Earthweek
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Type | Environmental column | |
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Format | Graphics and text | |
Owner(s) | Earth Environment Service | |
Publisher | Through Circulation Nearly 100 newspapers worldwide | |
Website | www |
Earthweek—A Diary of the Planet is a weekly
Typical content
Earthweek provides a weekly overview of headline events affecting the planet—cyclones, floods, brushfires, oil spills and climate change. Other stories are a bit more unusual—monkey attacks, snake infestations and a bounty of phenomena as diverse as nature itself.
Earthweek initially focused mainly on breaking weather news stories, along with a complement of items about volcanic eruptions,
Format
The feature was the first fully paginated newspaper column to be distributed with placed graphics, thanks to the growing popularity of the
Due to the slow
A PDF version of the feature may be downloaded by readers in markets where Earthweek is not published.
Distribution
The feature premiered in the San Francisco Chronicle on Saturday, January 2, 1988, and began syndication through the now-defunct Chronicle Features in early September of that year.
Earthweek moved briefly to Universal Press Syndicate in 1998, when Andrews McMeel Universal purchased Chronicle Features. Author Steve Newman moved the column to the Los Angeles Times Syndicate in June 1998, where its circulation increased and an online version was created.[1]
A subsequent purchase of that syndicate by the
Earthweek rejoined Universal Press Syndicate in June 2003, and is now published by nearly 100 newspapers worldwide.[2] An interactive version was launched by Uclick in July 2006.
Use in education
Many educators use the feature in a weekly assignment to elementary and middle school students. By encouraging a close examination of Earthweek's map and summaries, students can increase their understanding of both geography and the environment. Educator Lori Agan wrote an essay in the
Author
Earthweek is produced by Steve Newman, a broadcast meteorologist for more than 30 years and a frequent contributor for ABC's Good Morning America.
His Earth Alert bulletins were a weekly component of Discovery News on the Discovery Channel, and an online feature of Discovery.com.
in 1980 Newman established Earth Environment Service, a weather consulting company that provided forecasts and data to agricultural, insurance and media interests worldwide.
Newman is a member of the American Meteorological Society and a fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society. He has also been active in the United Nations World Meteorological Organization and is a member of the National Association of Science Writers.
References
- ^ "CNN - Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet - August 6, 1999". edition.cnn.com.
- ^ "Current Print Subscribers". Retrieved 18 Oct 2010.