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Weighing the Environmental Vote
From Iowa to New Hampshire, more enthusiasm than action
By Curtis Brainard Jan 7, 2008 at 04:47 PM
On New Year's Eve, three days before the Iowa caucuses began, The Des Moines Register published a campaign story under... More
Science And Religion
Journal’s survey delivers best reporting yet on presidential hopefuls and a host of scientific issues
By Curtis Brainard Jan 3, 2008 at 01:37 PM
As Iowans prepare to go caucusing, the journal Science offers a ten-page special report* on four Democrats and five Republicans'... More
No Such Thing as Dumb Questions?
League of Conservation Voters says TV news overlooks climate
By Curtis Brainard Dec 19, 2007 at 04:05 PM
The League of Conservation Voters has issued a challenge to the top cable and network TV news reporters: quit asking... More
Climate Goes Prime-Time with Couric
CBS candidate interviews lack substance, but the time slot’s hard to beat
By Curtis Brainard Dec 12, 2007 at 12:28 PM
Global warming went prime-time last night as CBS's Katie Couric asked each of the presidential candidates to answer a single... More
Iowa Hog Farms and Presidential Politics
MSNBC.com delivers unique report on local campaign issue
By Curtis Brainard Dec 11, 2007 at 03:32 PM
With less than month until the first presidential caucus, the media are turning more of their attention to Iowa, where... More
Journal Plays a Broken Record
Editorial board is clearly still bitter about Gore and climate
By Curtis Brainard Dec 7, 2007 at 03:07 PM
The disconnect between The Wall Street Journal's excellent coverage of climate change as a credible, man-made threat, and its editorial... More
A Silver Lining at the Union-Tribune
Environment reporters not eligible for buyouts
By Curtis Brainard Dec 5, 2007 at 10:41 AM
Tough times at the The San Diego Union-Tribune - the paper wants to cut 43 newsroom employees. After buying out... More
Staying Together for The Earth
Marriage More Eco-Friendly Than Divorce
By Curtis Brainard Dec 5, 2007 at 09:38 AM
Yesterday, news outlets around the country jumped on a particularly lame study that just appeared in the journal Proceedings of... More
Fake Press Release Tricks the Morning News
Bali climate talks provoke little excitement otherwise
By Curtis Brainard Dec 4, 2007 at 02:46 PM
Despite some 1,500 articles from around the world already (according a Google search), there is as yet little news coming... More
Obama’s NASA Plan Gets Little Play
Most reporters miss intersection of science, education in the campaign
By Curtis Brainard Nov 29, 2007 at 11:10 AM
With a few notable exceptions, journalists missed an opportunity to rip into a rare intersection of education and science on... More
NYT Runs Out of Energy
Phones in an “issue” story
By Curtis Brainard Nov 28, 2007 at 03:25 PM
It looked promising, at first: a story on the front page of the The New York Times business section that... More
“Evangelicalese 101”
The green message is right, but what about the messengers?
By Curtis Brainard Nov 27, 2007 at 01:14 PM
Evangelicals are the swing voters to watch in 2008. At least, that's the impression one gets from the large number... More
Fusing Climate to the Campaign
First presidential forum on energy a sign of (slow) progress
By Curtis Brainard Nov 19, 2007 at 04:53 PM
Three presidential candidates gathered at a forum in Los Angeles on Saturday to talk specifically about global warming and energy... More
Where is the Climate ‘Middle’?
Revkin’s new Dot Earth blog sparks healthy debate
By Curtis Brainard Nov 16, 2007 at 02:47 PM
In late October, The New York Times finally gave its climate reporter, Andrew Revkin, what he has wanted for some... More
Climate Consensus: Bravery or Blunder?
WaPo raises possibility that anti-warming platforms might not win
By Curtis Brainard Nov 7, 2007 at 02:21 PM
In early October, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama unveiled their campaign platforms on energy and the environment. John Edwards hasn't... More
Bloomberg Overshadows Edwards
Mayor’s proposal to tax carbon gets top coverage
By Curtis Brainard Nov 5, 2007 at 11:54 AM
John Edwards spun through New Orleans like a, well, not like a hurricane. On Saturday he blew in and out... More
Those Complicated California Wildfires
Journalists, scientists analyze carbon emissions
By Curtis Brainard Nov 2, 2007 at 12:47 PM
It's almost inevitable these days: from hurricanes, to drought, to wildfires, people want to know (and journalists can't help asking)... More
The “Other” Water Problem
Journalists turn from rising seas to shrinking reservoirs
By Curtis Brainard Oct 25, 2007 at 08:42 AM
In a long, New York Times Magazine cover story last weekend, Jon Gertner envisioned a dry future in the American... More
Inhofe In The Crosshairs
Senator Makes 2008 “Dirty Dozen” List
By Curtis Brainard Oct 11, 2007 at 02:11 PM
The novelties of this presidential race have captured so much media attention that the need to also elect a suite... More
Low-Hanging Fruit
SacBee: Enviro-Journalists are Softies?
By Curtis Brainard Oct 9, 2007 at 02:05 PM
Whoa now. It's not often that I see another media critic writing about environmental journalism. The notion that we need... More
Woman’s work - The twisted reality of an Italian freelancer in Syria
Sourcing Trayvon Martin ‘photos’ from stormfront - Not a good idea, Business Insider
Elizabeth Warren, the antidote to CNBC - The senator schools the talking heads on bank regulation
Art Laffer + PR blitz = press failure - The media types up the retail lobby’s propaganda
Reuters’s global warming about-face - A survey shows the newswire ran 50 percent fewer stories on climate change after hiring a “skeptic”
In one tweet
Luke Russert is the Golden Boy of DC
And it drives young journalists crazy
It’s official: We never need to worry about the future of journalism again!
The NYT shows us why
Why does Florida produce so much weird news? Experts explain
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
ACEsTooHigh.com – Reporting on the science, education, and policy surrounding childhood trauma
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
