This September will mark my one-year anniversary of reporting on the environment and climate change here at 海角破解版. While my reporting has allowed me to become much more knowledgeable about environmental issues, concerns and solutions in the region, I鈥檓 still learning something new with every story.
Don鈥檛 get me wrong, learning is one of my favorite parts of my job. But, if I鈥檓 being honest, I鈥檝e only scratched the surface of climate and climate change across the 22-county region that 海角破解版 serves.
I鈥檝e enjoyed tackling the big-picture stories like the EPA鈥檚 conservation efforts across the Great Lakes region, and I鈥檝e had fun covering local environmental efforts like an elementary school litter clean-up squad. But now that I鈥檝e settled into my role, I wonder whether it鈥檚 time to get back to the basics.
There have been times where I鈥檝e walked into interviews or hopped into Zoom calls and said, 鈥淚 have no idea what you鈥檙e talking about. But if you can take a second to explain it to me, it would really help.鈥�
It's my hope that the stories I produce can help explain these issues to you.
With that in mind, I want to know how to better help you.
We hear a lot about how our climate is changing. Sure, it鈥檚 always been changing, but now it鈥檚 happening faster and the changes are coming with more severe consequences. Oh, and if we don鈥檛 act fast, life as we know it will be forever changed and there will be no going back.
I can鈥檛 deny that. That鈥檚 simply . But I also can鈥檛 deny that, even as someone who reports on this stuff full time, it鈥檚 a lot to process and make sense of. It can be draining to hear time and time again that the state of the planet is constantly threatened by factors that can seem so out of our control.
I鈥檇 like to know how my reporting can answer your questions or addresses concerns you might have about Northeast Ohio鈥檚 environment, climate change and proposed climate solutions.
I can鈥檛 do that without knowing what questions you have. So, we鈥檝e put together an online form so you can let us know directly what environmental stories you鈥檇 like to see and hear online and on the air.
Maybe you鈥檙e skeptical about the science 鈥� let us know and I鈥檒l get a local climate expert to break down those big facts and figures for us in a way that makes sense. Or, if you鈥檙e unsure how effective an electric vehicle would be in reducing your carbon footprint, I can dive into a pros and cons list of EVs and the electric vehicle industry.
You might just want to know why there鈥檚 less snow on your kids鈥� favorite sledding hill each winter. Or why the pond you鈥檝e fished since you were five has less fish than it used to. Or why you鈥檙e forced to mow your lawn well into fall and shovel your driveway weeks into spring.
We鈥檒l ask for your name, along with contact information and where you鈥檙e writing from. If you鈥檇 like us to reach out directly to discuss your topic further, be sure to check those boxes in the form!
I鈥檓 hoping that through this process, I鈥檒l be able to expand my environmental reporting across Northeast Ohio and better report on topics and issues you all might be thinking about or experiencing every day.
So, ask us your questions. I can鈥檛 promise I鈥檒l have all the answers, but I鈥檒l be sure to find someone who does.
