I feel strongly that the general public should be aware of scientific advancements and have access to quality scientific information. As such, I openly welcome opportunities to speak with the media about severe weather and tornadoes. The following is a list of media outreach:
2024 Outreach (Currently a partial list)
- 3/4/24 – Phone interview with Catherin Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine – Tornadoes – facts and misconceptions
- 3/2/24 – Written interview with Jason Medina – Roof Gnome – Tornado hazards https://roofgnome.com/blog/studies/most-vulnerable-counties-tornado-damage/#expert=kc-rondello-md
- 3/1/24 – Live stream panelist for Girls who Chase Spring Training
- 2/28/24 – On air interview with Cameron Saliga: WDTN ABC Affiliate, Dayton, OH – recent tornado event
- 1/15/24 – Phone interview with Elijah de Castro for SciLine: The People Sentinel News
- 1/12/24 – Written interview with Jessica Thomson, Newsweek.com – Winter storms
2023 Outreach with links:
- 2/28/23 – Written interview with Loreben Tuquero for PolitiFact. Fact checking claim of acid rain from the train derailment and haz-mat incident of vinyl chloride in Eastern OH
- 3/4/23 – Invited panelist for Girls Who Chase Workshop
- 3/21/23 – Zoom Interview with WDTN TV: Severe weather preparedness (Cameron Saliga)
- 3/22/23 – Audio Interview with Rob Walker at BBC World Service Radio – Tornado preparedness and safety
- 3/23/23- Written Interview with Matt Rozsa on tornado chasing and science that resulted in an on line piece: https://www.salon.com/2023/03/29/we-cant-predict-tornadoes-with-high-accuracy-scientists-are-trying-to-change-that/
- 3/24/23 – Zoom Interview with Carolyn Wilke, Earth Science Reported at EOS – Fact checking and expert opinion on a new article published in Nature (Kosiba and Wurman)
https://eos.org/articles/tornadoes-fastest-winds-howl-close-to-the-ground - 3/27/23 – Invited panelist with Weather Brains Podcast – Tornado science, storm chasing, tornado preparedness/safety, mobile radars
https://weatherbrains.com/?p=10304 - 3/29/23 – Written Interview with Robyn White at Newsweek –Tornado preparedness, science. https://www.newsweek.com/tornadoes-difficult-predict-1791766
- 3/29/23 – Audio Interview with Allison Donnelly, novel and documentary writer – Discussion about the 31 May 2011 El Reno tornado, storm chasing, mobile radars, life in Norman, as research for a new book she’s writing.
- 4/1/23 – Phone interview with Ginger Adams Otis from Wall Street Journal – Recent tornado events in the context of climate change and seasonality, tornado formation. https://www.wsj.com/articles/after-direct-hit-arkansas-town-surveys-tornados-wreckage-3926996c
- 4/2/23 – On air live radio interview with KCBS Radio, San Fransisco – Recent tornado activity, forecast for next few days, “normalcy” of recent severe weather activity.
- 4/3/23 – Phone interview with Julia Jacobo from ABC News, New York https://abcnews.go.com/US/tornado-alley-shifting-due-climate-change-scientists-explain/story?id=98347077
- 4/5/23 – Email to SBS departments about severe weather (OSU internal) 4/5 – Email interview with Brandon Sapienze from Bloomberg Newsroom about how temperature impacts the ability of a baseball to travel through the air.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-07/is-global-warming-behind-major-league-baseball-s-home-run-spike#xj4y7vzkg - 4/5/23 – Phone interview with Amanda Hoover from WIRED on tornadoes and climate change. https://www.wired.com/story/americas-tornados-are-evolving-fast/
- 4/6/23 – Phone interview with Troy Smith with Axio in Cleveland, OH. https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2023/04/18/tornado-alley-columbus-ohio-weather
- 4/11/23 – Phone interview with Linus Holler about climate change and tornadoes from Northwestern University for the student newspaper.
- 4/23/23 – Email interview with Rebecca Strong for INSIDER magazine on general tornado science, formation, and climate change considerations. https://www.insider.com/why-tornado-alley-is-shifting-east-to-mississippi-tennessee-alabama-2023-4
- 5/2/23 – Phone interview with Max Filby from the Columbus Dispatch on recent tornado events in Ohio. https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2023/05/11/does-tornado-alley-now-run-through-columbus-ohio-heres-what-we-know/70179189007/
- 5/12/23 – OSU Geography Department webpage news https://geography.osu.edu/news/dr.-jana-houser-goes-hollywood
- 5/19/23 – OSU News: https://climate.osu.edu/news/tornado-alley-moving-east-covering-parts-central-ohio
- Various time 5/2023-7/2023: In field work with filmmaker Sean Casey to shoot tornadoes, severe winds, and hail for the Hollywood feature film Twister 2.
- 7/10/23 – Carlyn Wilke: Knowable Magazine – Tornado formation and science. https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/physical-world/2023/quest-to-understand-tornadoes
- 7/11/23 – Cameron Saliga: News 2: Problems with radar observations of low-level phenomena
- 7/13/23 – Sara Coleman: Progressive Insurance – climate change and extreme weather: https://www.progressive.com/resources/insights/extreme-weather-and-climate-change/
- 9/18/23 – Andrew Michael – Weathering the Run Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e17-dr-jana-houser-changing-what-we-know-about-how/id1668918092?i=1000629297692
- 12/7/23 – Elana Delasos – Washington Post: Climate and Climate Data in Asheville, NC https://www.exploreasheville.com/meeting-planners/industries/climate-science/