For e-zine, it’s good being green
As newspapers and magazines across the country face budget cuts, layoffs and even closure, Yale’s 11-month-old environmental publication — “Yale Environment 360” — is not only surviving, but thriving.
The online magazine, also known as “e360,” has received two awards in the past month: “Best New Science Site” from Treehugger.com, a leading online “green” media outlet, and Official Honoree in the Webby Awards’ categories of “Best Science Site” and “Best Site for Copy/Writing.” The awards, which brought a temporary spike in Web site traffic, are helping to raise the site’s prominence...