By Elizabeth Jensen So why did the chicken cross the road? To get viewers and readers to pay attention to gloom-and-doom environmental stories, of course. Melting icebergs and dying polar bears are sad and scary stories; eyes glaze over when…
By Dinah Eng Industry layoffs and an economic downturn have sidelined thousands of journalists in the last year, forcing many who covered the environment to find new ways to make a living. Reporters who once worked to raise public awareness…
The environment can be a tough beat. It requires extraordinary persistence and dedication to remain abreast of the myriad developments in an ever-evolving, often controversial field. For some reporters, it has become more than a career — it is a…
By Allison J. Waldman At Discovery Communication’s Planet Green network, it’s all about evolution. “We’re in the midst of a reformation,” said Planet Green President and General Manager Laura Michalchyshyn, who has been leading the channel’s development since she came…
By Hillary Atkin When MSNBC.com first launched in 1996, the big environmental news was the upcoming Kyoto Protocol, aimed at combating global warming through regulating greenhouse gas emissions. As vice president during the Clinton administration, Al Gore was credited with…
Dennis Hopper is out of the hospital and "feeling much better," his manager said, after being treated for dehydration at a New York City hospital, the Associated Press reports. The star of Starz’ “Crash” fell ill earlier this week with…
Former “Seinfeld” writer Carol Leifer’s first produced script for that show guest-starred actress Marlee Matlin, and now the two have teamed up for a Showtime single-camera comedy, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The series about a high-powered law firm, called “Mouthpiece,”…
Discovery Channel will try to go rival History one better, with a two-hour special and one-hour roundtable about a new skeleton find, dubbed “Ardi,” that researchers say is the oldest-ever-found human ancestor, reports B&C. The find is the subject of…