The roots of Alec Luhn’s environmental reports go back to a mission for Badger Herald, during his days as a student in journalism at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Now, an independent international award -winning journalist, Luhn – still on the environmental rhythm – goes to Uw – Madison as a journalist by Sharon Dunwoody Science in Printemps
Luhn will visit the campus from April 15 to 17, will share his experiences and expertise with students, meeting researchers and participating in a public round table on the role of journalism as the climate crisis is deepened.
Alec Luhn
The guest journalist will join the investigative journalist decorated and based in Wisconsin, Dee Hall and Uw-Madison experts in energy policy and climatic solutions designed as carbon capture systems for a presentation and a discussion, “beyond 1.5 ° C: covering controversial climatic solutions”. The event, open to the public, will take place at 4 p.m. on April 17 in Memorial Union, 800, the participants on rue Langdon should check Today in union For the specific part.
A graduate of the UW-Madison in 2010 and from Stoughton, Luhn reported on the Atlantic, Guardian, National Geographic, New York Times, Scientific American, Time, Wired, CBS News Radio and Vice News TV. Now based in London, he worked in Istanbul and Moscow to cover a range of stories related to the environment and climate, including forest fires, droughts, earthquakes, the merger of glaciers and international climate policy negotiations.
In 2024, the national academies of science, engineering and medicine included Luhn among the winners of Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for excellence in scientific communication And its story, “Why are Alaska rivers becoming orange?For Scientific American, was part of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences Kavli Science Journalism Award.
The UW – Madison Science Journalist in Residence program was founded in 1986 and is organized by the mass journalism and communication school and the strategic communication office. He is now part of Sharon Dunwoody’s journalist program in residence in Uw – Madison. The late Dunwoody, professor of journalism at UW – Madison, co -founded the program of scientific journalist in residence with Terry Devitt, emeritus director of research communications.
The program welcomed national scientific writers almost all semesters, in person and practically, in particular the host of Eons PBS Kallie Moore, the author and journalist Ben Goldfarb, the host of Radiolab Latif Nasser, the former American scientific editor Laura Helmuth and the journalist and winner of the Pulitzer Ed Yong Prize.