Searching for Sunlight: Grand Marais residents pay no electricity bill thanks to solar energy
A first-time visitor to Grand Marais might be surprised to see solar panels installed on house roofs, simply because this icy small town is a long way from the Sun Belt. But first impressions are often misleading. Spending three nights in Grand Marais showed me that...
Insights from Environmental Journalists: Climate Change, Farming, and Diverse Voices
Agriculture and environment reporters from Iowa share the challenges of covering the politically sensitive topic of climate change, and how it impacts the state’ communities and people’s daily...
Changes in climate demand change in action
Minneapolis: Climate change is not fake news. U.S. President Donald Trump may have skipped the G-7 meeting in France over climate change, but cannot avoid the reality of destruction he is staring into as Hurricane Dorian descends on the Caribbean and country. This...
Presenting a radical climate plan amidst the smell of “big fat bacon”
“Believe the scientists, we have 12 years left to save the environment” doesn’t sound like the usual rallying cry from a politician, but this was exactly what Bernie Sanders was saying to a cheering audience during his campaign event at the Minnesota State Fair....
Sanders supporters will feel the burn, not the Bern, if he loses nomination
Unlike a lot of politicians, Bernie Sanders doesn’t mince his words. “It is absolutely imperative that we defeat the most dangerous president in the history of this country,” said Sanders, one of a large group of Democrats hoping to be their party’s candidate in next...
We asked different groups in Minneapolis what changed in their town after George Floyd's murder?
Not much, was their reply.
@worldpressinst
In @finnowl's first #WPIFellowship blog post, he wonders if the defamation case against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems will drag down other media, too. Minnesota academics and journalists weigh in:
https://worldpressinstitute.org/will-the-landmark-case-against-fox-news-drag-down-other-media-too/
Check out my latest @GlobalMinnesota podcast episode w/ @Fawzeyah & @SaqibTanveer of this year's @worldpressinst International Fellows! Hear about the challenges of conducting journalism and speaking truth to power in Nigeria and Pakistan.
https://www.globalminnesota.org/event/podcast-episode-global-journalism-with-world-press-institute-fellows/