EXCERPT:
ATKIN: "You know, I think it’s really great that we’ve had progress on this issue, but the fact is that we’re just not treating it like the planetary emergency it is. I mean, we’re not learning the lessons that the COVID-19 pandemic taught us where we have a global crisis and the entire newsroom mobilizes to cover that crisis. We understand that it infiltrates every single area of our life. There is no excuse for being a reporter today who doesn’t understand the basic science of COVID-19. Why is it not the same for climate change? Right now, everyone should be a climate reporter. And if you’re not a climate reporter right now, you will be, whether you realize it or not."