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David Sassoon

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David Sassoon is the founder and publisher of Inside Climate News. He has been a writer, editor and publisher for 30 years, involved with public interest issues: human rights, cultural preservation, healthcare, education and the environment. Sassoon founded a blog in 2007 which has grown and evolved into Inside Climate News. He earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard University, where he majored in history, and a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

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A Walk in the Woods with My Brain on Fire: Summer

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A Walk in the Woods With My Brain on Fire: Spring

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A Walk in the Woods With My Brain on Fire: The End of Winter

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A Walk in the Woods with My Brain on Fire: Autumn

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In Denver, the newsroom of the Rocky Mountain News sits empty in February 2009 after publication of the newspaper's last edition. The owner E.W. Scripps Co. announced that the "Rocky" was closing down after efforts to sell the money-losing newspaper failed. Credit: John Moore/Getty Images.

Igniting a Journalism Renaissance

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Daniel Ellsberg speaking to reporters during a recess in his federal trial in Los Angeles in May 1973. Ellsberg was accused of illegally copying and distributing the Pentagon Papers relating to the Vietnam war. A judge dismissed the charges. Credit: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images.

How Daniel Ellsberg Opened the Door to One of the Most Consequential Climate Stories of Our Time

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A refugee from Democratic Republic of Congo, collects water for their vegetable crops at a water pan in Kalobeyei settlement for refugees in Turkana County, Kenya on October 2, 2019. Credit: Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images

Ecocide: Should Destruction of the Planet Be a Crime?

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A Letter from Our Publisher

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New Leadership Team Running InsideClimate News

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Hollywood Foreign Press Association Awards $1 Million Grant to InsideClimate News

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InsideClimate News Launches National Environment Reporting Network

InsideClimate News Launches National Environment Reporting Network

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Exxon: The Road Not Taken

ICN's Exxon Series Honored With Oakes Award

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Will This Retired Lawyer Open the Floodgates of Divestment From Fossil Fuels?

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Grantham Foundation Awards $1.5 Million Grant to InsideClimate News

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ICN's Exxon Series Named Finalist for Goldsmith Prize

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Photos: 10,000 Protest in Paris for Climate Action

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In Photos: National Ambitions and Public Display at Paris Climate Talks

By Sabrina Shankman, David Sassoon

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