By restructuring, all of our products are better.” “When you have a divide between print and digital, you have online people assigning things that would be better with print support, and print people assigning things that would be better online. “Anyone will tell you they are some form of platform agnostic, but this is not true in practice,” Jackson said. Jackson believes by breaking down traditional barriers between print and digital teams, the Pacific Standard product is in better service to their audience. When editors want feedback, they still have access to colleagues and weekly editorial meetings, but editors are trusted to make decisions at their discretion. Instead of assignments made by channel, editors pitch topics and “where” is decided based on what the piece needs to touch a reader’s head and heart. To help fulfill this promise, Jackson changed the organizational structure in the office to empower his print and digital teams to think differently about where their stories lived in the magazine. Just reframe your stories so your reader is first instead of talking to “Four years ago, the conventional wisdom was people didn’t want to hear about long form reporting, that print media was dead,” Jackson said. Jackson continues that intention today, motivating colleagues like Jacobs, now deputy editor, to do the best work that’s always for readers, first. Under Streshinsky’s leadership, the magazine changed its name to Pacific Standard to better ground it in the telling of critical stories coming out of the west side of the country. Jackson took over as editor-in-chief of the award-winning Pacific Standard print and online magazine in 2015, committed to combining “research that matters with ambitious narrative and investigative reporting.” Started in 2008 under the name Miller-McCune, the publication has grown in both circulation and online viewership since Maria Streshinsky, former managing editor of The Atlantic, took over in April 2011. Good writing and old-fashioned reporting is a rare thing in the industry these days, and I can always trust I’m getting the best with a Medill grad.” “At Medill, we’ve all gone through specific training,” Jackson said, “not just knowing how to do the reporting, editing and writing, but how to tell that story using multiple channels. They both believe this is no coincidence. Whether currently at Pacific Standard or in previous experiences, the duo sees great work coming from Medill alums everywhere. Tune in as host Nick Hennen learns more from special guest, Chrissi Antonopoulos on this episode of SciVIBE.Medill alumni from left: Ryan Jacobs (BSJ11), Pacific Standard deputy editor and Nick Jackson (BSJ09), Pacific Standard editor-in-chiefįor alums Nick Jackson (BSJ09) and Ryan Jacobs (BSJ11), the sea of purple is real. Using low-cost sensors deployed in a new DOE Building America field study, they discovered some clear benefits in air quality from using portable air cleaners during this high smoke event. Together, they huddled inside and examined the air quality inside a nearly 100-year-old 2,600 square foot single-family dwelling in Portland, Oregon as wildfires raged nearby, creating toxic smoke throughout the city. Exposure to this kind of air has been linked to unfortunate health results.Ī PNNL research team, made up of Chrissi Antonopoulos, a Senior Analyst focusing on the advancement of energy- and carbon-neutral buildings, and Sam Rosenberg, a Data Research Scientist focusing on residential energy efficiency, indoor air quality, and building codes, studied this phenomenon.

This penetration of smoke can lead to high concentrations of tiny particles indoors when nearby wildfires are extreme. When wildfire season creates toxic air in your community, the creeping smoke can make its way into your home, creating hazards that aren’t always easy to detect.

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