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Marisa Mecke

Marisa Mecke

Verified

Environmental Journalist, WABE-FM (Atlanta, GA)

Atlanta

Beats

Primary beats

Environment

Secondary beats

ConstructionIndigenous PeopleHomeSportEducationInternet CultureWildlifeCommunicationsClimateEnvironmentRegional EconomyOrganic FarmingSustainable DevelopmentSocial DevelopmentSocial AffairsCryptoInternationalInequalityGarden

Biography

Environmental journalist for WABE 90.1 FM, Atlanta's NPR member station. Previously Gannett/USA Today Georgia covering the coast and climate in Savannah; Mountain Times/Watauga Democrat covering environment in western North Carolina.

Doesn’t Cover

sports, politics, gossip

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Content

Total articles 1069

  • The birds, the bees and aspirin: New book from Emory researcher discusses how animals use medicine

    By Marisa Mecke Verified| WABE-FM (Atlanta, GA) Verified At the Atlanta Science Festival in March, Dr. Jaap de Roode discussed his book, “Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes & Other Animals Heal Themselves,” with interludes of Camille Saint-Saëns’ “The Carnival of Animals,” played on the piano by Emory’s William Ransom and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Julie Coucheron. He told the audience that he starts his book by discussing the monarch butterfly. “Has anyone read the “Very Hungry Caterpillar? That book’s got so many mistakes,” de Roode laughed.

    By Marisa Mecke Verified · WABE-FM (Atlanta, GA)

    Apr. 16, 2025

  • Federal government plans to close metro Atlanta office monitoring flooding and pollution

    By Marisa Mecke Verified| WABE-FM (Atlanta, GA) Verified The federal government plans to cancel the lease of the U.S. Geological Survey’s office in Norcross potentially by the end of 2025. Still, it’s unclear what the fate of the office’s programs will be, causing major confusion for organizations working on water management in the metro Atlanta area.

    By Marisa Mecke Verified · WABE-FM (Atlanta, GA)

    Apr. 15, 2025

  • New park and kayak launch opens south of Atlanta on the Chattahoochee River

    By Marisa Mecke Verified| WABE-FM (Atlanta, GA) Verified The City of Chattahoochee Hills, along with state and nonprofit partners, is celebrating the opening of a new park on the Chattahoochee River as part of the Chattahoochee Riverlands. New RiverLands Park is 260 acres of conserved land right next to the river in Chattahoochee Hills. It includes multiple campsites, a restroom facility with a shower and one of the only fully accessible kayak launches on the river.

    By Marisa Mecke Verified · WABE-FM (Atlanta, GA)

    Apr. 03, 2025

As seen in

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution,Florida Today,Yahoo Sports Canada,Gainesville Sun,Florida Times-Union,Wabe-Fm (Atlanta, Ga),Sarasota Herald-Tribune,USa Today,Yahoo News,Npr,MSN (US)

Company Info

WABE-FM (Atlanta, GA)

McLean, Virginia, United States

+1 703-854-6000