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Roger Cohn | |
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Born | United States |
Alma mater | Yale University |
Organisation | Yale Environment 360 |
Known for | Environmental journalism |
Roger Cohn is an American journalist. He is the founder and editor of Yale Environment 360 , an online environmental magazine published at the Yale School of the Environment. [1] Previously he served as the executive editor of Audubon and editor-in-chief of Mother Jones, which won a National Magazine Award for general excellence during his tenure. [2]
Cohn has written for publications including The New York Times Magazine , The Washington Post , and Outside and served as a lecturer at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. [3]
Roger Cohn attended Yale University, graduating in 1973. From 1977 to 1987, he was a reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer , where he covered environment and urban affairs. In 1980, he was part of a team of journalists that won the Pulitzer Prize for News Reporting for their coverage of the Three Mile Island nuclear accident. [3]
From 1991 to 1998, Cohn was executive editor at Audubon , helping to lead the magazine during a period when it became known for its environmental reporting. In 1999, he took over as editor-in-chief of Mother Jones , refocusing the magazine on in-depth investigative journalism. [4] Under his leadership, Mother Jones increased its circulation from 132,000 to 236,000 [5] and won a National Magazine Award for general excellence. [6] Cohn resigned from his post in 2005. [5]
In 2007, James Gustave Speth, then dean of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, recruited Cohn to helm a new online environmental magazine. [7] “We wanted to do a serious job of reporting on a broad range of environmental issues and science,” Cohn said. “It was a niche that was not being served, something in between an academic journal and a green publication on lifestyle issues.” [1]
In June 2008, Cohn launched Yale Environment 360 with articles by Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Kolbert, Fred Pearce, and Carl Zimmer. [8] Yale E360 has since won an Online Journalism Award for best specialty journalism site and a National Magazine Award for best video in digital media. [1] "The Warriors of Qiugang," a short film co-produced byYale E360 was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 83rd Academy Awards. [9]