Wednesday, April 22, 2009

National Geographic editors spotlight special issue of magazine with live chat at noon EDT today

National Geographic magazine has issued a special edition about energy, exploring questions like: What energy challenges are we facing? How can we meet the rising demand without harming the planet? What are some viable solutions for the near and long-term future?

Dennis Dimick and Tim Appenzeller, the magazine's executive editors, will take part in a live online discussion about those and related issues at noon EDT today. We know Dennis as a former colleague at The Courier-Journal who has a wide range of interests. He has degrees in agriculture from Oregon State University and agricultural journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and took pictures and notes on a tour we took of mountaintop-removal mines in West Virginia during last fall's Society of Environmental Journalists conference. SEJ named Appenzeller's June 2007 cover story on global warming, "The Big Thaw," the best example of explanatory environmental reporting.

For more on the live chat, hosted by The Washington Post, click here.

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