About This Newsletter
Carbon Paper amplifies great climate journalism from across Canada, in both French and English. We aim to promote journalism that digs deep into climate impacts, holds the government and industry accountable for climate action, and highlights climate solutions and people on the frontlines. Initiated by Professor Amélie Daoust-Boisvert at Concordia University in Montreal, this newsletter is made possible because of funding from the SSHRC Insight Development Grant project Du réchauffement à l’urgence: Les médias canadiens et la couverture des enjeux climatiques. The newsletter will get you up to speed on the latest climate news above the 49th parallel and be released once every month.
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The Team
Amélie Daoust-Boisvert
Amélie has been an Assistant Professor at Concordia since 2019 and is responsible for developing the Solutions Journalism for Health Improvement field in the Journalism Department. As climate change is the now main threat to public health, her research focuses on climate reporting and solutions journalism. She is inspired by the work of the Covering Climate Now coalition, which is pushing climate journalism in the direction needed for the future. Amélie believes that good climate/environmental journalism needs to treat climate change as the defining challenge of our time, with sufficient coverage and dedicated journalists making connections to climate change across the whole newsroom, not just in the science journalism pages. She is hopeful for the future of climate journalism as the field is growing again and gaining more traction across both traditional and alternative media. Amélie is a nature lover and is happiest outside whether she is running, swimming, or hiking.
Mélanie Lussier
Mélanie is completing a double major in Journalism and Political Science at Concordia, but it’s her curiosity and desire to continuously learn that led her to journalism. She is inspired by anyone who is passionate about something and loves to learn from others’ experiences. Mélanie believes that good climate journalism is solutions-oriented, balanced, engaging, and based on solid scientific data. Outstanding climate journalism she finds in Canadian news outlets gives her hope for the future of climate journalism, despite the corporate, political, and social barriers that still need to be overcome. Mélanie’s self-care includes (trying to) get eight hours of sleep per night, and disconnecting from work by reading, playing video games, or volunteering at her local dog shelter.
Brianna Losinger-Ross
Brianna’s love for writing, editing, and talking led her to Concordia’s Major in Journalism when she realized she could make a career out of asking questions. Inspired by the kind and hard-working people in her life, Brianna is hopeful about the future of climate journalism. She believes good climate and environmental journalism is about asking important questions and a commitment to accurate reporting that is backed by sound, not sensationalized, scientific data. Her self-care includes going to the gym or unwinding with a hot bath and a good book or TV show.
Marieke Glorieux-Stryckman
Marieke Glorieux-Stryckman is a Montreal-based journalist and is completing a degree in Journalism with a minor in Human Environment at Concordia University. She has a love of learning and sharing knowledge with others and is particularly passionate about climate and nature reporting. She believes climate solutions need to center the voices of Indigenous peoples around the world, as well as encourage us to go outside and reconnect with nature. Her work can be seen in The Concordian and The Rover. When she is not working on a story, she likes to do kickboxing, read or play video games.
Olivia Integlia
Bio to come
Past Collaborators
They left for new journalistic adventures, but their lasting contribution to the newsletter needs to be highlighted.
Léa Beaulieu-Kratchanov
Léa graduated with a Master’s degree in Journalism Studies at Concordia in 2022. With a background in international affairs, she initially turned to journalism as a way to tell stories about conflict, but has since widened her scope to include feature stories on culture, conservation, and the environment. She is most inspired by longform journalism about subjects that stand out from the mainstream news cycle. She believes good climate reporting presents the repercussions of the crisis at a human scale while furthering the conversation around solutions, and is encouraged to see climate change more routinely discussed globally. Léa is also passionate about photography, traveling, and reading.
Willow Beck
Coming from a background in wildlife biology, Willow decided to pursue a master's in Digital Innovation in Journalism Studies at Concordia when she realized the importance of communicating scientific issues to the public effectively. She graduated in 2023. Willow is inspired by scientists and communicators who have devoted their lives to acting on climate change. To Willow, good climate and environmental journalism can make a connection to the climate in unexpected places and can figure out a way to make scientific facts feel personal. She is hopeful about all the small independent climate journalists and environmental media outlets that have been finding success in the past few years. Her self-care includes yoga, getting outside, and binge-watching reality TV.
Special Thanks
We want to thank professor Sabine Bergler and research assistant Nadia Sheikh, both from the Computer Science and Software Engineering Department at Concordia, who made the coding that scrapes the web and social media for the best climate stories possible.
Credits: Text: Willow Beck; Translation: Mélanie Lussier; Pictures: Léa-Beaulieu Kratchanov.
