Courtney Kan

Washington, D.C.

Senior Projects Editor

Education: UCLA, BA in Communication Studies, Minor in Geography/Environmental Studies

Courtney Kan is a senior projects editor leading audience strategy and cross-platform storytelling for The Washington Post's enterprise reporting and investigations. She was previously a designer focused on developing reader experiences for web, print and distributed platforms, including Apple News. She was part of The Washington Post team that won the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting for the 2°C: Beyond the Limit series on climate change and the team that won the George Polk Award for Technology Reporting for The Pegasus Project, shared with the Guardian U.S. and Forbidden Stories. Ka
Latest from Courtney Kan

White Sands National Park

Lillian climbs the dunes for a view of a park imprinted with ancient human history and the beginnings of the Atomic Age. In doing so, she tries to understand why America’s deserts have been both safeguarded and sacrificed.

July 12, 2023

Everglades National Park

Lillian slogs through the marsh and steps back in time to explore how past mistakes devastated the “River of Grass.” What will it take to restore this unique landscape of water and sky? Along the way, the park’s wildlife has a thing or two to say.

July 5, 2023

Glacier National Park

Lillian experiences the rush of Glacier’s Going-to-the-Sun Road, but her most illuminating stops happen on the Blackfeet reservation. As Native people push for a greater hand in managing national park lands, Lillian asks whether that could ever happen.

June 28, 2023

Yosemite National Park

Lillian begins her journey in the place that helped inspire the national parks. As wildfires threaten Yosemite’s giant sequoias, she asks what it will take to correct past mistakes and ensure the survival of these ancient trees.

June 28, 2023

Introducing “Field Trip”

Journey through the messy past and uncertain future of America’s national parks. The Washington Post’s Lillian Cunningham ventures off the marked trail to better understand the most urgent stories playing out in five iconic landscapes today.

June 22, 2023

    Introducing “Field Trip”

    Journey through the messy past and uncertain future of America’s national parks. The Washington Post’s Lillian Cunningham ventures off the marked trail to better understand the most urgent stories playing out in five iconic landscapes today.

    June 20, 2023

    Introducing “Field Trip”

    Journey through the messy past and uncertain future of America’s national parks. The Washington Post’s Lillian Cunningham ventures off the marked trail to better understand the most urgent stories playing out in five iconic landscapes today.

    June 13, 2023

      Why is fentanyl so dangerous?

      The powerful painkiller is the leading cause of overdose deaths in America.

      April 10, 2023

      Overview: From Mexican labs to U.S. streets, a lethal pipeline

      The Washington Post traced the fentanyl crisis from the back alleys of northern Mexico, to official Washington. U.S. border authorities are now overwhelmed.

      December 15, 2022

      Operation Sour Cream

      Since 2019, the number of Americans killed by fentanyl has jumped 94 percent. Today on "Post Reports," we go inside Operation Sour Cream — and inside the pipeline bringing the deadly drug from Mexican labs to U.S. streets.

      December 13, 2022