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Selling Science
Two Articles Wonder How to Encourage More Research
By Curtis Brainard Jul 16, 2007 at 09:09 AM
Two weeks ago, The New York Times Magazine ran a cover story called "The Amateur Hour" about how "America's basement... More
Calling Captains Nemo and Ahab
Tales from the deep
By Curtis Brainard Jul 13, 2007 at 01:11 PM
This week, reporters raised two fascinating stories from the ocean depths. The first, which got a lot of press coverage,... More
Listening to Live Earth
Did Audiences “Hear” the World’s Biggest Concert?
By Curtis Brainard Jul 10, 2007 at 10:40 AM
As the twenty-four-hour, seven-continent, do-something-about-climate-change Live Earth concert was drawing to a close on Saturday, Microsoft reported that the event... More
Of Bootlegged Liquor and Heavy Cars
What Sweden Will and Won’t Sacrifice for the Environment
By Curtis Brainard Jul 6, 2007 at 12:11 PM
Forget France, the U.K., Germany, and Italy. They may be G8 members, but Sweden is the country out to make... More
Rolling Stone Breaks Climate News!
Well, sort of …
By Curtis Brainard Jul 5, 2007 at 04:04 PM
A couple weeks ago, Rolling Stone unveiled a sixteen-page report on "The Climate Crisis," following a long line of national... More
At Scientific American, Shirt Now Matches Socks
A Q&A with Editor in Chief John Rennie
By Curtis Brainard Jul 3, 2007 at 03:37 PM
This month, Scientific American unveiled a redesign of its monthly magazine. While not at all radical, the changes said a... More
Gimmick lead, redux
The point of pointless interactivity
By Curtis Brainard Jun 11, 2007 at 03:36 PM
As someone who sifts through reams of science news every day, I am always grateful to journalists that throw the... More
Just the Facts, and Opinions Too
Framing science in a fragmented media world
By Curtis Brainard Jun 5, 2007 at 03:34 PM
Scientists must do a better job making their research understandable and meaningful to the press and the public, even if... More
California Crud
NYT Sunday Styles captures the stink of the beach
By Curtis Brainard Jun 4, 2007 at 12:00 PM
Props to The New York Times' Sunday Styles section for running a good story about Southern California beach pollution yesterday.... More
Beating Around the Bush
The president turns 180˚ on climate
By Curtis Brainard Jun 1, 2007 at 04:45 PM
All around the world, reporters are responding to George W. Bush's reversal on American climate policy. In a speech in... More
Water Under the Dam? Hardly.
The fight for water
By Curtis Brainard May 31, 2007 at 10:56 AM
The battle for water is on in the American west. Reeling from a year of drought that produced the lowest... More
NYT’s “Basics” column needs an editor
Back to basics
By Curtis Brainard May 30, 2007 at 01:01 PM
In January, The New York Times launched a new column in its Tuesday science section called "Basics," written by Pulitzer... More
Not Your Grandma’s Science Fair
CNN stands out
By Curtis Brainard May 23, 2007 at 10:57 AM
It's that time of year. On Tuesday, the National Weather Service predicted that the upcoming 2007 hurricane season would have... More
We have been promised monsters!
But where are they?
By Curtis Brainard May 21, 2007 at 04:44 PM
I'm feeling let down. On Monday, The Boston Globe carried a short blurb about the Antarctic Benthic Deep-Sea Biodiversity Project... More
The best source of environmental stories that you’ve never heard of
What you should know about “green” ads.
By Curtis Brainard May 21, 2007 at 08:39 AM
If you make it green, people will buy. Or so goes the current marketing philosophy. Today’s news pages are filled... More
Hansen v. Cockburn in the The Nation, With Nothing at Stake
The global warming debate goes nowhere in this slow-motion battle of wits.
By Curtis Brainard May 7, 2007 at 03:32 PM
The folks at The Nation offer readers an intriguing new punch-counterpunch this month. The current online issue includes a short... More
Congested Coverage
Forget “congestion pricing,” PlaNYC needs the press’s deep and sustained attention.
By Curtis Brainard May 2, 2007 at 12:30 PM
It’s been a little over a week since mayor Mike Bloomberg unveiled his twenty-five-year plan for climate change and... More
Surprise, MTV’s Environmental News Rocks
MTV rediscovers some of the social consciousness that it once proudly displayed.
By Curtis Brainard Apr 24, 2007 at 10:30 AM
Sunday was Earth Day, sort of like the environmental movement's Fourth of July. The event got a lot of attention... More
A Guide Through the Jungle of Green Issues
Green news has grown into a print jungle that — sometimes unique and probing, sometimes more fad than fact — can be difficult to navigate.
By Curtis Brainard Apr 16, 2007 at 02:50 PM
Green is the new black. It's the new red, the new white; it is the new red, white, and blue.... More
Emissions Markets: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
The press, the markets and politicians get all mixed up.
By Curtis Brainard Apr 11, 2007 at 04:24 PM
A global warming debate yesterday at New York University between Senator John Kerry, a Democrat, and former congressman Newt Gingrich,... 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.
