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Marlowe Hood

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Covers:  climate change, energy transition, environment, biodiversity, Earth system stuff, climate science, UNFCCC shenanigans, IPCC, winemaking, surprise me...
senior editor, agence france presse muckrack.com/marlowehood

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Marlowe Hood’s Biography

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I am a freelance journalist based in France. My last salaried position was senior editor for climate change at international news agency Agence France Presse (AFP). My last assignment at AFP was the development and execution of a suite of climate change training courses for journalists. Before that, I was a climate & evnironment correspondent from 2007 through 2023. Armed with degrees in Chinese studies (UCSC, Princeton), I worked in Beijing from 1985 through the dramatic events of June 1989,…

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Manual and electric typewriters, telex, computers w/out memory... don't miss any of them!

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Macaulay Connor

What's your favorite social network?

Twitter (which, alas, doesn't exist anymore)

Covering Climate Now Journalism Award

2024 - Fossil Fuels

"Leveraging leaked documents and insider sources, @marlowehood and @rolanddlp exposed how consulting company McKinsey & Company pushed plans at COP28 that would enable fossil fuel companies to continue unsustainable levels of oil and gas production for many decades."

Biophilia Award for Environmental Communication

2021 - one award given each year

"The Biophilia Award, with annual prize money of 100,000 euros, was launched by the BBVA Foundation in 2019 to recognize the work of professionals and organizations in any country that have contributed exceptionally to improving public understanding and awareness of ecological issues." The other recipients to date are BBC environmental reporter Matt McGrath, The Guardian, The New Yorker correspondent Elizabeth Kolbert, and Mongabay.

Online Journalism Association Awards

2004 - Creative Use of the Medium

“AFP’s syndicated Tour de France coverage in 2004 is an incredible tool for following a sports event in real time, with an interface that provides tremendous detail on the race. It includes real-time running news updates and complete access to all data about every rider in the race. An excellent job mixing maps, news and data."

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