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John R. Platt
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Editor, The Revelator
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Biography
John Platt is an award-winning journalist covering the environment, wildlife, technology and entrepreneurship.
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By John R. Platt Verified| The Revelator Verified Tom Toro is among the rare cartoonists whose work has become an internet meme. His most famous cartoon, which you’ve probably seen more than once, shows some raggedy survivors huddled around a post-apocalyptic fire:Toro has tackled other environmental issues in his cartoons for The New Yorker, Yale Climate Connections, and other publications, his own syndicated comic strip, “Home Free,” as well as his children’s picture books.
By John R. Platt Verified| The Revelator Verified Welcome to the inaugural edition of “Save This Species” — a column that lets people advocating for, or working with, a rare of interesting plant or animal share their stories and passions. We launch this column with my own entry, revealing one of the reasons so much of my journalism focuses on orangutans:Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), one of the world’s three orangutan species. Critically endangered.
By John R. Platt Verified| The Revelator Verified For the past four years, The Revelator’s “Species Spotlight” feature has helped scientists and conservationists share their stories about rare, endangered, and fascinating plants and animals around the world. Now “Species Spotlight” is morphing into something similar but new. We’re calling it “Save This Species” — a companion to our popular “Protect This Place” feature. This time we’re opening submissions to anyone who has worked with or advocated for these amazing species.
Company Info
The Revelator
The Revelator, a news and ideas initiative of the Center for Biological Diversity, provides editorially independent reporting, analysis and stories at the intersection of politics, conservation, art, culture, endangered species, climate change, economics and the future of wild species, wild places and the planet.
Portland, Oregon, United States