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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*Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant