It’s been a busy year for TV weathercasters: July was the hottest month ever recorded in the United States, unprecedented wildfires scorched the West, the worst drought in 50 years parched two-thirds ...

In a time when only a handful of TV news stations employ a dedicated science reporter, TV weathercasters may seem like the logical people to fill that role, and in many cases they do. In the largest ...

"Weathercasters take on role of science educators; feel some uncertainty on issue of climate change." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2010 / 03 / 100329103658.htm (accessed June 27, ...

For the rest of the hour, we're going to talk about climate science, speaking with climate science, here in Oklahoma and TV weathercasters. A recent survey of nearly 600 broadcast meteorologists said ...

Before Spencer Christian, a weather forecaster with KGO-TV Channel 7 in San Francisco, steps before the camera during the station’s 6 p.m. newscast, he scrutinizes a computer screen to analyze the ...

"Why does the public trust weathercasters — especially since a prevalent stereotype of them is that they’re always wrong?" ...

This week in TV-news bashing, we learn that significant numbers of TV weathercasters are serving as climate-change experts, without training in climatology but with lots of confidence in their ability ...

FAIRFAX, Va., March 29, 2010—In a time when only a handful of TV news stations employ a dedicated science reporter, TV weathercasters may seem like the logical people to fill that role, and in many ...

Weather forecasters used to be some of the most trusted people in the news business. Then they began speaking openly about climate change. Meteorologist John Morales chokes up as he warns viewers in ...

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. Rolling Stone’s Jeff Goodell rang an old bell in early December when he called out TV weathercasters for ...