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Tag: climate change

Managing big data for investigating disaster emergency and recovery processes

Editor’s note: This article is from virtual reporting from the live streamed panel on March 3, 2022. How do journalists handle big sets of data when they cover natural disasters […]

March 4, 2022March 4, 2022 Sharmila Kuthunur NICAR 2022

How The New York Times visualized racist historical redlining and urban heat

In late August, The New York Times published “How Decades of Racist Housing Policy Left Neighborhoods Sweltering,” a visual reckoning on historical redlining, persistent racial inequality and who feels increased […]

September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 Julia Hong Behind the scenes, Climate Journalism Lab, Interviews

How Vox visualized sea and land ice loss over the last decade

Last December, Vox published a piece that uses interactive images and charts to visualize the loss of sea and land ice over the last decade. The reporter, Umair Irfan, focuses […]

April 13, 2020April 14, 2020 Valentina Mendoza Hanna Behind the scenes, Interviews

Five ways organizations are visualizing carbon emissions

Climate change is a global issue and scientists and journalists alike are increasingly making climate-related data more visible and accessible. Understanding the major causes and contributors to emissions of CO2, […]

January 15, 2020January 24, 2020 Julia Hong Climate Journalism Lab, Roundups

How the New York Times visualized auto carbon emissions in the U.S. and your city

When data visualization guru Alberto Cairo visited Northeastern University in October, he said data visualization is not so much about simplifying a complex issue or set of information. Rather, it’s […]

November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 Nick Stoico Behind the scenes, Climate Journalism Lab, Interviews

Emily Atkin is pissed off about climate change. Her new newsletter Heated says we all should be

Fed up, pissed off and ready to act on climate injustice. That’s the direction Emily Atkin is taking her new climate change newsletter, Heated. After two and a half years […]

October 1, 2019October 13, 2019 Daniel Hentz Climate Journalism Lab, Interviews

How I analyzed two months of climate change coverage

For a long time, climate change seemed to me to be neglected by the media. There always seemed to be this knee-jerk reaction to treat environmental stories as niche. But […]

December 19, 2018December 19, 2018 Daniel Hentz Climate Journalism Lab

“What does climate change mean in your life?”

Carol Gregory, the vice president of communications and marketing for the Conservation Law Foundation, a Boston nonprofit focused on the environment, said her job is to sell visions and ideas […]

November 9, 2018November 28, 2018 Ning Wang Research

For journalism students reporting on climate change, a self-taught lesson in teamwork

Recently I was faced with a dilemma. A speaking engagement I had agreed to was scheduled during the same time as my journalism class. How could I plan something more […]

October 19, 2018October 18, 2018 Dan Kennedy Climate Journalism Lab, Insights, Research

Eight ways journalists are visualizing the wildfires in California

California officials and firefighters are becoming increasingly concerned that the drier, windier conditions spurred on by the warming climate will make wildfires more devastating and their seasons longer. But are […]

September 7, 2018October 18, 2018 Daniel Hentz Climate Journalism Lab, Roundups

How the documentary “The Naked Truth: Wasteland” explored Scott Pruitt and the fossil fuel lobby.

Shortly after Donald Trump’s election, when Scott Pruitt took the reins at the Environmental Protection Agency, longtime EPA staffers began seeing a severe scaling back of the protections they were […]

August 21, 2018August 20, 2018 Daniel Hentz Behind the scenes, Climate Journalism Lab, Interviews

Using maps, kayaks and notebooks to understand the biodiversity and resilience of Boston’s coastline

On the campaign trail, presidential candidate Donald Trump talked a lot about revitalizing America’s crumbling infrastructure. Other issues, however, have since crowded out the monumental task of addressing this aging […]

June 5, 2018June 7, 2018 Daniel Hentz Climate Journalism Lab, Insights

How NASA Earth Observatory creates stunning maps to tell technical stories visually

At the heart of any finding by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is a massive amount of data. Its fleet of satellites collect datasets so large they can be hard […]

February 12, 2018June 6, 2018 Colin Bergmann Behind the scenes, Climate Journalism Lab, Interviews

Six things I learned developing an interactive map on the effects of climate change

Every once in a while, newsroom developers and visual journalists get one of those projects that becomes both a big challenge and a great learning experience. That was the case […]

January 12, 2018June 6, 2018 Felippe Rodrigues Climate Journalism Lab, Insights

How The New York Times is looking at climate change through a new lens

March 31, 2017June 6, 2018 Sophia Fox-Sowell Climate Journalism Lab, Insights, Longform
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