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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
Education or Indulgence?
Monitor series reaches out to global-warming skeptics
By Curtis Brainard Oct 9, 2007 at 09:51 AM
Not many diplomats shared Czech President Vaclav Klaus's opinion about global warming at a special meeting of the United Nations... More
Clinton Vows to Protect Science
Says she will reverse the political interference of the Bush years
By Curtis Brainard Oct 5, 2007 at 01:57 PM
Hats off to Hillary - she made a smart play yesterday, using the fiftieth anniversary of the Sputnik launch to... More
Yale Launches Climate, Media Forum
Aims to improve communication between scientists and the press
By Curtis Brainard Oct 2, 2007 at 12:33 PM
The consensus on how to improve news stories about climate change is even more solid than the consensus on global... More
Climate and the Campaign
U.S. databases v. Australian news
By Curtis Brainard Sep 28, 2007 at 11:00 AM
As the federal election rapidly approaches, climate change, energy, and environment have become leading issues among candidates and the media... More
Climate, Front And Center
Thus far, press keeps UN, White House gatherings in proper context
By Curtis Brainard Sep 25, 2007 at 03:40 PM
Today is the second day of what The New York Times labeled "Climate Week" in an editorial last Saturday. Beginning... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
The completist guide to Star Trek
Matt Yglesias watched every Star Trek movie and every episode of every TV show in the franchise
The uncomfortable questions not raised by Benghazi
The press and Congress are asking the wrong questions
Rob Ford in ‘crack cocaine’ video scandal
A video that appears to show Toronto’s mayor smoking crack is being shopped around by a group of Somali men involved in the drug trade
Why the underwear-bomber leak infuriated the Obama administration
The threat of even grander leaks
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
