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He is a journalist-in-residence at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and a founder of the <a href="http://www.ioes.ucla.edu/lens/">Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies (LENS)</a> in the IoES. He is editor of <a href="https://lensmagazine.org/">LENS Magazine</a> and a producer of the ‘Earth Focus’ documentary TV series produced by Public Media Group of Southern California (KCET| PBS SoCal | Link TV) and the Thomson Reuters Foundation. He is also a partner and strategic adviser at <a href="http://stamen.com/">Stamen Design</a>, a National Design Award-winning interactive design studio specializing in mapping, data visualization, and strategic communications. And he serves on the boards of directors of the <a href="http://libertyhill.org">Liberty Hill Foundation</a> and the <a href="http://www.larsppartners.org/">Los Angeles River State Park Partners</a>, and on the advisory councils of the <a href="https://www.uchastings.edu/academics/centers/indigenous-law-center/">Indigenous Law Center at the University of California Hastings Law School</a> and the <a href="https://www.lanlt.org/">Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust</a>. </p> <p>Jon was executive director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West, an interdisciplinary center for research, teaching, new media, and journalism at Stanford University before coming to UCLA. He has been an environmental journalist and science writer for more than 30 years. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Nature, High Country News, and many other newspapers, magazines, journals, and radio and television shows. He was a Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford in 2002-2003 and a Steinbeck Fellow at San Jose State University in 2003-2004, before returning to Stanford to work on a Ph.D. in environmental history and the history of science.</p> </article> </div> <div class="sidebar-content"> <div class='sidebar'> <p class="h5 headline"><span>Recent Articles</span></p>  <article id="post-62362" class="h-entry"> <a class="u-url" href="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/article/ucla-receives-500k-from-bezos-earth-fund-to-support-environmental-justice-in-urban-greening-projects/"> <img src="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sissy-Trinh-interviewed-at-ethnic-media-briefing-on-LA-River-scaled-e1689436646162-800x450.jpg" class="thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Sissy Trinh interviewed at ethnic media briefing on LA River" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" /> </a> <h2 class="p-name"><a class="u-url" href="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/article/ucla-receives-500k-from-bezos-earth-fund-to-support-environmental-justice-in-urban-greening-projects/">UCLA receives grant from Bezos Earth Fund to support environmental justice in urban greening projects</a></h2> </article> <article id="post-51416" class="h-entry"> <a class="u-url" href="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/article/program-co-produced-by-ucla-storytelling-lab-wins-local-emmy/"> <img src="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/KCET_earth_focus_still-800x450.jpg" class="thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Man loading coal on truck from Emmy-winning episode." decoding="async" /> </a> <h2 class="p-name"><a class="u-url" href="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/article/program-co-produced-by-ucla-storytelling-lab-wins-local-emmy/">Program co-produced by UCLA storytelling lab wins local Emmy</a></h2> </article> <article id="post-44400" class="h-entry"> <a class="u-url" href="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/article/kcet-and-ucla-launch-new-season-of-earth-focus-with-link-tv-and-thompson-reuters/"> <img src="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/earth-focus-collage-800x450.jpg" class="thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="kcet and ucla launch new season of earth focus with link tv and thompson reuters" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/earth-focus-collage-800x450.jpg 800w, https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/earth-focus-collage-2-600x339.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </a> <h2 class="p-name"><a class="u-url" href="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/article/kcet-and-ucla-launch-new-season-of-earth-focus-with-link-tv-and-thompson-reuters/">KCET and UCLA launch new season of Earth Focus with Link TV and Thompson Reuters</a></h2> </article>   </div> <div class="sidebar sidebar--feat-news"> <p class="h5 headline"><span>Recent News</span></p> <p class="c-card-link"><a href='https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-the-arrival-of-an-endangered-bird-indicates-whats-possible-for-the-la-river-180985390/'> Jon Christensen for Smithsonian Magazine—How the Arrival of an Endangered Bird Indicates What’s Possible for the L.A. River</a></p> <p class="c-card-link"><a href='https://dodgerblue.com/los-angeles-parks-alliance-lawsuit-dodger-stadium-gondola-project/2024/04/03/'> Jon Christensen for Dodger Blue — Los Angeles Parks Alliance Files Lawsuit Over Dodger Stadium Gondola Project</a></p> <p class="c-card-link"><a href='https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/06/los-angeles-river-pictures-rain-storms-flooding'> Jon Christensen for The Guardian — Yes, the Los Angeles River is dramatically full. But it’s just ‘doing its job’</a></p> <p class="c-card-link"><a href='https://abc7.com/dodger-stadium-gondola-environmental-impact-report-metro-traffic/14142040/'> Jon Christensen for ABC7 — Report: Dodger Stadium gondolas would remove thousands of cars on game day</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="main-content ioes-c-related-projects"> <h2 class="section-title-pad">Projects</h2> <div class="ioes-c-cards-person-projects-list"> <article id="post-44995" class="card-stacked-grid post-44995 project type-project status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry project_type-special-project topical_tags-art-culture topical_tags-cities-towns topical_tags-environmental-justice"> <a href="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/project/grand-theft-eco/"> <img src='https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/GTE-15-800x450.png' alt='' /> <h2 class="secondary">Grand Theft Eco: Environmental Futures of Los Angeles</h2></a> <p class="small">Grand Theft Eco: Environmental Futures of Los Angeles is a creative film project that repurposes the game engine and design of the video game Grand Theft Auto V to explore possible eco-futures of Los Angeles in the year 2050.