Andrew McCormick
Columbia Journalism Review
Washington, DC, United States
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Even for superfans, the Qatar World Cup is an unmistakable climate story
The first thing extreme heat does to the human body is weaken its ability to regulate temperature. What follows, especially for athletes, is rapid-onset dehydration, muscle failure, and sometimes even death. In recent years, pros have adopted newly developed training regimens to help them keep cool, but when the mercury really spikes, heat illness is […] → Read More
What climate justice means to journalists on the emergency’s front lines
Five reporters from the Global South talk disasters, hope, and this month’s COP27 → Read More
Nations are nowhere on their climate commitments, and too few journalists are holding them accountable
Six months ago in Glasgow, Scotland, world leaders at the COP26 climate summit hailed themselves for “keeping alive” the Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Skeptics noted, however, that few countries were walking the walk vis-à-vis their climate rhetoric — and if the 1.5-degree-C target was alive, it was “on […] → Read More
Climate change is everywhere in the story of a mounting global food crisis
Since Russia’s war in Ukraine began, there’s been much talk about the ensuing energy crisis and the world’s need for a clean-energy transition. Though the implications for climate change are significant, journalists have only sometimes spelled them out in their coverage. Now there is another crisis emerging as a knock-on effect of the war: the […] → Read More
Journalists grapple with the American energy crisis
This column is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration cofounded by CJR and The Nation to strengthen coverage of the climate story. The author is CCNow’s deputy director. Last week, on the prank and frat-culture podcast Full Send, special guest Donald Trump was asked about the war in Ukraine and how […] → Read More
Reporting on America’s longest war
Eight journalists who covered the war in Afghanistan over two decades → Read More
Climate looms large over Biden’s first State of the Union. Will the coverage say so?
TONIGHT, BEFORE A JOINT SESSION of Congress, President Joe Biden will deliver his first State of the Union address. The backdrop is a frightening new war in Europe, which the president has described as a “brutal” and “unjustifiable” assault on the people of Ukraine. In a moment of great uncertainty, it will be on Biden […] → Read More
This year disappointed on climate. Fierce accountability journalism can help save 2022.
This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration co-founded by CJR and The Nation strengthening coverage of the climate story. The author is CCNow’s deputy director. IN JANUARY, WE WROTE in this column, “Humanity begins 2021 with a real chance to pull back from the brink of climate catastrophe.” In the […] → Read More
Cover the COP26 climate summit like our lives depend on it
This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration co-founded by CJR and The Nation strengthening coverage of the climate story. The author is CCNow’s deputy director. THIS JUNE, AT THE G7 SUMMIT held in Cornwall, England, journalists had a hot scoop about a bicycle. To commemorate the meeting, President Joe Biden […] → Read More
The most important climate summit in history is a local news story, too
A longstanding challenge for climate coverage is that climate change is so big, so all-encompassing, that journalists sometimes struggle with where to start. That can go double for local journalists, whose scope is necessarily hyperfocused. The climate story threads together megacorporations, heads of state, our forests, the oceans, and even what’s for dinner. For outlets […] → Read More
Congress’s climate bill is a major story. Journalists are missing the most important part.
In November, world leaders will meet in Glasgow, Scotland, for a summit that will go a long way toward determining whether humanity preserves a liveable planet. At COP26, the follow-up to the 2015 climate summit that gave us the Paris Agreement, countries are expected to revisit and update plans to limit global heating to 1.5 […] → Read More
Coverage of the ‘code red’ climate report was good. Here’s how to sustain it.
This column is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration co-founded by CJR and The Nation strengthening coverage of the climate story. THE CONSEQUENCES OF HUMAN-CAUSED CLIMATE CHANGE—including recent extreme weather events that have wreaked havoc around the globe—will grow drastically worse this century if humanity fails to act, according to a landmark […] → Read More
Crises collide: Homeless in America when climate disaster strikes
This story was published in partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global → Read More
The Young Uyghurs Mobilizing to Keep Their Culture Alive
With every aspect of Uyghur life under threat in Xinjiang, China, young Uyghurs in the diaspora have rallied to connect with their culture and each other. → Read More
Journalists and the looming superstorm of climate disinformation
This article is adapted from “The Climate Beat,” the weekly newsletter of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism initiative strengthening coverage of the climate story. The authors are Covering Climate Now’s executive and deputy directors. TEXAS HAD ONLY JUST FROZEN OVER. In the wake of a devastating winter storm, millions in the state were without power and […] → Read More
A New Year’s Resolution: Climate Journalism to Match the Crisis
This article is adapted from “The Climate Beat,” the weekly newsletter of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism initiative strengthening coverage of the climate story. The authors are Covering Climate Now’s executive and deputy directors. HUMANITY BEGINS 2021 with a real chance to pull back from the brink of climate catastrophe. The odds get even […] → Read More
The world is burning, but the political press insists on its horserace
This article is adapted from “The Climate Beat,” the weekly newsletter of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism initiative strengthening coverage of the climate story. The authors are Covering Climate Now’s executive and deputy directors. LAST WEEK, AUDIENCES WATCHED the most substantive conversation on climate change to ever feature in a US presidential debate. Moderator […] → Read More
The sitting president has no climate plan. Why isn’t that headline news?
This article is adapted from The Climate Beat, the weekly newsletter of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism initiative strengthening coverage of the climate story. The author is Covering Climate Now’s deputy director. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES has no plan to address the climate crisis. This is not a partisan observation; it is […] → Read More
Political, not partisan: Covering the 2020 elections as a climate story
This article is adapted from The Climate Beat, the weekly newsletter of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism initiative strengthening coverage of the climate story. The author is Covering Climate Now’s deputy director. EVERY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION is critical in its way. Even so, 2020 manages to feel unique. With a deadly virus stalking the land […] → Read More
The Fox News Spin Zone
In the aftermath of August’s mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, right-wing politicians placed the blame not on guns, but on mental illness and video games. Yet research by the American Psychiatric Association refutes such claims, and video games have never been tied to violent crime in any scientific study. A CJR review found […] → Read More