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September 24, 2021
Podcast #90 — Glenn Greenwald
<p>Hello folks, welcome to the relaunch of the Inside The Newsroom podcast! It’s been a while since I got the microphone out, but I’m back and will be podcasting with a top journalist at least monthly from now on. </p><p>What better way to get back on the horse than have Glenn Greenwald on the airwaves, who the New Statesman recently described as among the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.newstatesman.com/world/2021/08/glenn-greenwald-greatest-journalist-all-time">greatest journalists of all time</a>. We talked about what it’s like being Glenn, the mental toll of having the U.S. and Brazilian governments after you, the corporatization of journalism, where to start when writing a New York Times bestseller, and Glenn’s best advice for today’s journalists.</p><p>Say what you like about Glenn, but it’s hard to match his achievements. He believes what he believes, and will quite literally risk his life to defend his position.</p><p>“You go into journalism in order to do stories like this. If you want to be universally beloved and applauded by people in power, journalism is not the profession to choose.”</p><p>Earlier this month we celebrated the <a target="_blank" href="https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com/p/inside-the-newsroom-1-year-anniversary">one-year anniversary</a> of our subscription model. Read all about everything we’ve done so far, and everything we plan to build over the next 12 months. And be sure to check out my <a target="_blank" href="https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com/p/walt-hickey-qa">Q&A with Walt Hickey</a>, senior data editor at Insider and founder of the Numlock News newsletter. Walt was incredibly candid about what it takes to build an audience and run a profitable business.</p><p>And lastly, we relaunched <a target="_blank" href="https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com/p/-election-dissection-data-corner">Data Corner and Election Dissection</a> last week! Read about how the top newsrooms covered the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan from a data viz angle, as well as the latest on the consequential recent elections in Morocco and Norway.</p><p>Okay, let’s do this thing! Podcast is up top, and my post-game analysis and Job Corner are down below… Enjoy!</p><p>Job Corner ✍️</p><p>We have more than 2,500 jobs and more than 300 internships listed in 1,000+ cities across the U.S., UK and Canada. Below is a preview of the openings you’ll have access to when you subscribe. If you’re a paying member, your jobs sheet link remains the same each week. </p><p><strong>Interested in a free week’s trial? Reply to this email and we’ll hook you up!</strong></p><p><strong>Who Is Glenn Greenwald?</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2021/08/glenn-greenwald-greatest-journalist-all-time">Glenn</a> is a journalist, former constitutional lawyer, author of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/205996.Glenn_Greenwald">four </a><a target="_blank" href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/205996.Glenn_Greenwald">New York Times</a><a target="_blank" href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/205996.Glenn_Greenwald"> bestsellers</a>, and co-founder of the <a target="_blank" href="http://abrigohope.org/english/about-us/">Hope dog rescue shelter</a>. In 1996, Glenn co-founded his own law firm in New York City, concentrating on First Amendment and civil rights. In 2005, he became bored of being a litigator and travelled to Brazil to <strong>“</strong>figure out what I wanted to do with my life”. He immediately fell in love the country and met his now-husband: Brazilian congressman for the Socialism and Liberty party <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/profile/david-miranda">David Miranda</a>. They currently reside in Rio de Janeiro.</p><p>Around the same time, Glenn <a target="_blank" href="https://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/">started his own blog</a> and began writing about mass surveillance and the changes around civil liberties in the aftermath of 9/11. In 2007, he was hired as a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.salon.com/writer/glenn_greenwald">columnist by Salon</a>, and then <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/profile/glenn-greenwald">joined The Guardian</a> in 2012. It was there that he, along with fellow friend of the podcast <a target="_blank" href="https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com/p/11-ewen-macaskill-the-guardian-909">Ewen MacAskill</a>, broke arguably the most impactful scandal of this generation: The <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-surveillance">Edward Snowden CIA leaks</a>.</p><p>From there Glenn co-founded <a target="_blank" href="https://theintercept.com/">The Intercept</a> in 2014, but resigned in October 2020 over editorial freedom. You can read all about why Glenn did so <a target="_blank" href="https://greenwald.substack.com/p/my-resignation-from-the-intercept">here</a>, as well as a <a target="_blank" href="https://theintercept.com/2020/10/29/glenn-greenwald-resigns-the-intercept/">rebuttal</a> from The Intercept’s editor-in-chief, Betsy Reed. Today Glenn writes about a myriad of topics on <a target="_blank" href="https://greenwald.substack.com/">Substack</a>, and is always an engaging follow on <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ggreenwald">Twitter</a>. Oh, he and David currently have 26 rescue dogs too.