Talk:Eric Berger (journalist)

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 21:54, 20 September 2021 (UTC)

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• ... that Eric Berger wrote about weather for the Houston Chronicle even before he became a certified meteorologist? Source: In June 2005, he started his own blog on the Chronicle’s site. He didn’t yet have any meteorological training; he was just someone who liked talking about the weather.
  • ALT1:... that Eric Berger writes about space and the weather in Space City? Source: Space City Weather started as a side project for both meteorologists. After leaving his newspaper job, Berger moved to the science-focused website Ars Technica, where he covers NASA and the private aerospace industry.

• Reviewed: Aaron Martin (footballer, born 1989)

Moved to mainspace by Bait30 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:55, 6 September 2021 (UTC).

• Review by Tbhotch

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: A short article but long enough. Both hooks are interesting but I find the first one hookier. Everything is sourced accordingly and there are no copyvios. Good to go. (CC) Tbhotch^™ 03:03, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

Requested move 8 January 2024

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Bensci54 (talk) 18:20, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

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Eric Berger (meteorologist) → Eric Berger (journalist) – Seems to be primarily known as a journalist, writing articles for the Houston Chronicle and Ars Technica, not for a meteorologist career. The page history shows several moves back and forth from this title, so opening an RM for a full discussion. Natg 19 (talk) 17:35, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

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Support — His social media reflects his primary career as a journalist. His communication regarding meteorology arguably still falls into the journalism bucket. Penitentes (talk) 21:14, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

Support — Berger's work and coverage of him is largely about his editorial/writing work, and not for weather prediction (though he often writes about the weather). –TheAustinMan^{(Talk ⬩ Edits)} 03:56, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Support—Berger's role as a space journalist at Houston Chronicle and ARS Technica is clearly his most well-known occupation, with vastly more sources covering that then his earlier meterological career. N2e (talk) 17:00, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

Support: I will now concede that his work with Space City Weather can be classified as journalism, so journalist would be a more precise parenthetical.  Bait30  ^{Talk 2 me pls?} 22:24, 10 January 2024 (UTC)

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