2013 resolution: Face up to the climate cliff

Jan 11, 2013

Note: This post is by Sara Shipley Hiles, an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Missouri.  She is also a freelance journalist and longtime environmental reporter and member of the Society of Environmental Journalists.  While at the St. Louis...

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The New York Times falls down on this flood.

May 17, 2011

As this historic flood moves through the Middle and Lower Mississippi Valley the paper of record gives us articles like this, here with my annotations. Nothing about why this flood happened, no history, no science, no informed analysis. Nothing that might prevent the...

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Wader-clad teevee clowns cover snakes.

May 11, 2011

The Daily Show – Weatherman-Based System of Flood Height Measurements Tags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook A comedy break:  Jon Stewart, one of my heroes, has weighed in on the ridiculous coverage our media...

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Birds Point flood coverage, blowing a fuse.

May 10, 2011

Today the receding Mississippi and Big Muddy River let me drive to work without a long detour.  My neighbors are filling demolition dumpsters with flood damaged stuff. Flooding causes terrible human suffering and reporters rightly cover that.  Compelling stories, but...

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Flood disasters are always old news.

May 7, 2011

We’re about to see the biggest Lower Mississippi flood in history.   Parts of Memphis are being evacuated, and the Mississipi Delta may be in for the worst it’s ever seen. Terrorists who could never match these floods dominate the front page.  Tornadoes,...

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