Catherine Winter is a freelance reporter and editor, as well as senior producer of The Really Big Questions, a program that explores questions that intrigue scientists and philosophers. She edits documentaries for American RadioWorks, the national documentary unit of American Public Media.Catherine has won dozens of national awards, including the Peabody Award, the duPont-Columbia Silver Baton, the American Bar Association Silver Gavel, and the Casey Medal. She has a masters degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley. She taught journalism and media law and ethics at the University of Minnesota Duluth, where she received the College of Liberal Arts Teaching Award. She is a beekeeper and a master gardener.