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   Paper or Pixels?

   April 30, 2010 05:40 PM

   Amidst the steady decline of newspaper circulation in the U.S., could industry concern for carbon emissions affect the relationship between print and digital news media? Last Friday, Mother Jones, in conjunction with the Climate Desk project... Continue reading

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   Will Collaborative Climate Coverage Work?

   April 19, 2010 02:52 PM

   With the Senate poised for an “uphill push” to pass climate and energy legislation, and numerous surveys saying that Americans’ concern about global warming has declined, seven news outlets have banded together to improve upon what... Continue reading

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   Nature News Now Free of Charge

   March 31, 2010 10:23 AM

   Last Friday, the Nature Publishing Group (NPG) announced that readers would no longer need a subscription to view content on its daily online news site, Nature News: All content hosted on the Nature News site... Continue reading

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   Reviving Science Coverage in the Carolinas

   March 11, 2010 04:44 PM

   At a time when weekly newspaper science sections are as rare as a single top quark, two North Carolina newspapers recently teamed up to prove they still have a place in the modern media. In January, <a href=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/scitech/... Continue reading