</p><p>Securing Democracy and Car Wash Scandal</p><p>Glenn’s latest book, <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/books/securing-democracy-my-fight-for-press-freedom-and-justice-in-bolsonaro-s-brazil/9781642594508">Securing Democracy: My Fight for Press Freedom and Justice in Brazil</a>, was published earlier this year. It details the events that led to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro <a target="_blank" href="https://apnews.com/article/latin-america-ap-top-news-crime-courts-caribbean-d7e8ee02be7409f3c12f9a3071a51224">indicting Glenn</a> for his involvement in the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/01/brazil-operation-car-wash-is-this-the-biggest-corruption-scandal-in-history">Operation Car Wash scandal</a>, arguably the biggest corruption scandal in history. The scandal saw former Brazilian president and clear favorite in the 2018 presidential election Lula da Silva imprisoned, which allowed Bolsonaro to sweep to victory.</p><p>In 2019, Glenn was contacted by Manuela d’Ávila, a centre-left candidate for vice-president in the election. D’Ávila had been approached by a source who had hacked a trove of phone calls between some of Brazil’s most powerful judges and prosecutors. One of those judges oversaw the Operation Car Wash anti-corruption probe that dominated Brazilian politics for the five years prior. The impact of Glenn’s reporting was explosive.</p><p><strong>Video: Glenn Greenwald on the Leaked Brazil Archive Exposing Operation Car Wash</strong></p><p>A judge <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/06/glenn-greenwald-brazil-judge-cybercrimes-dissmissed">ultimately dismissed the indictment</a> against Glenn, but made clear that he would have accepted it, had it not been for an <a target="_blank" href="https://thewire.in/media/brazil-supreme-court-bolsonaro-glenn-greenwald">earlier Brazilian Supreme Court ruling</a>. The ruling stated that any attempt to retaliate against Glenn for his reporting would be barred by the Brazilian constitution and the press freedom guarantee it provides.</p><p>In our podcast, Glenn talked about how in 2013, Brazil’s parliament was favorable towards him after he exposed the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-33398388">U.S. government’s spying efforts on Brazil</a> amid the fallout from the Snowden CIA leaks. But as Glenn’s husband poignantly pointed out, the Car Wash scandal was completely different and presented more dangers. Aside from now having a truly authoritarian president after him, this time around the folks coming after Glenn were on his doorstep. Having not one but two national governments after you is pretty terrifying, and one can only wonder about the mental toll that will have. The book is a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/reviews/article-glenn-greenwalds-account-of-covering-corruption-in-brazil-a-timely/">timely reminder of the fragility of democracy</a>.</p><p>Corporatization of Journalism</p><p>Glenn’s been a writer for the better part of three decades. As anyone who’s followed his work will know, he argues vehemently against the corporatization of newsrooms — the move toward an increasingly corporate ethos and structure. That’s why he co-founded The Intercept — to become an adversarial newsroom and not a subservient one — and is why he’s now completely independent <a target="_blank" href="https://greenwald.substack.com/">on Substack</a>. But you haven’t had to be in the game as long as Glenn to witness what he’s talking about.</p><p>Large corporations have taken advantage of overall falling revenue in journalism, and have applied their ideology of cutting costs to boost profit. The <a target="_blank" href="https://www.usnewsdeserts.com/reports/expanding-news-desert/loss-of-local-news/bigger-and-bigger-they-grow/">Hussman School of Journalism and Media</a> at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that the total number of newspaper owners has declined by 32 percent since 2004, or at an average of 100 newspaper companies per year. More than 2,000 newspaper titles are now owned by the largest 25 companies.</p><p>I have a whole newsletter worth of thoughts on this, so I’ll spin them into a separate edition in the future. As you know, I experienced this corporatization first hand through <a target="_blank" href="https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com/p/leaving-the-wall-street-journal">my time at the Wall Street Journal</a>. After slaving away for years building myself a voice and trying to help the journalism community, WSJ gave me a choice: shut down Inside The Newsroom or leave.</p><p>As Glenn put it, journalism isn’t a profession as much as it is a tool for anyone to fight injustice. There shouldn’t be a credential system whereby only those from the richest and most established media organizations have the privilege to cover the most important stories. And inside newsrooms, journalists’ voices shouldn’t be silenced because of hierarchy. Journalism is, and should continue to be, accessible to everyone.</p><p>Glenn’s Advice For Journalists</p><p>We’ll finish with some advice from Glenn for today’s journalists. I asked what his top piece of advice is to navigate today’s industry, and have paraphrased his answer below.