</p> </article> <article id="post-37800" class="card-stacked-grid post-37800 project type-project status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry project_type-research-project topical_tags-cities-towns topical_tags-environmental-justice topical_tags-law-policy"> <a href="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/project/prads/"> <img src='https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/prads-report-cover-800x450.jpg' alt='greening without gentrification: learning from parks-related anti-displacement strategies nationwide' /> <h2 class="secondary">Greening without Gentrification: Learning from Parks-Related Anti-Displacement Strategies Nationwide</h2></a> <p class="small">When large parks are built in historically marginalized urban areas, they can contribute to “green gentrification,” a process involving increases in housing prices and the influx of new, wealthier and…</p> </article> <article id="post-37746" class="card-stacked-grid post-37746 project type-project status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry project_type-special-project topical_tags-art-culture"> <a href="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/project/lens-magazine/"> <img src='https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/kgfa-hjflaides-shenaa-800x450.jpg' alt='lens magazine' /> <h2 class="secondary">LENS Magazine</h2></a> <p class="small">LENS Magazine, hosted on Medium.com,  is home to essays, photography & art, criticism, stories, theory & practice and interviews curated by the Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies (LENS). Medium.com is…</p> </article> <article id="post-37453" class="card-stacked-grid post-37453 project type-project status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry project_type-research-project topical_tags-environmental-justice topical_tags-law-policy"> <a href="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/project/youthoutdoors/"> <img src='https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/youthoutdoors--800x450.jpg' alt='california state parks: a valuable resource for youth health' /> <h2 class="secondary">California State Parks: A Valuable Resource for Youth Health</h2></a> <p class="small">California state parks are a tremendous, potentially underutilized resource to promote youth health. More than half of young people under 18 in California live within the “visitorshed” of one or…</p> </article> <article id="post-37446" class="card-stacked-grid post-37446 project type-project status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry project_type-research-project topical_tags-air-food-water topical_tags-environmental-justice topical_tags-law-policy"> <a href="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/project/prop1/"> <img src='https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/prop--800x450.jpg' alt='striving for equity in public investments in water in california' /> <h2 class="secondary">Striving for Equity in Public Investments in Water in California</h2></a> <p class="small">In 2014, California voters approved a $7.5 billion bond measure to fund water quality, supply, and infrastructure improvements. Prop 1 included significant provisions to prioritize investments in disadvantaged communities. For…</p> </article> <article id="post-23807" class="card-stacked-grid post-23807 project type-project status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry project_type-special-project topical_tags-air-food-water topical_tags-art-culture topical_tags-cities-towns topical_tags-climate-change topical_tags-environmental-justice topical_tags-law-policy topical_tags-nature-conservation"> <a href="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/project/environmental-storytelling-collaboration-kcet/"> <img src='https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/earth-focus-collage-800x450.jpg' alt='environmental storytelling collaboration with kcet' /> <h2 class="secondary">Environmental Storytelling Collaboration with KCET</h2></a> <p class="small">LENS has partnered with KCET, the nation's largest independent public media company to produce engaging, research-driven environmental stories. </p> </article> <article id="post-9667" class="card-stacked-grid post-9667 project type-project status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry project_type-research-project topical_tags-cities-towns topical_tags-environmental-justice"> <a href="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/project/equity-park-funding/"> <img src='https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/prop84a-800x450.jpg' alt='equity in park funding' /> <h2 class="secondary">Equity in Park Funding</h2></a> <p class="small">Los Angeles has one of the worst reputations in the country when it comes to parks in metropolitan regions. But that could change on November 8, if voters approve Measure…</p> </article> <article id="post-9664" class="card-stacked-grid post-9664 project type-project status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry project_type-research-project topical_tags-air-food-water topical_tags-cities-towns topical_tags-environmental-justice"> <a href="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/project/coastal-access-california/"> <img src='https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/coast1-800x450.jpg' alt='coastal access in california' /> <h2 class="secondary">Coastal Access in California</h2></a> <p class="small">The California coast is reaching a tipping point of becoming out of reach for many Californians. </p> </article> <article id="post-9661" class="card-stacked-grid post-9661 project type-project status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry project_type-research-project