The U.S. mortgage crisis has been a staple of American news budgets since it began last fall and reporters have covered it from almost every conceivable angle. Reuters is the first, to my knowledge, to connect it to environmental science. The newswire carried a very interesting and offbeat story yesterday about mosquito populations that are […]

Larry Altman talks about access and interest

Finally, real differences between the candidates for the press to explore

The Times of London has an intriguing photo slideshow on its Web site right now headlined, “Environmental Photographer of the Year.” Despite the singular tense, it’s actually a collection of fourteen photographs from various artists. Some are beautiful, some poignant, but needless to say, they’re all exceptional. The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, […]

Yesterday, The Scientific Activist blog (part of the ScienceBlogs.com community) carried a keen-eyed piece of media criticism, turning the rating scheme of The Washington Post‘s “Fact Checker” blog back on the paper itself. The blog’s editor, Nick Anthis, a doctoral student in biochemistry at Oxford University, took issue with a recent Post article by Juliet […]

The role of morality in global warming coverage

Journalists and scientists discuss the media’s treatment of global warming

A couple weeks ago, Observatory freelancer Russ Juskalian wrote an excellent column about the proliferation of the term “green-collar jobs” on the presidential campaign trail and in the media. This weekend, he appeared on National Public Radio’s On the Media to elaborate on some of his points. Russ points out that the candidates, going back […]

Mac gives the press room to work

Journalists and scientists discuss the media’s treatment of global warming