</p><p>There are a lot of easier ways to earn a living other than being a journalist, especially with the industry’s economic struggles. So make sure you’re entering journalism because of passion. Whether that’s politics, culture, sports, social movements or whatever your thing might be. But passion alone won’t necessarily bring you the success you’re looking for, and along the way you’ll inevitably have to sacrifice something. For many, that means working for an institution. That’s okay and is just something you have to do while you build your audience and pay the bills. But no matter what you do, make sure you always remember and preserve that passion that animated your choice to enter journalism. And even in those dark times of sacrifice, safeguard that passion with everything you have to keep that flame alive and to keep feeding it. Your time will come, so be passionate and prepared for when that time does come.</p><p>Thanks for making it to the bottom. If you enjoyed today’s newsletter and podcast, please consider supporting what we’re building at Inside The Newsroom. 🙏</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. 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December 1, 2020
🎧 #89 — Olga Khazan (The Atlantic)
<p>Hello folks! Happy December and welcome to another episode of <a target="_blank" href="https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com">Inside The Newsroom</a>, where today’s guest is <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/olgakhazan?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Olga Khazan</a>! As you might know, The Atlantic is my favourite news outlet of them all, so it was an absolute delight to speak to Olga about covering health, gender and science, what it’s like behind the scenes at one of America’s oldest publications, and we discussed her awesome new book, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/an-insightful-ode-to-oddballs/2020/05/07/332ae1a0-80b8-11ea-a3ee-13e1ae0a3571_story.html">Weird</a>: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World.</p><p>Be sure to check out last week’s content including our podcast with Mr. Hurricane Man <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/iCyclone">Josh Morgerman</a>, as well as <a target="_blank" href="https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com/p/-inside-the-middle-east-nov-25">Inside The Middle East</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com/p/-picks-of-the-week-nov-27">Picks of the Week</a>, where we rounded up the reactions to U.S. secretary of state Mike Pompeo’s likely last visit to the Middle East, and visited New Zealand where geologists hope to harness heat from volcanoes to fight climate change. Okay, let’s get to today’s newsletter!</p><p>Job Corner</p><p>More than 1,000 full-time journalism jobs and internships waiting to be applied to at the likes of the Boston Globe, BuzzFeed News, the Charlotte Observer, The Athletic, The Guardian, the Texas Tribune and the Washington Post. Keep spreading the word 🙏👇</p><p><strong>Preview of the job board… </strong>👇</p><p>Who is Olga Khazan?</p><p>Olga has covered health, gender and science for <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/author/olga-khazan/">The Atlantic</a> since 2013, and has also written for the likes of the Washington Post, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-may-15-la-he-workplace-fitness-20110515-story.html">the Los Angeles Times</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/olgakhazan/?sh=22cfcc0347f5">Forbes</a>. She was born in Russia and moved to the U.S. with her family when she was just three years old, initially living in Los Angeles before settling in Midland, Texas. </p><p>On many occasions, Olga found herself on the outside, unable to fit in with her American counterparts. Her experiences fuelled much of the motivation and content for her new book <a target="_blank" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/an-insightful-ode-to-oddballs/2020/05/07/332ae1a0-80b8-11ea-a3ee-13e1ae0a3571_story.html">Weird</a>: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World, which explores the social and psychological concepts behind conforming to new groups and societies. As if that wasn’t enough, Olga recently joined <a target="_blank" href="https://olgakhazan.substack.com/">Substack</a> where she posts insights from the book, as well as other smart life advice, which we’ll get onto shortly.</p><p>Olga 👇</p><p>Long Live The Atlantic</p><p>If you’re a frequent reader of this newsletter, you’ll be familiar with my obsession with The Atlantic and know that it’s my favourite newsroom. The way they dissect and explore the most important issues less than 24 hours after an event is unequalled and, as Olga puts it, her and her colleagues tell the “second day story on the first day”.