topical_tags-climate-change"> <a href="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/project/climate-change-solutions-video-series/"> <img src='https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/videos-800x450.jpg' alt='climate change solutions video series' /> <h2 class="secondary">Climate Change Solutions Video Series</h2></a> <p class="small">Global climate disruption is affecting the planet in ways never experienced in human history. LENS is collaborating with the UC Office of the President to produce a series of six…</p> </article> <article id="post-9659" class="card-stacked-grid post-9659 project type-project status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry project_type-research-project topical_tags-art-culture topical_tags-climate-change"> <a href="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/project/holoscenesanthroposcene-suite-1-lars-jan/"> <img src='https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/900-740x450.jpg' alt='holoscenes/anthroposcene suite 1 by lars jan' /> <h2 class="secondary">Holoscenes/Anthroposcene Suite 1 by Lars Jan</h2></a> <p class="small">Holoscenes is a multi-platform artwork colliding the human body with water. The work includes performance installation, video, photographic, and print components. The Anthropocene Suite is a quartet of projections featuring…</p> </article> <article id="post-9565" class="card-stacked-grid post-9565 project type-project status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry project_type-special-project topical_tags-air-food-water topical_tags-cities-towns topical_tags-climate-change topical_tags-environmental-justice topical_tags-law-policy topical_tags-nature-conservation"> <a href="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/project/environmental-bonds-equitably-benefit-communities-looking-forward-based-analysis-prop-84/"> <img src='https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Prop84tool_LENS_edited-800x450.jpg' alt='prop tool lens edited' /> <h2 class="secondary">Environmental Bonds Should Equitably Benefit All Communities: Looking Forward Based on an Analysis of Prop 84</h2></a> <p class="small">In 2006, California voters approved Proposition 84, a bond measure authorizing $5.4 billion in spending on projects to improve parks, natural resource protection, and water quality, safety, and supply. Most…</p> </article> </div> </div> <div class="main-content ioes-c-related-publications"> <h2>Recent Publications</h2> <div class="ioes-c-pub-wrapper"> <article class="h-entry ioes-c-publication"> <div class="main-content"> <h1 class="h2 secondary"> <a href="https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/breaking-in-artists-and-the-changing-lineup-in-surfing"> Breaking In: Artists and the Changing Lineup in Surfing </a> </h1> <p class="p-authors">Jon Christensen, KCET Artbound</p> <p class="published-work"> Other | 2017 </p> <small><a href="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/publication/breaking-artists-changing-lineup-surfing/">permalink</a></small> </div> <div class="sidebar-content"> </div> </article> <article class="h-entry ioes-c-publication"> <div class="main-content"> <h1 class="h2 secondary"> <a href="https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/sea-sick-investigates-the-right-to-be-represented-on-the-beach"> ‘Sea Sick’ Investigates the Right to be Represented On the Beach </a> </h1> <p class="p-authors">Jon Christensen</p> <p class="published-work"> Published Work | 2017 </p> <small><a href="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/publication/sea-sick-investigates-right-represented-beach/">permalink</a></small> </div> <div class="sidebar-content"> </div> </article> <article class="h-entry ioes-c-publication"> <div class="main-content"> <h1 class="h2 secondary"> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/opinion/livable-city/la-ol-measure-a-parks-20161012-snap-story.html"> Los Angeles needs more parks. Measure A is the smartest way to pay for them we could have asked for </a> </h1> <p class="p-authors">J. Christensen, S. Ong</p> <p class="published-work"> Published Work | 2016 </p> <small><a href="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/publication/los-angeles-needs-parks-measure-smartest-way-pay-asked/">permalink</a></small> </div> <div class="sidebar-content"> </div> </article> <article class="h-entry ioes-c-publication"> <div class="main-content"> <h1 class="h2 secondary"> <a href="http://www.parksandrecreation.org/2016/June/Improving-Park-Funding-Measures-to-Achieve-Smarter-Equitable-Investments/"> Improving park funding measures to achieve smarter equitable investments </a> </h1> <p class="p-authors">Jon Christensen</p> <p class="published-work"> Published Work | 2016 </p> <small><a href="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/publication/improving-park-funding-measures-achieve-smarter-equitable-investments/">permalink</a></small> </div> <div class="sidebar-content"> </div> </article> <article class="h-entry ioes-c-publication"> <div class="main-content"> <h1 class="h2 secondary"> <a href="http://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/California-has-new-tools-to-ensure-park-funds-go-7873508.php"> California has new tools to ensure park funds go where promised </a> </h1> <p class="p-authors">Jon Christensen</p> <p class="published-work"> Published Work | 2016 </p> <small><a href="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/publication/california-new-tools-ensure-park-funds-go-promised/">permalink</a></small> </div> <div class="sidebar-content"> </div> </article> <article class="h-entry ioes-c-publication"> <div class="main-content"> <h1 class="h2 secondary"> <a href="http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article77287087.html"> A smarter way to pay for parks </a> </h1> <p class="p-authors">Jon Christensen</p> <p class="published-work"> Published Work | 2016 </p> <small><a href="https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/publication/smarter-way-pay-parks/">permalink</a></small> </div> <div class="sidebar-content"> </div> </article> </div> </div> </main> <footer role="contentinfo"> <div class="footer-block"> 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