Sara Peach

Peach awarded grant to develop course on communicating about climate change

Sara Peach — Wed, 01 May 2013 18:53:45 +0000

Sara Peach, lecturer at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication and senior producer for the school’s experimental Reese News Lab, has won a $4,000 Curriculum Development Award from the UNC Center for Global Initiatives.

How the U.S. media is covering the German rush for renewables

Sara Peach — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:19:58 +0000

Two competing narratives emerge in the tale of an industrial giant going green.

The six arguments conservatives make about climate change

Sara Peach — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:30:44 +0000

Right-leaning writers take aim at extreme weather, President Obama, Solyndra and the carbon tax.

Q&A with Sara Peach, editor of “News on the Go”

Sara Peach — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:19:04 +0000

UNC editing prof Andy Bechtel interviewed me about how to write, edit and present stories for mobile audiences.

WIRED Insights: How to optimize your content for mobile users

Sara Peach — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:10:18 +0000

Every day, more of your audience is consuming your content on a tiny phone screen. Tips on what to do about it.

Opinion roundup: The president’s call for climate action

Sara Peach — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:05:07 +0000

Writers call President Obama’s State of the Union remarks on climate change “refreshing,” but fear an "awful" Congress won't act.

To build the climate movement, some say, ask the public to do more than change light bulbs

Sara Peach — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:03:44 +0000

Advocates say trips to the slammer can invigorate citizens.

‘Artscientist’ hopes sculpture can inspire reef protection

Sara Peach — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 23:58:38 +0000

Ten great climate apps

Sara Peach — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:13:50 +0000

As more and more people adopt smartphones and tablets, climate communicators are producing a flood of climate-related apps. I tested dozens of the latest apps, and I’ve reviewed 10 of the best ones for The Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media.

My favorite app is this one called Solarchecker. Install this app, take your phone with you up to your roof, and then you can estimate how much solar power you could generate up there, based on your roof’s location, orientation and pitch. Don’t fall off.

Innovative journalism project links citizen observations to climate science

Sara Peach — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:09:26 +0000

In the North Fork Valley in western Colorado, strange events of late have people talking.

Back in April, Hotchkiss Fire District Chief Doug Fritz had to put out an unusual wildfire that erupted while there was still snow on the ground. The spring flowers in Nancy Zimmerman’s garden bloomed early and all out of order. And in June, Amber Kleinman noticed that mosquitoes were abnormally plentiful.

Then there’s the matter of the squirrels. Cassandra Shenk observed that squirrel corpses suddenly began appearing among the roadkill along a road near her home.

“I can’t say that I ever remember seeing a squirrel on our mesa before,” Shenk told local radio station KVNF in Paonia. “Squirrels have appeared, and I’m wondering, why?”

Journalist Julia Kumari Drapkin has been talking with valley residents about these observations for an innovative radio series she is leading called iSeeChange, which launched last spring at KVNF.

Read the rest of my new story for The Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media.