Category Archives: environmentTypically news is presented in narrative story format (text, audio, or video). Often, that works well enough. But what about when people want to dig into issues on their own? What if they want to learn more about how the news connects to their lives, communities, or interests? Generally, packaged news stories don’t support that [...]
As I read the headlines this morning about the proposed US auto industry bailout — the latest version of which is this, according to the Boston Herald:
“Democrats want to use part of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout for emergency loans to help prop up the Big Three carmakers. General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. [...]
Earlier today on Poynter’s E-Media Tidbits I wrote about Envirovote.us, a new site that aims to show the potential environmental impact of to tonight’s Congressional elections. They show tonight’s winners in context of envl group endorsements, plus previous races for those seats.
They’re updating stats on the site as those races get called. It’s getting [...]
Here are a few more gems from Canadian comedian Rick Mercer, on the theme of climate change. I’ll be sure to show this one around at the Society of Environmental Journalists conference in Roanoke, VA this week!
Gary W. Priester (Click image to enlarge.)
Often, the first challenge in life is simply to see the target.
I really used to hate stereograms.
When they became popular in the early 1990s, they often reduced me to serious frustration and headaches. I would stare at them — glare at them, really — trying to will their embedded [...]
Dale Willman
Borobudur, a Buddhist temple on the island of Java.
For a change of pace, here’s an audio podcast. My good friend and environmental journalism colleague Dale Willman just got back from a three-week trip to Indonesia where he was training radio journalists there how to do an environmental radio show — and just how to [...]
Good match? We’ll see.
Who says there’s no money in environmental publishing? Today one of my favorite environmental sites, Treehugger, announced it’s been acquired by Discovery Communications (owner of the Discovery Channel). Mashable reports (secondhand) that the price was $10 million.
Now that’s a whole different kind of green!
Treehugger is a very ambitious site, with a large [...]
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