The Observatory
Inside COP17
Why UN climate summits like the one in Durban are challenging, but worth covering
By James Fahn Dec 14, 2011 at 02:45 PM
DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA—It’s not easy to be a climate reporter. You have to understand the science of climate change, as... More
Frozen Planet’s Final Episode Will Air in US
Discovery Channel reverses course following wave of criticism, but what will viewers get?
By Curtis Brainard Dec 7, 2011 at 06:00 PM
Discovery Channel reversed course on Tuesday when it announced that it would air all seven parts of a BBC series... More
Besser to Oz: “You Were Right”
Consumer Reports confirms arsenic-in-apple-juice investigation
By Curtis Brainard Dec 6, 2011 at 11:00 AM
After accusing Dr. Mehmet Oz of “fear mongering” for reporting that some brands of apple juice contained high levels of... More
The Landman Cometh
Innovation Trail and other New York outlets help readers prepare for fracking prospectors
By Alysia Santo Dec 1, 2011 at 03:36 PM
Knock, knock. Who’s there? It’s the “landman,” offering quick cash to extract natural gas on your property using a technique... More
UEA E-Mails Fail to Provoke
Wary of “Climategate,” reporters treat latest leak as minor news
By Curtis Brainard Nov 30, 2011 at 02:00 PM
Uneager, perhaps, to provoke the type of criticism that followed the dreadful coverage the “Climategate,” journalists have treated the emergence... More
AP Rings the Alarm
Story about cancers from Fukushima plays up the scare factor
By David Ropeik Nov 22, 2011 at 04:50 PM
A lot of cancer is more newsworthy than a little cancer, or so seems to be lesson of an Associated... More
Congress Nixes Climate Service
GOP lawmakers deny NOAA proposal to create central information hub
By Curtis Brainard Nov 21, 2011 at 03:45 PM
Congress has denied the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) bid to create a promising “one stop shop” for data... More
WSJ Marginalizes Muller
Climate-change op-ed didn’t run in the paper’s US edition
By Curtis Brainard Nov 17, 2011 at 05:00 PM
Media Matters, a group dedicated to bird-dogging conservative spin in the press, made a good catch last week when it... More
Frozen Planet Freezes Out Climate
BBC’s polar series unwisely sets apart episode about global warming
By Curtis Brainard Nov 16, 2011 at 02:45 PM
The BBC is taking a mild pummeling for giving foreign television networks the option not to buy an episode about... More
Puzzling Over the Flood
James Fahn pieces together the Thai disaster from international and local news
By James Fahn Nov 11, 2011 at 12:03 PM
In the movie The Paper, a group of editors for a New York tabloid are trying to decide how prominently... More
The Kochs and Keystone XL
InsideClimate fails to make its case about brothers’ interest in the pipeline—but it should keep trying
By Curtis Brainard Nov 9, 2011 at 04:45 PM
Koch Industries, a giant oil and energy conglomerate, has InsideClimate News, a four-year-old online news startup, in its crosshairs. In... More
Like the Odds of a Heart Attack?
The limits of medical analogies for the climate-weather connection
By Curtis Brainard Nov 3, 2011 at 12:30 PM
With the latest death toll from floods in Thailand reaching nearly 400 people, reporters have had yet another opportunity to... More
Cracking the Case
Why is it so difficult to cover investigations of environmental crimes?
By Curtis Brainard Oct 28, 2011 at 02:00 PM
The federal civil and criminal investigations of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico continue to be a... More
Soda Scare
Association, causation confused in news about pop and violence
By David Ropeik Oct 26, 2011 at 05:35 PM
Here we go again. A study finds an association between A and B, but some news reports say that A... More
Salazar Calls for Coverage
Interior Secretary highlights underreported environment stories
By Curtis Brainard Oct 25, 2011 at 04:15 PM
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar had a few tips for environmental journalists last week about under-covered stories on their... 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.
