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Hear from journalists all over the world sharing their insights about covering climate change and integrating it into newsroom practices.

April 10, 2024

Q&A: ‘Huge Blind Spot’: The 19th’s Jessica Kutz on Covering The Gender-Climate Connection

We spoke recently with The 19th's Jessica Kutz about stories that have exemplified her beat, the “egregious” gender-based oversights that permeate disaster planning and responses, and the opportunity for climate action to help rectify historical inequities.

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January 18, 2024

Q&A: Le Monde Climate Journalist Nabil Wakim Envisions an ‘All-Climate Newsroom’

We spoke recently with Nabil Wakim, a climate and energy journalist at Le Monde, about the details and results of Le Monde’s climate training program, beats for which a culture shift might come more slowly than others, and the climate questions weighing heaviest on the newspaper’s audience.

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December 13, 2023

Q&A: Exposing Obstruction with the Centre for Climate Reporting’s Lawrence Carter

"I think journalists need to have a very healthy dose of skepticism. We should not take leaders’ very carefully and very expensively assembled talking points at face value."

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October 26, 2023

Q&A: Ritwika Mitra’s Reporting on Gender Shows Climate Change’s Fingerprints

We spoke with Indian freelance journalist Ritwika Mitra about reporting on climate from the Sundarbans region, earning trust in local communities, and finding the climate angle in every story.

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August 24, 2023

Q&A: At Water Journalists Africa, Fredrick Mugira Crowdsources the Climate Story

We sat down with Ugandan journalist Fredrick Mugira, founder of Water Journalists Africa, to talk about his organizations' collaborative approach, reaching new audiences, and the need for more climate coverage on the African continent.

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June 19, 2023

Q&A: Guardian Climate Justice Reporter Nina Lakhani Asks Who Should Own the Climate Narrative

What would it look like to bring the climate story down to earth—and moreover to center our stories on those who are most vulnerable?

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May 18, 2023

Q&A: Exiting Founders of Florida Op-Ed Collaborative Talk Jump-Starting the State’s Climate Conversation

We spoke to Rosemary and Tom O’Hara, longtime newspaper editors and founders of The Invading Sea, a collaborative effort to hasten the climate conversation in Florida.

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April 27, 2023

Q&A: BBC’s Climate Lead, Justin Rowlatt, Finds More Room for Hope in Climate Storytelling

We spoke with Justin Rowlatt, climate editor for the BBC, about his role at the BBC, the need for more optimism in climate storytelling, and the solutions stories that he’s found resonate most.

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April 6, 2023

Q&A: Floodlight’s Amal Ahmed covers Texas communities on the climate story’s front lines

We spoke with Amal Ahmed of Floodlight News about covering climate in Texas, energy, and environmental justice.

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March 30, 2023

Q&A: Heatmap Founder Wants to Do for Climate What Wired Did for Tech

Nico Lauricella, founder and editor-in-chief of the new climate journalism site Heatmap News, talks about his vision for the outlet.

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March 3, 2023

Q&A: Vox’s Rebecca Leber on ‘the Next Frontier’ of Climate Coverage — the Home

Leber talks about the personal dimensions of the energy transition, the recent gas-stove brouhaha, and stories to watch amid the rollout of the Inflation Reduction Act.

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February 16, 2023

Q&A: Maine Public Hits the Road to Tell Climate Stories From Every County

Three journalists from Maine Public talk about working collaboratively across the newsroom, identifying climate stories in every county, and their series “Climate Driven.”

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