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LAT On Why Solyndra Dazzled the Private and Public Sectors
By Ryan Chittum Sep 26, 2011 at 06:23 PM
The Los Angeles Times has a really good look at the failure of Solyndra, the solar-power company that went bankrupt... More
Momentum becomes Ensia
Univ. of Minnesota expands its environmental magazine
By Curtis Brainard Feb 8, 2013 at 03:00 PM
A nonprofit environmental magazine published by the University of Minnesota that's been quietly racking up awards for three years is... More
The Seattle Times sinks a local polluter
Investigating the sketchy background of a capsized ship’s owner
By Ryan Chittum Jun 7, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Most business investigations focus on corporations and investors. And for good reason: They're the ones with the money and the... More
A bogus boycott
The GOP hijacks the transparency debate as the EPA calls for a ‘reset’ with reporters
By Curtis Brainard May 10, 2013 at 03:00 PM
At Gina McCarthy's congressional confirmation hearing in early April, questions about transparency at the Environmental Protection Agency, which she'd been... More
Adrift in a sea of (no) coverage
For two years, little in the news about battle over National Ocean Policy
By Curtis Brainard Jun 15, 2012 at 03:00 PM
Last October, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar called on the press to pay more attention to the Obama administration’s... More
All thumbs, none green
Environment coverage is down at the Times, even if it wasn’t supposed to be
By Curtis Brainard Mar 19, 2013 at 06:58 AM
Two weeks ago, I excoriated The New York Times for canceling its Green blog a month after it had dismantled... More
Attack of the climate-denial books
Conservative think tanks fuel publishing boom that spreads misinformation
By Cristine Russell Mar 12, 2013 at 03:00 PM
If you find Red Hot Lies in an airport bookstore or online bookseller, don't expect a juicy account of a... More
Beijing’s blinding pollution
The press should not ignore dirty air in other cities
By Shiwani Neupane Feb 22, 2013 at 02:30 PM
As resources become scarcer and cutbacks in foreign bureaus more common, international reporting is becoming geographically biased. This trend was... More
CBS News hires M. Sanjayan
Lead scientist at The Nature Conservancy to cover science, environment
By Curtis Brainard Jun 1, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Network news got a little better this month. CBS News announced in early May that it had hired M. Sanjayan,... More
Climate policy, act two
Reactions to Obama’s second inaugural overlook Skocpol report
By Curtis Brainard Jan 23, 2013 at 11:30 AM
It was great to see The New York Times give front-page treatment to the unexpected weight that President Obama put... More
Climate roller coaster back on track
With Obama talking global warming, media see ups and downs
By Curtis Brainard Nov 16, 2012 at 11:00 AM
At his first post-election press conference on Wednesday, President Obama talked about his current position on climate change in greater... More
Critical Juncture for HuffPo Science
With new section, David Freeman has an opportunity to raise the bar
By Curtis Brainard Jan 13, 2012 at 12:00 PM
The Huffington Post’s announcement last week that it had launched a new section intended to be a “one-stop shop for... More
Crop cop
Keith Kloor makes a beat out of policing frightful coverage of GMOs
By Curtis Brainard Jun 5, 2013 at 11:15 AM
The media have stoked irrational distrust of science in many fields over the years, from vaccines to climate change. But... More
Eilperin leaving the green beat
Washington Post reporter joins the paper’s new “Digital Strike Force”
By Curtis Brainard and Cristine Russell Mar 4, 2013 at 07:30 PM
Juliet Eilperin, one of the country's leading environment reporters, is switching beats at The Washington Post, moving to a newly... More
Environment coverage TBD
The Times says it’s committed, but only time will tell
By Curtis Brainard Jan 15, 2013 at 11:00 AM
The New York Times’s decision is to dismantle its four-year-old environment “pod” has been called everything from “an unmitigated disaster”... More
Faded green
Environment reporters endangered, regardless of exact number
By Curtis Brainard Jan 17, 2013 at 12:00 PM
InsideClimate News's Katherine Bagley, who broke the news last week that The New York Times is dismantling its environment desk,... More
Green drones?
Unmanned aerial vehicles poised to enhance environmental coverage
By Curtis Brainard Mar 6, 2013 at 04:56 PM
As the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) prepares to allow the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for a wide array of... More
How to improve environmental coverage?
Project sets broad goals, learns to adapt
By Curtis Brainard Jun 4, 2012 at 06:50 AM
Fixing the news is a tall order, or so the Project for Improved Environmental Coverage is learning. The effort launched... More
InsideClimate wins a Pulitzer
Five-year-old news site honored for exposé of Michigan oil spill
By Curtis Brainard Apr 16, 2013 at 01:45 PM
On Monday, InsideClimate News, a five-year-old investigative news outlet that is based in Brooklyn, but doesn't even have an office,... More
Jackpot lost
Is a $75K prize or better training more likely to improve environmental coverage?
By Curtis Brainard Oct 11, 2012 at 03:00 PM
The backers of one of journalism’s richest awards are bringing the prize to an end, betting that professional development, rather... 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.
