Editor/Journalism

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A journalist tells the truth about the world, and that means telling the truth even if it’s uncomfortable, even if people may not want to hear it, even if they’d rather hear a rosier story. Another topic that I happen to be very interested in, and as I think I mentioned, is climate change. Climate change is a really, really serious issue, and there are plenty of detractors, in this country especially, who will tell you that it’s not a serious problem, that it’s not happening, that we don’t need to worry about it. The evidence is overwhelming that climate change is occurring, and I think, especially for a science journalist, it’s our responsibility to tell the truth about what’s happening because really the globe is in jeopardy and people need to know that. There are countries that are going to be under water in 50 years’ time. There are really dramatic changes. You can see them – see them happening all around you. I just spoke to my parents in London this afternoon. My father told me that there was a tornado in a street where I grew up. There were no tornados when I was 6 years old. I really feel that this is – our job is not to be entertaining, it’s not to tell you about Britney Spears’, you know, latest marital debacle (although I happen to be also kind of interested in that stuff, but who isn’t?); it’s our job to really tell you what’s going on in the world however uncomfortable it may be.

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