John Fleck

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A Triumph of Omission

August 1st, 2012 · 1 Comment · energy policy, environment, journalism

By Arthur Alpert Credit the Albuquerque Journal with killing two birds with one stone. The “birds” are stories Journal management prefers not to cover because (I surmise) they contradict the newspaper’s editorial agenda. The first is the dangers of climate change or global warming as a result of human activity. The second is the political [...]

The Case for No Longer Serving Up a Diluted Dish on Climate Change

July 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Denise Tessier There’s an old saying:” If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.” The Journal hasn’t exactly stayed out of the “kitchen” when it comes to reporting on global warming. As we’ve said before, national stories carried on the Journal’s pages regularly talk about the warming trend. And Journal science [...]

Taking Note

September 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Arthur Alpert Let’s take note of two worthwhile Journal pieces. John Fleck’s story about upcoming WIPP layoffs (Thursday, Sept. 22, C1) lucidly tracked federal budget cuts down to contractors and, eventually, their workers. It wasn’t Fleck’s job to carry the story further, but it stands to reason that 65 fewer WIPP employees buying stuff [...]

A Sin of Omission: Nuclear Power Plants Are Related to N.M.’s Atomic Story

August 31st, 2011 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Denise Tessier Earlier this summer, the Associated Press, of which the Albuquerque Journal is a member-subscriber, released a four–part series taking a highly critical look at the U.S. nuclear energy industry. Each of the stories AP released between June 20 and 24 was lengthy, and could have individually filled a Sunday Dimension section of [...]

The Swift Debunking of Marita Noon (This Time, It’s Coming From INSIDE The Paper)

February 18th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized

By Tracy Dingmann We at Journal Watch saw the ridiculous claims of oil and gas shill Marita Noon on one of her Facebook pages in the wake of the natural gas outages in New Mexico. According to Noon, it was Texas’s heavy reliance on wind power – not the obvious and catastrophic failure of Texas’ [...]

Kirtland Jet Fuel Spill Story Shows Traditional Media Still Set Agenda

November 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Tracy Dingmann When it comes to newspapers, story placement doesn’t get any better than Page One, above the fold. And that’s what kind of treatment the Journal gave the massive jet fuel spill at Kirtland Air Force Base yesterday, with a Page One story by science writer John Fleck. The story, “KAFB Steps UP [...]

My Take On Those UpFronts

October 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

By Tracy Dingmann In regards to Denise’s blog post on Thom Cole’s UpFront piece from Wednesday: I see her objection and raise it ten-fold. Like Denise, I thought the story Cole produced on the (anonymous) appearance of Albuquerque Community Foundation executive director Randy Royster in a Diane Denish television campaign ad was overblown. And like [...]

Journal Puts "Spree" in Sen. Bingaman's Mouth

August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Arthur Alpert “Spree, n. 1. A carefree, lively outing. 2. A drinking bout. 3. A sudden indulgence in or outburst of an activity. See synonyms at binge.” – American Heritage Dictionary. I offer the definition above to cast light on an Albuquerque Journal headline this Wednesday morning, Aug. 25: “Stimulus Spree is Over, Sen. [...]

Atoning for Climate-Gate

December 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Denise Tessier Before we take a two-week hiatus for the holidays, I’d like to commend the Albuquerque Journal for recently publishing articles that atone somewhat for its running – just before the Copenhagen summit – the alleged climate change exposé now known as “Climate-Gate”. Last month, the Journal was among more than 325 American [...]

Yale Climate Media Forum: I Heart John Fleck

November 12th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized

By Tracy Dingmann It’s a little early for Valentine’s Day – and I’m a little late with this post – but I wanted to call attention to the consistently good writing done by Albuquerque Journal science reporter John Fleck. Fleck, who covers science, climate change and water issues and blogs here for the paper (subscription [...]