The Climate Story Gaps Project: Locating Untold Climate Intersections in Washington, D.C.
The first project of the inaugural Faculty Research Incubator Program is entitled “The Climate Story Gaps Project: Locating Untold Climate Intersections in Washington, D.C.”. The research team is made up of professors from both the School of Communication and the School of International Service. Dr. Rosalind Donald (School of Communication), Dr. Malini Ranganathan (SIS), Dr. Aarushi Sahejpal (Investigative Reporting Workshop, School of Communication), and Dr. Wesley Lowery (Investigative Reporting Workshop, School of Communication) will collaborate on a project that studies and addresses the inequalities present in the media coverage of DC residents’ experience of the climate crisis. Their project will explore how equitable representation can promote more equitable and effective conversations about our shared climate future. By the end of the project, they hope to publish at least one journal article and one work of investigative journalism exploring their data, launch a website that allows readers to explore different understandings of climate change and its impacts in Washington D.C., and conduct a panel event geared towards academics, policymakers, climate communicators, and journalists.
