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Recent Posts
- Changing the Cultural Climate … on Climate Culture
- Lines in the Sand
- Competing Narratives in U.S. Television News
- Mind-Blowing Heartland Street Poster Fiasco
- High School Climate Education Highlighted in PBS NewsHour Segment
- Alley Points to His ‘Personal Milestones’ and Dog Walking …
- Localizing Climate Change Stories
Author Archives: Sara Peach
TV Mets Described at Miami Workshop
as ‘Most Prominent Science Communicators’
MIAMI – When it comes to communicating climate change, meteorologists are on the front lines. “Television weathercasters may be the most prominent science communicators in our society,” said John Morales, chief meteorologist at NBC 6 in Miami. “The one scientist [...]
Duke’s Nicholas School Dean Bill Chameides;
From Academia to EDF Activism and Back
DURHAM, N.C. – When it comes to climate communication, many scientists have a “love-hate” relationship with the media. That’s the assessment of Bill Chameides, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. Before his appointment at the [...]
One Constant Remains ... The 'Wow!' Factor
Digital Journalists Confront Unique Opportunities,
Challenges in Explaining Climate Change Online
A 3-D spinning globe on the new website TakePart tells a compelling story about the tremendous impacts of climate change. The graphic is part of an online feature explaining climate science. The globe, the centerpiece of the feature, can be [...]
Climate Change Web Videos:
Advocacy Edition
During the past five years, Web video has emerged as a battleground in climate communication. Journalists, comedians, artists, businesses, governments, climate contrarians and advocacy groups alike are competing to produce the medium’s slickest, funniest and most compelling messages. Take a [...]
Duke’s Jay Hamilton: From Buying a Hybrid
To Covering Climate … A New Way Forward?
DURHAM, N.C. – When Jay Hamilton was in the market for a new hybrid car last summer, Google knew it. As he scoured the Internet for the best deal, Google’s algorithms connected him to advertisements for hybrids. Now Hamilton, a [...]
A Viewer's Guide
Some Favorite Web Videos
About Climate Change (Pt. 1)
The Web, no surprise, is both a gold mine and a mine field of videos dealing with climate change. Here’s an initial “Top 10″ listing of our favorites, a list that will grow over time with – or without – [...]



