Friday, August 17, 2018

Media news for climate change reporters and editors and novelists: Forrest Wilder and Prashant Rao

 Media news for climate change reporters and editors and novelists: Forrest Wilder and Prashant Rao

Quartz approached The Texas Observer with an idea: Let’s really explore the future of the Rio Grande Valley and the effects of climate change. The result? A digital and print series enriched by each outlet’s strengths, says Observer editor Forrest Wilder. “Quartz's global reach and our deep regional expertise were a perfect match to tell a complex, multifaceted story that has regional, state and international reach,” says Wilder, who credited Quartz with bolstering his 10-member, investigative-focused staff with visual and multimedia expertise. “That's not always necessary,” he adds in an e-mail, “but the climate story begs to be told in new, engaging ways."


Continuing its expansion, The Atlantic has hired the NYTimes’s Prashant Rao as its new Global Editor, based in London. Rao, deputy Europe business editor for the Times and a longtime Baghdad-based reporter, will begin in October 2018 and will oversee coverage of democracy, foreign policy and global conflict with a team of reporters in London, Paris and Washington.  

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