Katherine Dunn
@katherinedunn.bsky.social
Working on the Oxford Climate Journalism Network at the @reutersinstitute.bsky.social. Writing a book on the history of GPS. Posting about journalism, climate comms, cooking, corgis and GPS stuff. Canadian/Brit in London 🇨🇦
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🚨NEW: Why your nostalgia for the summer of 1976 is wrong
telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...
A charts and data thread🧵⬇️
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telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...
A charts and data thread🧵⬇️
1/13
Why your nostalgia for the summer of 1976 is wrong
That year’s heatwave may remain a cultural reference point, but compared to today’s climate it doesn’t look so special
telegraph.co.uk
August 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
🚨NEW: Why your nostalgia for the summer of 1976 is wrong
telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...
A charts and data thread🧵⬇️
1/13
telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...
A charts and data thread🧵⬇️
1/13
My Ted Talk is out -- and it's all about the work of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network at the @reutersinstitute.bsky.social and how to make climate stories that are impossible (or at least difficult!!) to ignore.
www.ted.com/talks/kather...
www.ted.com/talks/kather...
How to make climate stories impossible to ignore
In environmental reporting, “it's not always about the big climate story,” says journalist Katherine Dunn. She challenges newsrooms to rethink how they cover climate change, connecting to the things r...
www.ted.com
May 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
My Ted Talk is out -- and it's all about the work of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network at the @reutersinstitute.bsky.social and how to make climate stories that are impossible (or at least difficult!!) to ignore.
www.ted.com/talks/kather...
www.ted.com/talks/kather...
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Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...
April 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...
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Global South Climate Database update 🎉
@arguedasortiz.bsky.social, @katherinedunn.bsky.social and I have reviewed and updated all 1000+ entries in the database.
Please use this free, searchable database to get in touch with climate experts from the global south 🌏
bit.ly/GSClimateDat...
@arguedasortiz.bsky.social, @katherinedunn.bsky.social and I have reviewed and updated all 1000+ entries in the database.
Please use this free, searchable database to get in touch with climate experts from the global south 🌏
bit.ly/GSClimateDat...
April 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Global South Climate Database update 🎉
@arguedasortiz.bsky.social, @katherinedunn.bsky.social and I have reviewed and updated all 1000+ entries in the database.
Please use this free, searchable database to get in touch with climate experts from the global south 🌏
bit.ly/GSClimateDat...
@arguedasortiz.bsky.social, @katherinedunn.bsky.social and I have reviewed and updated all 1000+ entries in the database.
Please use this free, searchable database to get in touch with climate experts from the global south 🌏
bit.ly/GSClimateDat...
"eating bread sticks and hummus" and talking about protesting over climate change and Gaza.
Quite incredible how it has become an arrestable offence in the UK to merely *talk* about engaging in disruptive but non-violent protest
www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...
Quite incredible how it has become an arrestable offence in the UK to merely *talk* about engaging in disruptive but non-violent protest
www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...
Met Police smash down door of Quaker meeting house to arrest activists
Twenty officers handcuffed six women and took them to the police station in what is thought to be the first raid on a meeting house
www.thetimes.com
March 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"eating bread sticks and hummus" and talking about protesting over climate change and Gaza.
Quite incredible how it has become an arrestable offence in the UK to merely *talk* about engaging in disruptive but non-violent protest
www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...
Quite incredible how it has become an arrestable offence in the UK to merely *talk* about engaging in disruptive but non-violent protest
www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...
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It was so great to listen to Jelani Cobb in Oxford. So many takeaways but this one stood out for me:
"It is odd any news org would continue to attend WH briefings. History will hold us accountable for our behaviour in moments like this one"
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/full-te...
"It is odd any news org would continue to attend WH briefings. History will hold us accountable for our behaviour in moments like this one"
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/full-te...
Full text of Jelani Cobb's 2025 Reuters Memorial Lecture: Trust issues. Credibility, credulity and journalism in a time of crisis
On 10 March the Columbia Journalism Dean delivered the 2025 Reuters Memorial Lecture. Here's the transcript of his talk.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
March 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
It was so great to listen to Jelani Cobb in Oxford. So many takeaways but this one stood out for me:
"It is odd any news org would continue to attend WH briefings. History will hold us accountable for our behaviour in moments like this one"
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/full-te...
"It is odd any news org would continue to attend WH briefings. History will hold us accountable for our behaviour in moments like this one"
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/full-te...
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In a world of Matts, be a Derek.
March 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
In a world of Matts, be a Derek.
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DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION:
My reporter Brett Murphy obtained a remarkable directive to folks at USAID: Empty the safes with the classified and personnel records and then,
"Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break."
My reporter Brett Murphy obtained a remarkable directive to folks at USAID: Empty the safes with the classified and personnel records and then,
"Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break."
