Interview with Connor Giffin, October 4, 2023
Project: Climate Research, Policy, & Activism in Kentucky Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Connor Giffin discusses his work with the Louisville Courier Journal, the Mississippi River Basin Ag and Water Desk, Report for America, and Mizzou School of Journalism. Giffin also discusses the challenges of the environmental and climate journalism beat, as well as the responsibilities of dedicated environmental journalists and issues affecting Kentucky in particular.Interview Accession
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Courier-Journal Reporters Environmental beat Mizzou Report for America Kentucky Lantern Niemeyer, Liam Van Velser, Ryan Bruggers, Jim Environmental journalists Urban reporting Mississippi River Basin agriculture and water Kentucky glade cress Indigenous plants Strip-mining Rainfall patterns Carbon emissionsInterview LC Subject
Louisville (Ky.) Kentucky Journalism Journalists University of Missouri. Endemic plants Strip mining Droughts Climate changeInterview Rights
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Giffin, Connor Interview by Lauren Elizabeth Cagle. 04 Oct. 2023. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Giffin, C. (2023, October 04). Interview by L. E. Cagle. Climate Research, Policy, & Activism in Kentucky Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Giffin, Connor, interview by Lauren Elizabeth Cagle. October 04, 2023, Climate Research, Policy, & Activism in Kentucky Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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