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We in public media often refer to our little world as “the system.” If we are, in fact, an interdependent system, fundraising to support fellow stations and staffers in distress is the kind of thing we can do to prove it.
5 hours ago | https://current.org/2024/10/why-public-media-must-support-colleagues-in-the-path-of-climate-disasters/Six short films from Native American filmmakers focused on climate change make up the series from GBH’s “Nova” and Vision Maker Media.
August 23, 2024 | https://current.org/2024/08/new-series-from-vision-maker-nova-showcases-native-american-filmmakers-and-climate-change/The city where car culture began stars in a documentary about how to get out of “this mess we find ourselves in,” says David Biello, TED science curator.
August 30, 2023 | https://current.org/2023/08/ted-teams-with-detroit-public-tv-to-explore-responses-to-climate-change/SPONSORED
Climate One fills programming gap by connecting local impact to national and global conversation
From massive hurricanes and flooding, wildfires and droughts, record heat waves and epic snowstorms, Americans are experiencing weather disasters around the year — with climate change turbocharging their impact.
April 24, 2023 | https://current.org/public-radio-listeners-want-more-climate-coverage/For “Nova,” climate change seemed like a natural fit to continue exploring local effects of national and international issues.
February 17, 2023 | https://current.org/2023/02/stations-partner-with-nova-to-tell-stories-of-climate-solutions/“Chasing Carbon Zero,” which looks at goals to eliminate carbon pollution within the United States, is one of two “Nova” films that lead Climate Across America.
January 17, 2023 | https://current.org/2023/01/pbs-to-launch-multiplatform-climate-initiative-in-april/Gordon Synn will help NPR create new content opportunities, negotiate intellectual property deals and “help us go where NPR has never gone before.”
September 16, 2022 | https://current.org/2022/09/comings-and-goings-npr-hires-senior-director-will-launch-climate-desk/“One thing that … is really important is not to frame the work we’re doing as farmers versus environmentalists,” says Executive Director Sara Shipley Hiles. “I never want to see that headline or that framing on the story. because I don’t think that’s accurate and it’s not helpful, either.”
April 18, 2022 | https://current.org/2022/04/journalists-behind-ag-water-desk-aim-to-reframe-coverage-of-climate-change-impacts-along-the-mississippi-river-basin/SPONSORED
Double exposure of Hurricane Ida approaching New Orleans on August 29, 2021.
October 25, 2021 | https://current.org/public-radio-audience-wants-more-climate-coverage/Newsrooms that prioritize local climate reporting are finding receptive audiences and collaborative partners.
August 19, 2021 | https://current.org/2021/08/5-takeaways-from-the-expansion-of-public-radios-climate-change-coverage/Reporters are using engagement strategies and a “human-centered” focus to build audience.
July 22, 2020 | https://current.org/2020/07/new-hampshire-public-radio-launches-climate-change-project-by-degrees/NC WARN complained to the FCC about “misleading” sponsorship messages highlighting the utility provider’s commitments to clean energy.
April 29, 2020 | https://current.org/2020/04/climate-advocacy-group-targets-duke-energy-underwriting-on-wunc/Public media newsrooms in the Southeast contributed to a series examining climate-change commitments of state and local governments.
March 27, 2020 | https://current.org/2020/03/insideclimate-news-organizes-regional-networks-to-spur-reporting-on-climate-change/The debut issue of WJCT’s “Adapt” featured stories, videos and interviews on topics including seabirds, eco-friendly homes and carbon dioxide emissions.
August 7, 2019 | https://current.org/2019/08/with-digital-first-experiment-florida-station-zeroes-in-on-climate-change/The public radio network will add a team of four journalists to produce long-form, data-driven reporting on climate change.
April 9, 2019 | https://current.org/2019/04/colorado-public-radio-awarded-1-2m-to-boost-climate-reporting/The initiative will be announced Tuesday at the annual Non-COMMvention in Philadelphia.
May 15, 2018 | https://current.org/2018/05/npr-begins-lobbying-push-to-improve-legal-climate-for-music-stations/Running for the first 100 days of the Trump presidency, the show wants to break down stereotypes and misperceptions by soliciting personal stories, not rants, from listeners across the country.
March 17, 2017 | https://current.org/2017/03/public-radios-indivisible-looks-for-common-ground/Station Manager Paul Hunton says the crowdfunding campaign tapped into a formula that can be scaled to size.
May 6, 2016 | https://current.org/2016/05/crowdfunding-campaign-nets-tv-station-20k-for-web-series-on-climate-change/A new website for the project couples citizen observations with carbon dioxide data provided by NASA.
December 2, 2015 | https://current.org/2015/12/climate-tracking-project-iseechange-moves-into-second-phase-with-new-funding-and-partnerships/Plus: A remembrance of David Candow, and a community radio host’s legal threat.
October 7, 2014 | https://current.org/2014/10/tuesday-roundup-npr-ombud-examines/