March 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION:
My reporter Brett Murphy obtained a remarkable directive to folks at USAID: Empty the safes with the classified and personnel records and then,
"Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break."
My reporter Brett Murphy obtained a remarkable directive to folks at USAID: Empty the safes with the classified and personnel records and then,
"Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break."
“It’s like your best friend telling you they don’t want to be your friend anymore,” he said. “Maybe you can get over it, but you can’t unsay what has been said. And I think for many Canadians, what’s come out of the U.S. can’t be unsaid.”
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...
Anxious and angry, Canadians are souring on the U.S. over Trump’s tariffs, survey finds
More than two-thirds of Canadians say they are concerned about the deteriorating relationship between the two countries
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“It’s like your best friend telling you they don’t want to be your friend anymore,” he said. “Maybe you can get over it, but you can’t unsay what has been said. And I think for many Canadians, what’s come out of the U.S. can’t be unsaid.”
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...
www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...
Being in denial will not actually protect you from stranded assets
The biggest US bank, which has financed nearly $400 billion in fossil-fuel projects since the Paris Agreement, launches an important and credible climate advisory note for clients, who apparently have been clamoring for such a thing. 🎁🔗
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
JPMorgan Launches Climate Note by Ex-NOAA Science Chief
“There is a demand for understanding how to strategically think about climate issues,” said Sarah Kapnick, now the bank’s top climate adviser.
www.bloomberg.com
February 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Being in denial will not actually protect you from stranded assets
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Our own Greg Cochrane spoke to three journalists who've covered the deadly LA wildfires from three different angles. Here are their first-person accounts of an extraordinary experience. We hope it is useful to others going through similar work
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/reporti...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/reporti...
Reporting from inside the inferno: Three journalists reflect on how they covered Los Angeles deadly wildfires
The blazes presented news teams with many challenges. A local editor, a photojournalist and a foreign correspondent explain their work.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
February 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Our own Greg Cochrane spoke to three journalists who've covered the deadly LA wildfires from three different angles. Here are their first-person accounts of an extraordinary experience. We hope it is useful to others going through similar work
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/reporti...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/reporti...
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"The news media is in the worst crisis in modern history. But people still believe in truth. The proportion of people that trust scientists is the highest. We're attacked, but we have to fight back. The value of truth is still there," says @ivancouronne.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwrw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwrw...
Three years, eight countries: How climate news shapes public views
YouTube video by Reuters Institute
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
"The news media is in the worst crisis in modern history. But people still believe in truth. The proportion of people that trust scientists is the highest. We're attacked, but we have to fight back. The value of truth is still there," says @ivancouronne.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwrw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwrw...
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The news getting you down? I invite you to stare at this chart of solar and wind deployed capacity in China.
They blew past their ambitious 2030 target... last July.
They blew past their ambitious 2030 target... last July.
February 4, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The news getting you down? I invite you to stare at this chart of solar and wind deployed capacity in China.
They blew past their ambitious 2030 target... last July.
They blew past their ambitious 2030 target... last July.
A good point and also a reminder: PEOPLE LIVE IN GREENLAND. It's their ancestral homeland and their home.
A worrying amount of media coverage has confused personally knowing nothing about Greenland, with Greenlanders not existing or having any rights.
A worrying amount of media coverage has confused personally knowing nothing about Greenland, with Greenlanders not existing or having any rights.
Greenland considers new law stating "parties, including local and youth sections, are not allowed to receive contributions from foreign or anonymous donors".
This law is considered out of necessity now, but the principle is good and should apply widely (also 🇺🇸)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
This law is considered out of necessity now, but the principle is good and should apply widely (also 🇺🇸)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Greenland plans to ban foreign political funding over Trump-led election fears
Bill to rule out interference from abroad expected to pass this week as country prepares for polls before 6 April
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
A good point and also a reminder: PEOPLE LIVE IN GREENLAND. It's their ancestral homeland and their home.
A worrying amount of media coverage has confused personally knowing nothing about Greenland, with Greenlanders not existing or having any rights.
A worrying amount of media coverage has confused personally knowing nothing about Greenland, with Greenlanders not existing or having any rights.
Since 2020, in the depths of the early pandemic, I've written a food newsletter for friends and family. I've now moved it over to Substack and widened it out a little bit, to include book recommendations and my case for why we should all get back into zumba.
katherine515940.substack.com
katherine515940.substack.com
Cabbagecore | Silly / Serious / Snacks | Substack
Food & life newsletter for topics silly / serious / snacks. Successor to Kitchen Notes (est. 2020). Click to read Cabbagecore, by Silly / Serious / Snacks, a Substack publication. Launched an hour ago...
katherine515940.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Since 2020, in the depths of the early pandemic, I've written a food newsletter for friends and family. I've now moved it over to Substack and widened it out a little bit, to include book recommendations and my case for why we should all get back into zumba.
katherine515940.substack.com
katherine515940.substack.com
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Join our online event to learn about how people receive and perceive climate news.
