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Journalist. Teach science- climate- & podcasting journalism. @NiemanFdn ('21). Now at bsky.app/profile/sustainlab.bsky.social

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Science 🧪 Journalism Reporter / Editor / Producer / Podcaster / Videographer / Manager / Mentor. Teach journalism+podcasting. Nieman Fellow & AAAS Mass Media Fellow. sustainlab.substack.com

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Sustainable Dissent

Sustainable Dissent

How might we address structural/slow violence before it does harm, but before we need a hero?

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Development in the Dark -- Letter to the Editor

Development in the Dark -- Letter to the Editor

Jamestown's dealings with billion-dollar developer D.R. Horton are happening without public records.

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Red tape strangles viral surveillance programs

Red tape strangles viral surveillance programs

Viral surveillance is crucial to detecting isolated disease outbreaks and preventing them from growing into e…

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In a Flight of Starlings

In a Flight of Starlings

In his latest book, In a Flight of Starlings, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Giorgio Parisi sets himself a tas…

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Why Climate Change Stories Need More Context

Why Climate Change Stories Need More Context

Reporters covering climate change should combine traditional and solutions journalism approaches to provide m…

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Why Every Science Story Needs The Right Kind of Caveats

Why Every Science Story Needs The Right Kind of Caveats

To keep public trust, reporters should convey the complexity - and uncertainty - of scientific results

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Sustainable Dissent

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This week, the Society of Environmental Journalists gathers in Chicago for its annual meeting bringing together “journalists, scientists, government officials, advocacy leaders and others to explore the many facets of environmental stories in order to improve the quality and accuracy of environmental reporting.” The business of environmental reporting, however, is often incompatible with environmental stories about “structural” or “slow violence” over time.
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Why Climate Change Stories Need More Context | Nieman Reports

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On the very first day of my “Reporting on Climate Change” class at the Harvard Extension School last August, a student asked if I had any strategies for responding to editors who say there’s not enough room for in-depth climate change stories, “which, they say, are too depressing, anyway?” This was one of the questions I designed the curriculum to help students answer.
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Why Climate Change Stories Need More Context

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| Nieman Reports Verified
On the very first day of my “Reporting on Climate Change” class at the Harvard Extension School last August, a student asked if I had any strategies for responding to editors who say there’s not enough room for in-depth climate change stories, “which, they say, are too depressing, anyway?” This was one of the questions I designed the curriculum to help students answer.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I got my start thanks to a fellowship from AAAS (publishers of Science) to spend a summer at Community Radio for Northern Colorado (KUNC).

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I still write occasional letters to long-time friends on a manual typewriter.

When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?

Reading from a non-computer/non-device... or listening to radio/podcasts.