Partners
- Minnesota Public Radio's Weekly "Climate Cast" Broadcast featuring Meteorologist Paul Huttner
- Link TV's "Earth Focus", Putting a Human Face on Pressing Global Issues.
- "Dan's Wild Wild Science Journal", Meteorologist Dan Satterfield's American Geophysical Union Blogosphere Feature
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Recent Posts
- Points Leading Conservative Voices Most Often Make on Climate Change
- Sportsmen’s and Anglers’ Views Highlighted in New ‘This Is Not Cool’ Video
- U. of Washington Course: Science Students Learning ‘to Tell Stories’
- 2013 ‘State of’ Report Describes Continuing Woes of Journalism
- Jared Diamond, Yesterday’s World, Today’s Perceptions, Tomorrow’s Climate
- NASA’s Science Visualization Wall: Cool Is An Understatement
- Stations in Three Virginia TV Markets to Try Expanding Climate Coverage
Author Archives: Julie Halpert
Wunderground.com’s Jeff Masters:
From ‘Mad Scientist Club’ to Leading Internet Site
ANN ARBOR, MI. — When Jeff Masters was 10, he helped launch the “mad scientist club” in his Birmingham, Michigan, school, writing a 100-page thesis based on observations from his telescope. By the time he was 12, he was diligently [...]
“Science Friday”‘s Ira Flatow:
Selling Science by Weekly Radio
Growing up on Long Island, New York, Ira Flatow enjoyed dabbling with television sets and playing with electronics like ham radios. Flatow: Finding a job you love sure beats having to work. “I just wanted to know how things worked,” [...]
Another Victim of Journalism Downsizing:
Radio’s ‘Environment Reporter’ Trimmed Back
A highly regarded national environmental radio network is among the latest casualties of journalism downsizing. As of June 4th, “The Environment Report,” (TER) which not long ago had hopes of becoming a regular nationwide program, is being scaled back from [...]
Environmental News in the Digital Age
Without a Daily Newspaper Nine Months Now:
Ann Arbor Learning to Adapt
Tracy Davis vividly remembers her reaction when she got word nearly a year ago that The Ann Arbor News, where she worked for nine years, primarily covering the environment, was closing. “I stood there with my mouth open for an [...]
Environment, Climate Go Prime Time
On Entertainment Programming
On a November 2007 episode of the NBC comedy “30 Rock,” former Vice President Al Gore makes a guest appearance and network executive Jack Donagy tries to demonstrate his company’s commitment to the environment. “We’re with you on this whole [...]
Exploring Journalism's Unchartered Future
Nonprofit Journalism Model:
A Future of Environmental Reporting?
When Marianne Lavelle left U.S. News and World Report a year ago, the news weekly was rapidly shrinking the amount of space devoted to in-depth reporting as part of its transition to becoming strictly an online journal. “You could just [...]
Posture, Clout of Slimmer GM, Automakers:
Outlook on Capitol Hill Cloudy, but Change Likely
One of the old-line, most vocal, and most influential voices on federal environmental matters may soon undergo changes generally associated with adolescents – a change in its voice. Or at least the impact its voice carries with Washington policymakers. Whether [...]
