Women In Media & News blogger Miranda Spencer has “some good news for women in journalism: Longtime investigative environmental journalist Marla Cone, who spent nearly two decades at the Los Angeles Times, has just taken the helm as editor in chief at the online publication Environmental Health News.” Spencer gives the reinvigorated news site a glowing review (10/1/08):
Donâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢t be put off by the wonkish sound of EHN, which aggregates environmental health news from a variety of global sources daily. It’s fascinating and important reading…. And EHN maintains strong beats in women’s health and reproductive health, among other issues….
Both ordinary folks and journalists will find Environmental Health News‘ archives very useful. One of the most searchable sites Iâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢ve seen, it lets you scour not just by issue and date but type of article, human health condition, contamination agent, exposure pathway (e.g. air, food), ecological effects, infrastructure (e.g. sewage), solutions (e.g. law, activism), emerging science, coverage (state, country), publisher and reporter! Plus, EHN even offers a scientist-written media criticism section, the better to help readers understand environmental health science news.