</p><p>From its <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Atlantic-Monthly">humble Boston roots in 1857</a>, to its many journalists in multiple states in 2020, The Atlantic has blessed the world with some of its <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/history/">most defining articles</a>. Whether it was <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/W-E-B-Du-Bois">W. E. B. Du Bois</a>’ “<a target="_blank" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1897/08/strivings-of-the-negro-people/305446/">The Strivings of the Negro People</a>” in 1897, which introduced the idea of the African American’s experience of “double consciousness” that’s still talked about today; <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Helen-Keller">Helen Keller’s</a> 1932 “<a target="_blank" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1932/08/put-your-husband-in-the-kitchen/306135/">Put Your Husband in the Kitchen</a>” where she encouraged men to do more housework way ahead her time; <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martin-Luther-King-Jr">Martin Luther King Jr.’s</a> 1963 “<a target="_blank" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/martin-luther-kings-letter-from-birmingham-jail/274668/">Letter From Birmingham Jail</a>” that would serve as one of the defining texts of the civil-rights movement; or modern-day great <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ta-Nehisi-Coates">Ta-Nehisi Coates</a> who in 2014 wrote “<a target="_blank" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/">The Case for Reparations</a>”, The Atlantic has been leading public debate for centuries. Long may it continue…</p><p><strong>Support Independent Journalism</strong></p><p>Hey there, each podcast episode and newsletter takes around 12 hours to put together. If you’ve enjoyed today’s episode, please consider subscribing so we can continue delivering you the most important news from around the world 🙏</p><p>You’re Weird 🤨</p><p>No you’re weird! Shut up Daniel… <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/04/the-perks-of-being-a-weirdo/606778/">Weird</a> was released in April and is the finished product of more than five years of research and writing. The book explores the science behind being an outsider and why being culturally, socially, physically or mentally different should be a badge of honor instead of a slur. </p><p>Olga isn’t alone. There’s a little weirdness in all of us, but it depends on how brave and willing we are to embrace it, which is why I’m so pleased Olga had the curiosity and courage to explore the psychological links between her upbringing as a Russian immigrant in West Texas, to her struggles and successes in later life. The book also explores why humans crave conformity, the consequences of social rejection and the hidden upsides of being “weird”. Just ask <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lady-Gaga">Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta</a> aka Lady Gaga who was <a target="_blank" href="https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/12/02/listen-lady-gaga-be-kind-stop-bullying">bullied in high-school and university</a> for being too eccentric. Or <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alan-Turing">Alan Turing</a>, who was <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk/the-northerner/2012/jun/20/alan-turing-geeks">ridiculed at school</a> for his unconventional behaviour but went onto help save the world from Adolf Hitler.</p><p>If you’re a fan of this stuff and can’t get enough, both Olga and I <strong>strongly</strong> recommend <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/susancain">Susan Cain’s</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/mar/22/quiet-power-introverts-susan-cain-review">Quiet</a>: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking.</p><p>Idiosyncrasy Credit</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-7908-2158-1_7">Idiosyncrasy Credit</a> is an old psychological concept that describes how someone’s unusual personality or ideas will be more accepted if that person is first seen as a conformist to a group’s norms. At the most basic level, most people use this technique subconsciously when trying to make new friends. But the concept can be applied to a plethora of scenarios including in the workplace.</p><p>For example, when I interviewed for my job at The Guardian and most recently at The Wall Street Journal, I focused on my ability to turn new and unusual ideas into appropriate stories for their respective audiences. When I got the job, instead of heading straight for a new Google doc to brainstorm the wackiest ideas I could think of, I needed to show my colleagues that I could conform to their workflow and help improve their existing ideas. Now that I’ve shown them (I hope) that I’m capable of step one, it’s time to experiment, which means get ready for stories on tornadoes, tornadoes, tornadoes (only half joking).</p><p>Another area where idiosyncrasy credits can be used is dating, which friend of the podcast <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/amywebb">Amy Webb</a> outlined in her book <a target="_blank" href="http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2013/01/amy_webb_s_data_a_love_story_using_algorithms_and_charts_to_game_online.html?via=gdpr-consent">Data, A Love Story</a>: How I Gamed Online Dating To Meet My Match. To help her find the one, Amy scouted her competition on various dating apps by recording the profile bios of hundreds of other women looking to court the attention of men. She found that the average profile description should be between <a target="_blank" href="https://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/22/living/online-dating-amy-webb/index.html">90 and 100 words</a>, be as common and unspecific as possible, and one that avoids controversy. Once you show these prospective men and women that you’re semi-normal, then you can start to be yourself.</p><p>Related Podcasts</p><p>That’s all for today, see you Wednesday for some Inside the Middle East fun! 👋</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">insidethenewsroom.substack.com/subscribe</a>
