Grist founder to discuss environmental journalism in the digital age

Chip Giller, founder and CEO of Grist, will speak at Yale on Wednesday, Nov. 19 as a Poynter Fellow in Journalism. Giller will give a talk titled “Calling All Tweethuggers: Environmental Journalism in the Digital Age” at an event co-sponsored by the Yale College Environmental Studies Department.

Chip Giller, founder and CEO of Grist, will speak at Yale on Wednesday, Nov. 19 as a Poynter Fellow in Journalism.

Chip Giller

Giller will give a talk titled “Calling All Tweethuggers: Environmental Journalism in the Digital Age” at an event co-sponsored by the Yale College Environmental Studies Department.  The talk will be held in the Burke Auditorium in Kroon Hall at 195 Prospect St. at 3:45 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

A former editor at Greenwire, the first environmental news daily, Giller decided in 1999 that the movement had a reputation for taking itself too seriously and needed some lightening up, so he founded Grist., now a popular news source on environmental issues with a twist of humor. More than 2 million people a month now rely on the website.

Giller’s work has been widely lauded. He received a Heinz Award for his media innovations and for making environmental issues relevant to new and broad audiences. In addition, he was named a Time Magazine “Hero of the environment,” was featured in magazines like Vanity Fair and Newsweek, and has appeared on TV shows such as the Today show and PBS’s NOW

The Poynter Fellowship in Journalism was established by Nelson Poynter, who received his master’s degree in 1927 from Yale. The fellowship brings to campus journalists from a wide variety of media outlets who have made significant contributions to their field. Among recent Poynter fellows are Janet Mock, Seymour Hersh, and Daniel Zalewski.

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