Republicans and Bears, Oh My

By Curtis Brainard   Sep 30, 2008 at 01:35 PM

Charlie Petit, who runs the Knight Science Journalism Tracker, has had it with John McCain using a scientific study of... More

Energy and the Economic Bailout

Crisis begins to crop up in recent climate coverage

By Curtis Brainard   Sep 30, 2008 at 12:37 PM

News of the $700 billion economic bailout plan, which failed in Congress yesterday, has eclipsed some notable developments in energy... More

Calif. Academy of Sciences Reopens!

As journalists recount its fascinating history

By Curtis Brainard   Sep 26, 2008 at 01:07 PM

As a native of northern California, I can safely say that it’s easy to envy anybody living in or visiting... More

Same Ol’ Science Platforms

Points for trying, but Nature gets nothing new from the candidates

By Curtis Brainard   Sep 26, 2008 at 01:03 PM

With the economy going to pot, it’s not surprising that the presidential candidates haven’t devoted much time to issues of... More

Old Carbon Capture Strategy, New Story

Journal reintroduces underground coal gasification to U.S. media

By Curtis Brainard   Sep 22, 2008 at 12:22 PM

On Tuesday, I wrote a column about the media’s failure to cover the opening of the world’s first coal-fired power... More

Media Obstruction in Galveston

Press denied access in the wake of Hurricane Ike

By Curtis Brainard   Sep 18, 2008 at 09:07 AM

It was a rough week for the Galveston County Daily News. On Saturday, Hurricane Ike tore off its roof and... More

“Clean Coal” and the Campaigns

Despite centrality to election, first CCS coal plant fails to impress the press

By Curtis Brainard   Sep 16, 2008 at 12:21 PM

When the world’s most powerful particle accelerator opened along the French-Swiss border last week, it drew reams of press. But... More

The Black Hole of Publicity

Media coverage of LHC produces bigger bang than new collider

By Curtis Brainard   Sep 11, 2008 at 02:59 PM

The biggest bang to come out of the Large Hadron Collider, which began operating in Europe yesterday, was the media... More

Obama and McCain on Energy

Washington Post wrong to say there is “not much difference”

By Curtis Brainard   Sep 8, 2008 at 03:00 PM

On Sunday, The Washington Post published an editorial criticizing Sen. John McCain’s decision, carried out over the last few months,... More

“The Killa from Wasilla”…

And other coverage of Palin’s environmental record

By Curtis Brainard   Sep 4, 2008 at 01:41 PM

Yesterday, I posted a column arguing that Sarah Palin’s record on energy and environmental issues is perhaps the best place... More

Palin and the Environment

Plenty of record for the press to dissect; Anchorage paper shows the way

By Curtis Brainard   Sep 3, 2008 at 04:08 PM

Yesterday, New York Times columnist Bob Herbert advised Democrats to “Take the High Road” with Sarah Palin and focus on... More

Public Opinion and Climate: Part II

Where’s the consensus, and where does it end?

By Curtis Brainard   Aug 27, 2008 at 11:09 AM

Last week, a reader, Jeff Huggins, asked me to address why the media have failed to explain climate change in... More

Public Opinion and Climate: Part I

Have the media failed to help people “get” it?

By Curtis Brainard   Aug 26, 2008 at 01:29 PM

Last week, a reader, Jeff Huggins, asked me to address why the media have failed to explain climate change in... More

The Future of Science Journalism Fellowships

CJR chats with new Knight, MIT director Phil Hilts

By Curtis Brainard   Aug 18, 2008 at 10:29 AM

On Friday, the Knight Science Journalism Fellowships' class of 2009 arrived for orientation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the... More

Quashing Climate Dissent?

The media’s role in covering the (wide) spectrum of skepticism about global warming

By Curtis Brainard   Aug 14, 2008 at 10:47 AM

Last week, Slate columnist Ron Rosenbaum criticized the July/August issue of Columbia Journalism Review for what he perceived as an... More

Engineering Body and Earth

NYT grasps, and misses, the ethical dimensions of science

By Curtis Brainard   Aug 12, 2008 at 04:12 PM

The cover of today's New York Times Science Times section carries two stories, a feature and a column, concerning the... More

Missing the Bottom Line

Celebrity status and race distract from campaign ads’ real message: energy and the economy

By Curtis Brainard   Aug 1, 2008 at 03:14 PM

This week, campaign trail chatter has been all about ads—John McCain's ads, and their accuracy, to be specific. On Monday,... More

“Whiplash” Climate Journalism

Revkin investigates the media’s tendency to ricochet from one global-warming study to another

By Curtis Brainard   Jul 29, 2008 at 03:34 PM

Anybody who has been following Andrew Revkin's New York Times blog, Dot Earth, closely may have already heard of "whiplash"... More

Can GM Crops Solve the Food Crisis?

UCS says journalists overstate potential for higher yields

By Curtis Brainard   Jul 21, 2008 at 03:41 PM

With global food prices up eighty-three percent over the last three years, world leaders are looking for any means available... More

The Shallow Coverage of Candidates’ Energy Policies

Reporters must use events, not ads, to leverage information

By Curtis Brainard   Jul 15, 2008 at 03:45 PM

Last week, energy issues made their way back to the forefront of presidential campaign coverage with a pair of "dueling... More