown became the first city to ban fracking in Texas and its subsequent overturn in the state legislature. I’m now based in Austin.

Speaking & Teaching

I’ve spoken about my work at universities including Yale, Carnegie Mellon and the University of North Texas, and at several venues organized and hosted by activist and advocacy organizations. My work has also been used as a teaching tool in several university classrooms.

Contact Me

I can be reached at bernd@texasobserver.org for commissions. Please reach out by email, BlueSky direct message, or securely via Signal at Candice.49. Please see this site’s footer for my other social media accounts.

Thanks for your interest!