Christina Tyler Wenks is a journalist, educator, and communication strategy consultant. She is a board member for a nonprofit organization that teaches sun, planetary and space science. Wenks is also a founding member of the Great Falls Writers Group. At the December 2018 American Geophysical Union Conference in Washington, D.C., she discussed research to better prepare student journalists for real-world reporting and publication. As a television, radio and newspaper reporter, photographer, videographer, and editor, Wenks covered stories varying from human interest to natural disasters. Beats included education, tourism, government, and economic development. Wenks’s favorite stories are told through people and issues peers don’t want to cover, which usually requires getting dirty. Stories about dune restoration, beach-grass cloning, sea-turtle population monitoring and pollinator decline combined with years of volunteer work with environmental organizations resulted in becoming a certified beekeeper to continue research into colony collapse disorder and diminishing pollinator populations. Her television reporting was on network newscasts and news-magazine programs. Published works include newspapers, magazines and anthologies. Wenks can be found volunteering in her community, shooing deer from her garden or with cameras focused on critters or rocket launches.