Journalism in the Age of Data
A video report on data visualization as a storytelling medium. Produced by Geoff McGhee during a Knight Journalism Fellowship. Total running time: 54 minutes; with related information and links.
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Blue Vision Summit
Journalists can focus on some major ocean issues at this event in Washington DC. It will cover everything from the Gulf of Mexico's struggle to recover from the BP oil spill to protection of over-exploited commercial fish stocks … to ocean acidification, marine protected areas, offshore energy, and coastal ecosystem restoration.
"Environmental Groups Question Obama's Forest Plan"
"An Obama administration plan to protect wildlife and water in U.S. national forests drew fire on Monday from environmental advocates who contend the new rule needs stronger scientific standards."
Source: Reuters, 05/17/2011
"Hear That Buzzing? 13-Year Cicadas Are Back In U.S. South"
"Traveling through a rural part of the U.S. state of Georgia recently, Charles Seabrook heard a high-pitched whirring so loud he thought the engine of his pickup truck was overheating."
Source: Reuters, 05/17/2011
"Solar Plane Makes Maiden International Flight"
"A solar energy plane made the world's first international flight powered by the sun on Friday to show the potential for pollution-free air travel."
Source: Reuters, 05/17/2011
Spill Panel's Chairman Says His Push for Cuba Talks Irked Obama Admin
"The Obama administration is pushing back against plans by its oil spill commission co-chairman to spread his message about offshore drilling reforms to Cuba, the panel leader said today."
Source: Greenwire, 05/17/2011
"Salmon-Eating Sea Lions Sentenced to Die"
"For the crime of snacking on endangered salmon, dozens of sea lions have been sentenced to die."
Source: Green (NYT), 05/17/2011
"Baltimore Lead Paint Victim Struggles for Justice"
"Justice has eluded Ronnell Doughty, perhaps even failed him. Hospitalized as a toddler with serious lead poisoning, he's never learned to read well, dropped out of school and has a hard time controlling his temper — tragic but all-too-common outcomes of this urban health scourge. But Doughty, now 21, has been repeatedly denied a shot at compensation for the lasting injury done him two decades ago."
Source: Baltimore Sun, 05/17/2011
Senate Panel Head Says Clean Energy Bill, Oil Subsidy Repeal Unlikely
The chairman of the Senate Energy Committee says the Senate is unlikely to pass either "clean energy" legislation or a repeal of oil subsidies.
Source: Greenwire, 05/17/2011
"Japanese Officials Ignored or Concealed Dangers"
Japanese authorities for years discounted and ignored warnings that precisely the kind of quake-tsunami disaster that happened at the Fukushima plant could happen at other nuclear plants.
Source: NY Times, 05/17/2011
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