November 24, 2020
#88 — Josh Morgerman (Hurricane Man)
<p>Hello folks and welcome to another episode of Inside The Newsroom, where today’s guest is the hurricane man himself, Mr. <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/iCyclone">Josh Morgerman</a>. I had Josh and his director <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/carolinemenzies?lang=en">Caroline Menzies</a> on the <a target="_blank" href="https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com/p/37-hurricane-man">pod last year</a> to talk about their hit TV show, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10075244/">Hurricane Man</a> (highly recommended watch) which followed Josh to the world’s most remote places during the infamous 2018 cyclone season. This time around Josh’s setup was dramatically altered by Covid-19, so we caught up on this year’s hurricane season of which he spent in Mississippi.</p><p>As ever be sure to check out last weeks’s coverage outside the newsroom, with <a target="_blank" href="https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com/p/-inside-the-middle-east-nov-18">Inside The Middle East</a> and <a target="_blank" href="https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com/p/-picks-of-the-week-nov-20">Picks of the Week</a>. And if you’re a fellow weather geek, enjoy some of my previous podcasts…</p><p><strong>Job Corner</strong></p><p>We finally did it, 1,000 journalism jobs and internships! This week’s new postings feature the likes of CNN, the Economist and the Wall Street Journal. Keep spreading the word! 🙏 👇</p><p><strong>Data Corner</strong></p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="http://tropical.atmos.colostate.edu/Realtime/">Cyclone Activity</a>: Real-time data for all major ocean basins around the world, from Colorado State University</p><p>Who is Josh Morgerman?</p><p>Josh was born and raised in New York, studied history at Harvard and now resides in L.A. where he runs his own <a target="_blank" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshmorgerman">branding consultancy company</a>. Yes, not the typical route to becoming one of the world’s leading storm chasers. As Josh puts it, he was born to chase, which is why Josh has spent the past few months in <a target="_blank" href="https://www.baystlouis-ms.gov/">Bay St. Louis</a> in Mississippi, so that he’s just a drive away from this year’s hurricane action amid international travel restrictions. In non-Covid years, Josh has travelled to some of the most remote areas in the world to capture valuable data for scientists and academics to study. </p><p>Josh has been chasing storms for the best part of the past 30 years, but it was last year that shook him to his core. Chasing the most powerful hurricane on record to make landfall in North America <a target="_blank" href="https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com/p/devastation-in-the-bahamas">led Josh to the Bahamas</a>, where he intercepted <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-49553770">Hurricane Dorian</a> head on. When the worst of the storm had passed, not much was left standing, and there was a gut-wrenching 48-hour period when no one could reach him and he was presumed dead. While Josh didn’t study meteorology in college, he’s certainly a student of the field, so we’ll quickly run through some key terms we’ll use in today’s newsletter…</p><p>Correction: I originally stated that Hurricane Dorian was the most powerful hurricane on record. It’s not. It’s the most powerful to make landfall in North America.</p><p>The Hurricane Man 👇</p><p>Quick Glossary</p><p><strong>What’s the difference between a cyclone, hurricane and typhoon?</strong></p><p>A cyclone is the generic term for a rotating storm, and also the name given to large-scale rotating storms in the Southern Hemisphere. Under that generic label we have hurricanes, which are large-scale rotating storms in the North Atlantic and the Northeast Pacific, while a typhoon is the equivalent for large-scale rotating storms in the Northwest Pacific.</p><p><strong>What is Accumulated Cyclone Energy?</strong></p><p>Commonly known as ACE, it measures multiple metrics including wind speed and the number of days a storm lasts in order to give an overall impact.</p><p><strong>What are the different cyclone basins?</strong></p><p>The major ocean basins include the North Atlantic, Northeast Pacific, Northwest Pacific, North Indian, South Indian and South Pacific.</p><p><strong>What Are the Differences Between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?</strong></p><p>Key differences between the north and south include the time of year each has its season: In the north typically between June and November, and in the south typically between December and April. Cyclones in the north rotate counterclockwise, and clockwise in the south due to the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/coriolis-effect/">Coriolis effect</a>.