🗨️ With @waqasejaz.bsky.social @katherinedunn.bsky.social @ivancouronne.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social
🗓️ Weds 5 Feb 14:00 (UK time)
🔗 Register here:
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/calendar/thr...
🗨️ With @waqasejaz.bsky.social @katherinedunn.bsky.social @ivancouronne.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social
🗓️ Weds 5 Feb 14:00 (UK time)
🔗 Register here:
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/calendar/thr...
January 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Join our online event to learn about how people receive and perceive climate news.
🗨️ With @waqasejaz.bsky.social @katherinedunn.bsky.social @ivancouronne.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social
🗓️ Weds 5 Feb 14:00 (UK time)
🔗 Register here:
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/calendar/thr...
🗨️ With @waqasejaz.bsky.social @katherinedunn.bsky.social @ivancouronne.bsky.social @mitalilive.bsky.social
🗓️ Weds 5 Feb 14:00 (UK time)
🔗 Register here:
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/calendar/thr...
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some ways to generate electricity
A) use sunlight to drive photosynthesis in plants, let plants die, wait ~100 million years, dig up fossilized plants, burn plants, use heat to boil water, use steam to drive a rotating turbine, use generator to make electrons
B) use sunlight to make electrons
A) use sunlight to drive photosynthesis in plants, let plants die, wait ~100 million years, dig up fossilized plants, burn plants, use heat to boil water, use steam to drive a rotating turbine, use generator to make electrons
B) use sunlight to make electrons
January 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
some ways to generate electricity
A) use sunlight to drive photosynthesis in plants, let plants die, wait ~100 million years, dig up fossilized plants, burn plants, use heat to boil water, use steam to drive a rotating turbine, use generator to make electrons
B) use sunlight to make electrons
A) use sunlight to drive photosynthesis in plants, let plants die, wait ~100 million years, dig up fossilized plants, burn plants, use heat to boil water, use steam to drive a rotating turbine, use generator to make electrons
B) use sunlight to make electrons
I'm going to leave the growth of podcasting and 'liberal media' distrust analysis to my smart colleagues, and instead just ask . . . once again . . . who told so many men that women are obsessed with doors
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Masculinity, Podcasts and Trump: 12 Men Discuss
The group discusses the news and podcasts that shape their opinions about America and the world, what being a man’s man means and what they do and don’t want Trump to do in office.
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I'm going to leave the growth of podcasting and 'liberal media' distrust analysis to my smart colleagues, and instead just ask . . . once again . . . who told so many men that women are obsessed with doors
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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No, the world has not breached the 1.5C global warming target.
It’s a climate target - which means it’s an average that must be sustained over at least a decade.
We currently sit at 1.2 C. Which is already very bad.
The science is clear: every bit of warming matters, every action matters.
It’s a climate target - which means it’s an average that must be sustained over at least a decade.
We currently sit at 1.2 C. Which is already very bad.
The science is clear: every bit of warming matters, every action matters.
World breaches 1.5C global warming target for first time in 2024
https://www.ft.com/content/fd914266-71bf-4317-9fdc-44b55acb52f6
https://www.ft.com/content/fd914266-71bf-4317-9fdc-44b55acb52f6
World breaches 1.5C global warming target for first time in 2024
Data for warmest year sparks fears climate change is accelerating faster than expected
www.ft.com
January 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
No, the world has not breached the 1.5C global warming target.
It’s a climate target - which means it’s an average that must be sustained over at least a decade.
We currently sit at 1.2 C. Which is already very bad.
The science is clear: every bit of warming matters, every action matters.
It’s a climate target - which means it’s an average that must be sustained over at least a decade.
We currently sit at 1.2 C. Which is already very bad.
The science is clear: every bit of warming matters, every action matters.
For non-climate journalists, breaking news journalists and especially those outside the U.S., you probably need one or two simple sentences to show the links between the LA wildfires and climate change.
Use the @wwattribution.bsky.social guide: www.worldweatherattribution.org/reporting-ex...
Use the @wwattribution.bsky.social guide: www.worldweatherattribution.org/reporting-ex...
Information for journalists – World Weather Attribution
www.worldweatherattribution.org
January 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
For non-climate journalists, breaking news journalists and especially those outside the U.S., you probably need one or two simple sentences to show the links between the LA wildfires and climate change.
Use the @wwattribution.bsky.social guide: www.worldweatherattribution.org/reporting-ex...
Use the @wwattribution.bsky.social guide: www.worldweatherattribution.org/reporting-ex...