Science, Technology, and Environment Editor
Noelle manages Science, Technology, and Environment coverage at The Christian Science Monitor, with a specific focus on climate and the intersection of science and social issues.
‘More for less’: Renewable power surges into mainstream as costs fall
By Eva Botkin-Kowacki, Staff writer
Solar panels and wind turbines are often seen as a luxury that only a small amount of the world can consider as a way to generate electricity. But renewable energy may no longer be niche.
California’s conservative farmers tackle climate change, in their own way
By Jessica Mendoza, Staff writer
As California transitions from devastating drought into one of the wettest periods in decades, farmers are seeking new ways to protect their fields from whipsaw weather extremes.
In a time of division, could science find a way to unite?
By Eva Botkin-Kowacki, Staff writer
In the increasingly divisive political atmosphere, many Americans appear to be aligning themselves as if ready for battle. But in the science community, some are arming themselves for conversation rather than a fight.
Rapid Response Editor
As an editor on the Rapid Response team, Noelle served as both an assigning editor and a mentor to writers-in-training, helping young writers to develop stories on a wide variety of trending topics.
Without more sand, SoCal stands to lose big chunk of its beaches
Hawaii’s Beth Fukumoto is quitting the GOP. Whose defection is it?
New CO2 record: Is it time to geoengineer our planet?
Despite moral objections, panel gives cautious approval to gene editing research
Why Canada’s Trudeau is Trump’s ally on Keystone XL
Machines learn to find patterns in quantum chaos
Post-truth: what Oxford’s word of the year says about modern discourse
Colorado becomes latest state to legalize physician-aided death
First Looks Manager
As pilot editor of the Monitor‘s “First Looks” program, Noelle oversaw production of 8-14 rapid-fire stories per day, managing a rotating team of up to 17 writers, from story assignment, through content and copy editing, to web production and story promotion.
Noelle ran the program independently for one year, before developing a rotating stable of editors to continue the program. Throughout the two-year duration of the program, First Looks stories drove a significant portion of web traffic to csmonitor.com and helped to boost the site’s overall search engine ranking and acquisition of new readers.
Why Saharan Africa needs an agricultural revolution – now
Should 20-year-olds be allowed to smoke? Why Hawaii says no.
Robotic reindeer raise eyebrows: Will humans ever accept robots as normal?
Is gene editing moving too fast? CRISPR scientist raises concerns.
Why some gay men aren’t cheering FDA decision to lift blood donation ban
As Muslim harassment rises, so do calls for tolerance
Homelessness ticks downward across US, despite local crises
Threatened African vultures may be ugly, but we need them
From ‘fuzzy’ nautilus to red colobus monkey: ‘living fossils’ recovered
Pluto in pictures: a visual timeline of our changing view of icy orb
Junior National News Editor
As a junior editor on the national news desk, Noelle collaborated with staff writers and freelance correspondents on daily news coverage, enterprise stories for the Web, and feature articles for the magazine, working especially closely with the California-based writers, the senior science writer, and the national news interns.
‘Teddy bear’ no longer endangered: What’s behind the ‘rewilding’ of America?
By Patrik Jonsson, Atlanta-based staff writer
How Brazilian beef industry became latest ally in fight against deforestation
By Pete Spotts, Senior science writer
Why one town in oil-rich Texas is ditching fossil fuels
By Bryan Kay, Freelance correspondent
Echoes of Ferguson: Calif. traffic fines hit minorities hard, report finds
, Los Angeles bureau chief
Bullying prevention: Can students make kindness cool?
By Cristina Maza, National news intern
Could tipping reach a tipping point? Some restaurants try new model.
, Los Angeles bureau chief
Community courts let the punishment fit the crime, compassionately
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