Freelance journalist John Platt writes about endangered species on all seven continents, conservation, climate change, trophy hunting, the illegal wildlife trade and more for a wide variety of publications. His blog, Extinction Countdown, has been published by Scientific American since 2009.
You wouldn't think you would get arrested for trying to cover the 2012 Democratic convention in Charlotte, NC, September 4 or the Republican convention in Tampa, FL, August 27. But such things have happened before, and reporters have available some resources to support their rights.
"The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs is often called the 'black hole' of federal rules, a White House office where proposed regulations can enter in one form and exit months later in another."
"The problem isn’t the public’s reasoning capacity; it’s the polluted science-communication environment that drives people apart, says Dan Kahan."
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