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30. Andrew Revkin on climate journalism - its evolution, perils and narrative capture
30. Andrew Revkin on climate journalism - its evolution, perils and narrative capture
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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Feb 21, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
Andrew Revkin is one of the world's leading science and environmental journalists, with over 30 years' experience thinking and writing about climate change and sustainability. He has written at The New York Times and ProPublica, and his current outlet is “Sustain What?” at Substack. He is also the founding director of the new Initiative on Communication and Sustainability at Columbia University's Earth Institute. In this episode, Revkin shares his remarkable journalistic experiences, such as reporting from the Arctic, and how media and the climate discussion have evolved throughout his career. Our discussion is dynamic and wide-ranging, from extreme weather, to narrative capture, to tackling questions posed in previous episodes like climate doomism and ‘Is 1.5ºC still alive?’ Links: Profile Revkin's Substack, 'Sustain What?' His 2003 Q&A from the Arctic sea iceHis dispatches from 2005 Montreal His blog 'Dot Earth' at NYT His 2016 Anthropocene article, An Anthropocene Journey Support the show
Released:
Feb 21, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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