Environmental History, Media and Technology
by Bill Kovarik
Index of columns and essays and random musings ...
COLUMNS
1. Technology and the limits of free speech
2. Leaf blowers and "overtech" (History of Technology)
3. Lies, damned lies, and oil reserves (History of Technology)
4. Nuclear power: It's aliiiiivvvee ... or, oh wait, is it? (rather dated)
5. Journalism and Peace (Media History)
6. Eteraphobia, H.G. Wells and Michael Chrichton (Environmental History)
(Reprinted in Environment Writer, Jan. 2004)7. Thoreau and the idea of a democratic news service (Media History)
8. The whale oil myth (History of Technology)
9. The new reign of witches (Free speech)
10. Protecting sources (Media History)
11. Convergence and specialization (Media History)
12. Earth Day and Public Rights (Environmental History)
(From a presentation at RU on April 22, 2004)13. Hating intolerance (Free Speech)
14. Careers in science and environment writing (Media HIstory)
15. America's emerging religious war (Free Speech)
16. Pattern recognition in the lessons of history (Environmental History)
(Society of Environmental Journalists, Spring 2005)17. Remembering Ken Saro-Wiwa (Media History, Environmental History)
(Society of Environmental Journalists, Fall 2005)18. William L. Laurence and the Pulitzer for atom bomb reporting (Media History, Environmental History)
20. Using new databases for historical research
(Society of Environmental Journalists, Winter 2005)21. A tale of two city dailies
22. Welcoming the VMI Center for Ethics and Leadership
23. Why join the AAUP ?
(Virginia Conference of the American Association of University Professors winter 2005 newsletter)24. Welcome to the occupation (Journalism as truth-seeking)
25. The wrong side of history (Against mountain top removal)
26. Memory curves and the global warming debate
27. Review of Lost Mountain (For SEJournal, Spring, 2007)
29. Doomed to repeat history (First Amendment controversy)
30. The ghosts of Buffalo Creek (Appalachian Voice)
31. Ten tips for journalists covering biofuels (lecture at the University of Misssour, March 2007).
32. Dark suspicions and leaking electricity . (from online debates about biofuels)
33. Recognizing Nature Deficit Disorder (Interview with Richard Louv)
34. Stone's Throw (Earth Island Journal, Summer 2007)
35. New Media strikes a deep chord (Appalachian Voice, Winter 2008)
36. Baseball and Rebellion: The Treason Trial of Bill Blizzard (Appalachian Voice, Spring 2008)
37. Letter on Journalism and Mountaintop Removal
38. Strange as this weather has been by Ann Pancake (book review for Appalachian Voice)
39. Does the Bible justify MTR mining? (Appalachian Voice)
40. Interview with Jack Spadaro (Appalachian Voice)
41. Citizens ask courts to investigate coal fly ash project for New River (Appalachian Voice)
SHORT PAPERS & LECTURES
1.New Publishing Technologies 1993
2, Automotive inventors and fuel choices -- ENPLAS Lecture Series, 2001
3 A short history of Industrial Health and Safety 2002
4. Beyond Computer Assisted Reporting. 2003
5. The library of the future, 2005
FROM MASS MEDIA AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICT (1997)
FROM AEJMC
Also see: Scholarly papers