Tag: water media

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March Water Cooler: Coming together to build stronger

Sussan García reflects on her first year at Water Hub, learning from Color of Water experts, partners, and community organizing ...

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January Water Cooler: Are you not edutained?

Sarah Bucci writes about the current water media landscape, plus registration for a new edutainment training, and 2026 digital ...

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November Water Cooler: Forest Days > Data Centers

José Aranda writes about data centers, Houston’s green solutions, and upcoming workshops with the Water Hub.

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Issue briefing: AI, data centers, and water

Learn the facts and ongoing discussions about artificial intelligence and its water impacts.

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5 takeaways  from #TeamWater’s $40M influencer campaign

The $40 million #TeamWater campaign shows just how powerful online creators are as cause communicators, and offers some lessons for ...

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National media scan: Weather whiplash makes headlines

We looked back at 2024 trends in water supply, safety, access, and affordability news to help us better understand what’s ...

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Defusing disinformation: How false water and climate facts spread

Experts share how to tackle climate and water disinformation.

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Navigating water news: Annual media scan and narrative predictions

We look back at trends in water media coverage and shares five themes we're watching in 2025.

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New media makers: Creators and journalists working together

Why we need traditional media and creators to work together to tell stories.

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What do we do now? Water communications in Trump times

Amid alarming text messages from schools, empty store shelves, ominous headlines, and panicked social posts from friends and colleagues, it’s ...

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Color of Water top hits of 2024

Our relationships team, José and Sussan, look back on 2024 to celebrate the voices and elevate the stories of Color ...

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10 water solutions stories to celebrate

Solutions-oriented journalism is necessary to help us see beyond the problems we face. We need to hear about, learn from, ...

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Reflecting on 5 years of learning and growth at the Water Hub

Nicole Lampe reflects on the Water Hub’s growth over our first five years, seasons of learning and leadership, and the ...

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2024 elections: What’s water got to do with it

We look at the water narratives that could shape the 2024 elections and what's at stake for the future of ...

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A digital poster with a blue background that reads: Virtual Media Briefing, Living in Harm’s Way: The Case for Investment and Technical Help in Community Disaster Resilience Zones. It includes headshots of five people: Rebecca Jim, L.E.A.D. Agency, Arif Ullah, South Bronx Unite, Hilton Kelley, Community In-Power and Development Association, Inc., Carletta Davis, We Matter Community Association, and Julie Nucci, Residents of the Village of Owego

Briefing: Building Resilience in Disaster Hotspots

A recap of the March 20 media briefing the Water Hub hosted in partnership with Anthropocene Alliance highlighting some of ...

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A digital poster with a blue background that reads: Virtual Media Briefing, Community-led Infrastructure in the Great Lakes, Grassroots groups tap federal clean water and climate resilience funds. It includes headshots of four people: Yvonka Hall from Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition, Joe Fitzgerald from Milwaukee Water Commons, Tanner Yess from Groundwork Ohio River Valley, and David Ross from Junction Coalition.

Briefing: Community-led infrastructure in the Great Lakes

A recap of the Water Hub’s February 22 media briefing on community-led clean water and climate projects in the Great ...

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What is resilience really? 2024 water narrative predictions

Dive into a new year of narrative predictions with the Water Hub where we look at the stories behind climate ...

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Color of Water Greatest Hits 2023

Recapping some of the highlights for the Color of Water network in 2023. Media love, social media shoutouts, and ...

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The Color of Water Podcast Series: Elevating Diverse Voices in Water Expertise and Experience

Water Hub and waterloop announce the launch of the Color of Water podcast series to highlight experts of color in ...

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Briefing: Clean Water And Climate Preparedness in the Great Lakes

Two years after the Bipartisan Law allocated billions for clean water and climate readiness, we asked Great Lakes leaders to ...

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