</p><p><strong>Support Independent Journalism</strong></p><p>Hey there, each podcast episode and newsletter takes around 12 hours to put together. If you’ve enjoyed today’s episode, please consider subscribing so we can continue delivering you the most important news from around the world 🙏</p><p>Record Year in the Atlantic</p><p>Now that we know that there are multiple ocean basins around the world, let’s take a look at this year’s activity in each so far. You may have heard that the 2020 North Atlantic season has seen a record number of named storms — a storm with winds of at least 39mph — with 30, beating the previous record of 28 set during the <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Atlantic_hurricane_season">ominous 2005 season</a>. What also sets 2020 apart is the fact that we’ve seen a category 4 hurricane in four consecutive months (August to November).</p><p>Two more notable anomalies from this season: The last time we saw two hurricanes in November was in <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/index.php?season=2001&basin=atl">2001</a>, which saw a category 4, and two category 1s including Olga that dipped her toe into December (also extremely rare). Fast forward to 2020 and the category 4 <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2020/ETA_graphics.php">Hurricane Eta</a> and category 5 <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2020/IOTA_graphics.php">Hurricane Iota</a> both followed almost identical paths and slammed into Nicaragua, adversely affecting the likes of Honduras and El Salvador as well. While the National Hurricane Center is <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo.php">watching a disturbance</a> currently trying to form, fingers crossed we can close the book on the 2020 North Atlantic hurricane season.</p><p>What About the Rest of the World?</p><p>While the Atlantic has seen several records broken, overall activity in the <a target="_blank" href="http://tropical.atmos.colostate.edu/Realtime/index.php?loc=northernhemisphere">Northern Hemisphere</a> this year has been below average. The good folks at <a target="_blank" href="http://tropical.atmos.colostate.edu/Realtime/">Colorado State University</a> track activity in all the world’s major ocean basins, and thankfully the number of storms and ACE (see glossary above) is way down in the <a target="_blank" href="http://tropical.atmos.colostate.edu/Realtime/index.php?arch&loc=northeastpacific">Northeast Pacific</a>, which experienced its highest ACE on record in 2018, and the <a target="_blank" href="http://tropical.atmos.colostate.edu/Realtime/index.php?arch&loc=northwestpacific">Northwest Pacific</a>, which saw an insane five typhoons last year in November alone. </p><p>Elsewhere, the <a target="_blank" href="http://tropical.atmos.colostate.edu/Realtime/index.php?arch&loc=southernhemisphere">Southern Hemisphere’s</a> cyclone season is just starting… </p><p>Climate Change?</p><p>It’s the elephant in the room any time there’s a major hurricane, and it would be extremely negligent not to discuss climate change any time there’s a severe weather event. But that’s where things become extremely complex and we must contextualize wherever we can. The first thing we must decipher is the difference between meteorology and climatology, which are intertwined yet fundamentally different. </p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/what/what-is-meteorology">Meteorology</a> is the study of weather, most often on a day-to-day or even season-by-season basis. For example, we know that there were a record number of named storms in the Atlantic this year. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/climatology/#:~:text=Climatology%20is%20the%20study%20of,and%20temperature%20changes%20over%20time.">Climatology</a>, on the other hand, is the study of meteorology over an extended number of years. In order to conclude whether climate change makes hurricanes worse, we must look at long-term trends, including of the individual ingredients of a hurricane, which <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/weather/ng-interactive/2018/sep/11/atlantic-hurricanes-are-storms-getting-worse">I did for the Guardian</a> a couple of years ago.</p><p>Now, with that information, we still cannot definitively say any one hurricane (or any weather event) is directly linked to climate change, yet. But what we can conclude is that climate change is making monster storms such as Eta and Iota from this year, or Florence and Dorian from last year, much more likely. Friend of the podcast and legendary climate scientist Michael Mann has <a target="_blank" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/14/florence-climate-change-triple-threat">written about this very issue</a>, as have <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/18/climate/climate-changes-hurricane-intensity.html#:~:text=Climate%20Change%20Is%20Making%20Hurricanes%20Stronger%2C%20Researchers%20Find,-Hurricane%20Florence%2C%20seen&text=Hurricanes%20have%20become%20stronger%20worldwide,storms%20more%20intense%20and%20destructive.">many others</a>. Only time will tell if the trend continues…</p><p>That’s all for today! See you tomorrow for Inside The Middle East! 🌍👋</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://insidethenewsroom.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">insidethenewsroom.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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