Wayne Crookes Professor of Environmental and Climate Journalism, University of Victoria. Founder, @climatedisaster.bsky.social. Trauma-informed and investigative journalism practitioner.https://bsky.app/profile/seanholman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/seanholman.bsky.social/post/3lovs2nw6ic2kAs both a historian and an investigative journalist, I feel this loss keenly. https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/daily-news-stories-disappearing-democracy-why-newspapers-are-smaller/11 May 2025 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:vykdw3t5jpttr3cvm67nbbab/app.bsky.feed.post/3lovs2nw6ic2khttps://bsky.app/profile/seanholman.bsky.social/post/3lndnbppzkk2l"The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all." Thank you, Pope Francis (1936-2025), for being a friend to our planet and the sundry species who make it their home - including us. https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5309672/pope-francis-climate-change21 Apr 2025 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:vykdw3t5jpttr3cvm67nbbab/app.bsky.feed.post/3lndnbppzkk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/seanholman.bsky.social/post/3lmhwsxubac2oHonoured to be representing the students and survivors of the @climatedisaster.bsky.social, as one of 20 presenters at the Climate Storytellers' Summit. Because we need new forms of journalism to help communities recover from the trauma of a warming world. https://environment.princeton.edu/climate-storytellers-summit/10 Apr 2025 16:36 +0000at://did:plc:vykdw3t5jpttr3cvm67nbbab/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmhwsxubac2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/seanholman.bsky.social/post/3lkwsjq5kw22lSixty-one-years-ago, Americans rushed to grocery stores, flooded emergency lines, and fled to underground shelters when their government discovered nuclear weapons were being stationed 103 miles away from their border. Canada is a lot closer. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-canada-needs-to-develop-its-own-nuclear-program/22 Mar 2025 03:39 +0000at://did:plc:vykdw3t5jpttr3cvm67nbbab/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkwsjq5kw22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/seanholman.bsky.social/post/3lkojpkmzbk2hThe strength of American news reporting has, in part, always rested on the volume of government data and documentation available to journalists in that country. So Trump's destruction of that information ecosystem poses an existential threat to their reporting. https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/03/wireds-un-paywalling-of-stories-built-on-public-data-is-a-reminder-of-that-datas-role-in-the-information-ecosystem/18 Mar 2025 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:vykdw3t5jpttr3cvm67nbbab/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkojpkmzbk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/seanholman.bsky.social/post/3ljeg346yoc23I asked ChatGPT to analyze the transcript of the exchange between Trump and Zelenskyy. ChatGPT concluded the transcript was fake because it "contains unusually confrontational remarks which is out of step with how heads of state typically conduct press availabilities." We know ChatGPT. We know.02 Mar 2025 02:43 +0000at://did:plc:vykdw3t5jpttr3cvm67nbbab/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljeg346yoc23https://bsky.app/profile/seanholman.bsky.social/post/3lga4wme3w226This book's title feels like the epigraph of our age: "One day, everyone will have always been against this."21 Jan 2025 05:33 +0000at://did:plc:vykdw3t5jpttr3cvm67nbbab/app.bsky.feed.post/3lga4wme3w226https://bsky.app/profile/seanholman.bsky.social/post/3lg4d4kwjts2zThe bioregions we live in will determine the kind of weather-related natural disasters we will face in a warmer and more traumatic world. So will we see the emergence of bioregional politics based on these disaster experiences? https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/beyond-data/2024-active-year-us-billion-dollar-weather-and-climate-disasters19 Jan 2025 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:vykdw3t5jpttr3cvm67nbbab/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg4d4kwjts2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/seanholman.bsky.social/post/3lfmywgxui22xGone are the days of photographing sunbathers and beach seekers during heat waves. https://apnews.com/article/heat-fire-hottest-year-photos-photographers-0169b8d7592634f38c9fccd0b5919f6b13 Jan 2025 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:vykdw3t5jpttr3cvm67nbbab/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfmywgxui22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/seanholman.bsky.social/post/3lfd2hlaurc2iEvery day, the comparison between us and the Roman Empire seem more apt. https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/01/study-fluoride-linked-to-lower-iq-debate/09 Jan 2025 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:vykdw3t5jpttr3cvm67nbbab/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfd2hlaurc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/seanholman.bsky.social/post/3lcrjofa7jk2iI see the absence of young men in my journalism classes too. And the young men who are in those classes often struggle emotionally, academically, and professionally. We have not worried enough about this as a society, and I am worried about its societal consequences. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/opinion/men-fiction-novels.html08 Dec 2024 05:56 +0000at://did:plc:vykdw3t5jpttr3cvm67nbbab/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcrjofa7jk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/seanholman.bsky.social/post/3lce3tbbzls2k"In dangerous times, your instinct is not to want to cast a just and loving attention on others because it seems soft. It seems like you’re leaving yourself vulnerable...But it’s also dangerous to shut off your heart." - David Brooks, New York Times columnist https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/23/opinion/brutalizing-humanity-modernity.html?showTranscript=102 Dec 2024 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:vykdw3t5jpttr3cvm67nbbab/app.bsky.feed.post/3lce3tbbzls2khttps://bsky.app/profile/seanholman.bsky.social/post/3lc46oqy3nc2vThis is an exceptional idea from my friends at The Tyee. The collapse of alternative weeklies and the decline of arts and culture critics at mainstream news outlets has created a gap that needs filling. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Nov 2024 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:vykdw3t5jpttr3cvm67nbbab/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc46oqy3nc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/seanholman.bsky.social/post/3lc43y7wgu22yI can't say enough about how grateful I am for this project by @carbonbrief.org. My students at @climatedisaster.bsky.social use this map every year to identify communities that have been impacted by climate change and reach out to survivors who want to share their stories. #climatechange [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Nov 2024 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:vykdw3t5jpttr3cvm67nbbab/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc43y7wgu22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/seanholman.bsky.social/post/3lbudxdtljk2dWe can't tech our way out of this. #climatechange is a cultural problem, not just an environmental problem. https://news.mit.edu/2024/reality-check-tech-to-remove-carbon-dioxide-from-air-112026 Nov 2024 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:vykdw3t5jpttr3cvm67nbbab/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbudxdtljk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/seanholman.bsky.social/post/3lbrxavqd7s23Tune in or tune out? Audiences tuned in during the first Trump administration in fear and fascination as to what the president would do next. But it feels like the social bubble I'm in is tuning out news about the second Trump administration. How about yours?25 Nov 2024 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:vykdw3t5jpttr3cvm67nbbab/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbrxavqd7s23