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== History == |
== History == |
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Posted on October 25, 2007, Revkin's first entry on ''Dot Earth'' was on "Cutting Greenhouse Gases for Cash Prizes". In April 2010, "after 940 posts as a news blog", ''The New York Times'' moved ''Dot Earth'' to the "Opinion side" of its online site.<ref name=about>[http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/ "About Dot Earth", nytimes.com.] Accessed: December 3, 2012.</ref><ref name=cjr>[http://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/dot_earth_moves_to_nyt_opinion.php Brainard, Curtis. (2010 April 1). "Dot Earth Moves to NYT Opinion Section," ''[[Columbia Journalism Review]]''.] Accessed: December 4, 2012.</ref> |
Posted on October 25, 2007, Revkin's first entry on ''Dot Earth'' was on "Cutting Greenhouse Gases for Cash Prizes". In April 2010, "after 940 posts as a news blog", ''The New York Times'' moved ''Dot Earth'' to the "Opinion side" of its online site.<ref name=about>[http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/ "About Dot Earth", nytimes.com.] Accessed: December 3, 2012.</ref><ref name=cjr>[http://www.cjr.org/the_observatory/dot_earth_moves_to_nyt_opinion.php Brainard, Curtis. (2010 April 1). "Dot Earth Moves to NYT Opinion Section," ''[[Columbia Journalism Review]]''.] Accessed: December 4, 2012.</ref> After [http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/after-nine-years-and-2810-posts-a-dot-earth-farewell/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=sustainability&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs®ion=Body nine years and 2,810 posts], Revkin ended the blog on 5 December, 2016, just before he began work as a senior reporter for [[Propublica]]. |
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== Readership == |
== Readership == |
Revision as of 20:35, 1 January 2017
Type of site | Environmental blog |
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Available in | English |
Owner | The New York Times |
Created by | Andrew Revkin |
URL | dotearth |
Launched | October 25, 2007 |
Current status | Active |
Dot Earth is an award-winning environmental blog and associated media by science writer Andrew Revkin for the New York Times.[1] The blog's aim is to "examine efforts to balance human affairs with the planet’s limits".[2]
Featuring videos, interviews and other types of information, Dot Earth is described further as "an interactive exploration of trends and ideas with readers and experts."[2]
History
Posted on October 25, 2007, Revkin's first entry on Dot Earth was on "Cutting Greenhouse Gases for Cash Prizes". In April 2010, "after 940 posts as a news blog", The New York Times moved Dot Earth to the "Opinion side" of its online site.[2][3] After nine years and 2,810 posts, Revkin ended the blog on 5 December, 2016, just before he began work as a senior reporter for Propublica.
Readership
According to a Pace University press release—an institution with which the blog's author is associated, the blog "is ... read by millions of people in more than 200 countries from Brazil to China".[1]
Honors and awards
References
- ^ a b "'Dot Earth' Blog Earns a Second National Communication Award..." Pace Law School, September 16, 2011. Archived 2012-11-13 at the Wayback Machine Accessed: December 4, 2012.
- ^ a b c "About Dot Earth", nytimes.com. Accessed: December 3, 2012.
- ^ Brainard, Curtis. (2010 April 1). "Dot Earth Moves to NYT Opinion Section," Columbia Journalism Review. Accessed: December 4, 2012.
- ^ O'Connor, Mary Catherine. (2011 November 17). "The Top Ten Environmental Blogs," Outside Online. Accessed: December 4, 2012.
- ^ O'Connor, Mary Catherine. (2011 November 18). "4. Dot Earth," Outside Online. Accessed: December 4, 2012.
External links