Gregory Barber, a staff writer at Wired, was among those laid off last week.

He had been at Wired since 2019.

Barber was honored with the 2022 Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Writing – Features for his longform story on the impact lithium mining in the deserts of Nevada has on a fragile species of buckwheat, at risk of extinction due to mining operations

Barber covered energy and the environment. He graduated from Columbia University with a bachelor’s degree in computer science and English literature and now lives in San Francisco.