NPR Senior Climate Editor Offers Insights on Extreme Weather
NPR's senior climate editor, Rebecca Hersher, regularly advises her newsroom on understanding extreme weather in the context of climate change. She outlines key points for journalists covering these phenomena. Her guidance helps staff report on these events with informed context.
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Rebecca Hersher, NPR's senior climate editor, provides internal guidance to the newsroom when extreme weather events occur. Hersher states this guidance helps staff understand the role of climate change in these situations.
Hersher's role involves equipping journalists with information to contextualize weather phenomena for their audiences.
A photograph shows a woman walking in downtown Houston, Texas, on July 30, 2026. She walks in the shade during a regional heat wave. Ronaldo Schemidt of AFP via Getty Images took the photograph.
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