Inevitable Ep 86: Zahra Hirji, Energy and Climate Reporter at Buzzfeed News
Mar 2, 2020
46:19
In today’s episode, we cover:
- How Zahra landed at Buzzfeed covering climate
- The Trump Administration and how its policies have affected climate
- Her audience and readership
- The positioning of her news room and editors
- Journalism’s role
- Her journey from studying geology at Brown to the world of climate journalism
- What she learned at Inside Climate News
- How climate change has become increasingly topical and relevant
- Editorial decisions around what stories to cover
- Delivering impact vs. ad revenue
- Journalism’s shifting focus
- Challenges faced by journalism and the rise of disinformation
Links to topics discussed in this episode:
- Zahra Hirji at Buzzfeed: https://www.buzzfeed.com/zahrahirji
- Inside Climate News: https://insideclimatenews.org/
- George Luber, “How A Bad Boss Remade Himself As a Climate Hero”: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zahrahirji/cdc-whistleblower-george-luber-investigation
- “New York Loses Climate Change Fraud Case Against Exxon Mobil”:https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/climate/exxon-climate-lawsuit-new-york.html
- Yale Program on Climate Change Communication: https://climatecommunication.yale.edu/
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