On Wednesday, the sky over the Bay Area turned orange. The visual was alien, yet the cause—rampant wildfires, accelerated by climate change—was very much a this-world problem. “Some folks said it felt like living on the next planet over, the red one,” Steve Rubenstein and Michael Cabanatuan wrote on the front page of yesterday’s San Francisco Chronicle. “Others said it was like a solar eclipse, but longer, or the apocalypse, but less biblical.” Their story appeared under a banner headline, “SURREAL SKY, SURREAL YEAR.” A photo, spanning the width of A1, showed a passerby, clad in shorts, sneakers, and a medical mask, staring upward; behind him, the lights that typically illuminate the Bay Bridge at night were still glowing, because their sensors had been unable to detect the sunrise. Catherine Geeslin, a Bay Area resident, told the Chronicle, “It feels like the end of the world, or like Mordor.” The fires are not only in California—swathes of land are ablaze along the length of the West Coast. The flames have torched entire towns and killed at least fifteen people, seven of whom were found dead yesterday. In Washington state, more than 500,000 acres have burned; in Oregon, the figure is nearly double that. In California, more than three million acres are charred, including a patch of the Mendocino National Forest that now constitutes the biggest fire in the state’s history. Hundreds of thousands of people have had to evacuate their homes. As I wrote recently, that’s a... Continue reading at 'Columbia Journalism Review'
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-09-11 12:16:42 UTC ]
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The Financial Times is debuting a vertical dedicated to climate coverage, the publisher announced this morning. The move comes as the organization seeks to increase retention rates and drive subscriptions. "We think about value in two ways," head of digital editorial development Renee Kaplan... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2021-01-28 05:35:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan's sustainability imprint One Boat has triumphed in a nine-publisher auction for A Bigger Picture, billed as “part rousing manifesto, part poignant memoir” from Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-24 15:12:29 UTC ]
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Paul and Stephen Kendrick on how King’s 1960 arrest influenced the presidential campaign. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-01-22 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Hardin’s case study of Flint is expressed in a more personal and poetic way than a rigorous investigation could. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-01-21 13:00:00 UTC ]
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With physical retail down, 2020 was the first year in which Beijing OpenBook tracked a downturn in the Chinese book market since 2000. The post ‘Crisis and Changes’: Insights From Beijing OpenBook’s Conference appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-01-18 22:13:00 UTC ]
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Digital media company Pondr Global launched its flagship site, called iPondr, on Monday. The site is focused on national stories that aren't quite breaking news. It launched with verticals including "Dimensions of Health," "Women at Work," and "The Great Rural" and stories on subjects like... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2021-01-12 12:00:09 UTC ]
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“Human Nature” brings together the work of photographers documenting the earth’s altered landscape. It’s not all bad news. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-01-05 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Lauren James has established The Climate Fiction Writers League, a group of over 50 international published authors writing about climate change. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-07 22:31:59 UTC ]
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A survey of library services shows 1.4% of staff have tested positive for Covid-19 since reopening in July, suggesting safety measures have worked, according to Libraries Connected. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-07 11:43:42 UTC ]
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Digiday’s Deep Dive: The Future of Publishing, is a collection of videos and key takeaways from our recent Publishing Summit Worldwide Live . The post Deep Dive: How the future of publishing is taking shape in the ongoing coronavirus crisis era appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2020-11-17 15:18:24 UTC ]
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In the first half of 2021, the smart TV maker will start selling CTV ads guaranteed against Nielsen’s Digital Ad Ratings. The post ‘I need it verified’: Vizio will add Nielsen measurement to lure linear TV ad dollars to its connected TV platform appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2020-11-17 05:01:32 UTC ]
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Staffers are falling into “dangerous patterns” as a result of working from home during the pandemic, delegates at The Bookseller's Futurebook conference have heard. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-16 12:10:11 UTC ]
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Drawing on Octavia E. Butler's journals and notes, "A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky" offers a glimpse inside her journey to becoming a science fiction writer. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-11-11 15:30:06 UTC ]
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Media companies don’t have to choose between operating a standalone CTV app or a 24/7 channel within a third-party platform, but for some publishers, it’s not even a choice. The post Digital publishers hunt for home on connected TV appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2020-11-04 05:01:32 UTC ]
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In her first novel published in 14 years, author Julia Alvarez explores grief, isolation, and sisterhood. Afterlife follows Antonia, a writer and retiring English professor, who has just lost her husband Sam. As she reimagines what her life will be without her husband, Antonia also struggles... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2020-11-02 12:00:33 UTC ]
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In Connect First, the Wall Street Journal #1 bestselling authorand business psychologist lays out a plan for bringing human connection and emotional understanding to the workplace. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A former divorce attorney explores some of the most prevalent problems in marriages and how to solve them in her new book, 'Before You Split.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Bob Inglis tells Australian thinktank that Fox News and Wall Street Journal are holding back progress on climate A former Republican congressman has blamed Rupert Murdoch’s media outlets for fuelling “climate rejectionism” among conservatives, suggesting they could be part of the reason why the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-10-14 08:57:17 UTC ]
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Daniel Yergin is behind the curve on the activism, engineering and climate science reshaping the energy world, environmentalist Bill McKibben contends. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-25 12:00:00 UTC ]
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