OLD Media Moves

Former Greentech Media staffers help launch Canary Media

Former staffers of Greentech Media have launched a new energy and environmental news operation called Canary Media.

Canary’s editorial team will be led by managing editor Eric Wesoff and editor in chief Jeff St. John and feature Julian Spector and Emma Foehringer Merchant.

In addition, David Roberts, formerly of Grist and Vox, will join as editor-at-large, bringing his columns and podcast.

“Our team is committed to understanding and explaining the complex challenges we face in decarbonizing our global economy,” said St. John in a statement. “You can trust us to tell the truth, follow the money and leave no stone unturned in our mission — and I can’t imagine a better partner than RMI to support that effort.”

Canary debuts today with a free subscription newsletter.

“The solid support and enthusiasm of RMI, a dream partner, has empowered our team of independent, expert writers and reporters to fight another day,” said Wesoff in a statement. “We share an urgent mission of addressing climate change with maximum reach and impact.”

Corporate television coverage of climate change in the U.S. decreased 53% in 2020, according to Media Matters and the sector is poised to see $12 trillion of investment by 2050, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

Marketing and content specialists Nicholas Rinaldi, Katherine Tweed, Michael Munsell and Stephanie Primavera have signed on to build the organization’s digital platform and brand studio in the coming months.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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