For decades the Los Angeles Times has had a Column One feature on the front page, at the top left of the front page, usually, in the A1 position. It's a story-telling opportunity for good reporters. Yesterday Chris Lee hit the ball out of the park with his profile of the unusual reader/Hollywood producer StuartContinue reading “Researcher clicks w/reporter: true stories become movies”
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Wall Street Journal vs. James Hansen on 2012 temps
In an editorial this weekend in the Wall Street Journal, columnist Holman Jenkins scoffed at the reporting of the NOAA statement that 2012 was the hottest year ever in the instrumental record in these United States. Jenkins wrote: When the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says 2012 was the hottest year on record in theContinue reading “Wall Street Journal vs. James Hansen on 2012 temps”
How to politely correct a climate denier: Justin Gillis
Justin Gillis, who has taken over the lead reporting duties on climate change from Andrew Revkin at the New York Times, might want to consider tightrope walking in his next life. Consider his exquisitely nuanced recapitulation of an on-line controversy involving a climate change denier named Alec Rawls, who dismisses the entire upcoming fifth assessmentContinue reading “How to politely correct a climate denier: Justin Gillis”
Is Earth d**med? AGU scientist Jason Box wants to know
Credit where credit is due: Brilliant story on this year's AGU by Jonathan Mingle in Slate. Many of us have wondered at some point in almost precisely these terms: “Is Earth F**ked?” But it’s not the sort of frank query you expect an expert in geomorphology to pose to his colleagues as the title ofContinue reading “Is Earth d**med? AGU scientist Jason Box wants to know”
Why would anyone want to write for a newspaper?
A couple of weeks ago a smartie named Cary Odes was teasing me, pointing out that I had found a new career as a newspaper reporter, and what could go wrong with that? It's a real question.
Coffee is good for you: The Institute for Coffee Studies
It's okay! Even "a lot" of it, for those who like that sort of thing. That's according to a story in the Atlantic Wire, which has made quite a splash on the Web this year for its well-chosen topics and bright, chatty style. The first expert quoted. Dr. Peter Martin, encourages the drinking of coffeeContinue reading “Coffee is good for you: The Institute for Coffee Studies”
Will Ventura County’s Prez-picking streak continue?
Ventura County is one of just eight counties around the country that has picked every winner of the Presidential contest since Warren Harding successfully (with one exception — l976). Timm Herdt, the reigning political writer in this parts, hints that the streak may continue: In early 2008, Democrats overtook Republicans to gain a plurality amongContinue reading “Will Ventura County’s Prez-picking streak continue?”
Campaigns avoid climate change: McClatchey
One (slightly) encouraging sign: The most emailed story on the McClatchey newspapers site recently was a story about how the campaigns are talking (or not talking) about climate change. Although climate change typically ranks below such issues as the economy, polling done in March 2012 by Yale University and George Mason University found that 72Continue reading “Campaigns avoid climate change: McClatchey”
The undecided voter: Hating the hating of politics
Joel Achenbach of the Washington Post is one of the best of this nation's roughly 40,000 reporters, a man who likes complicated science stories, but also a shoeleather reporter ready and willing to go on a hunt to hardscrabble Ohio in search of that mythical beast, the undecided voter. How does he find him (or her?)Continue reading “The undecided voter: Hating the hating of politics”
Different views, different news: Two polarizations
Four years ago the national consensus was that the economy had gone to hell, with handbasket potential for further destruction and damage. In the politer words of Pew Research: "Amid the nation’s financial crisis four years ago, there were virtually no differences in how Republicans, Democrats and independents viewed economic news. About eight-in-ten in eachContinue reading “Different views, different news: Two polarizations”
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