Talk:Eric Berger (journalist)

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A fact from Eric Berger (journalist) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 September 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Eric Berger wrote about weather for the Houston Chronicle even before he became a certified meteorologist?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2021/September. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eric Berger (meteorologist).

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On 8 January 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Eric Berger (meteorologist) to Eric Berger (journalist). The result of the discussion was moved.

Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

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

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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).[reply]

Review by Tbhotch

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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)[reply]

Requested move 8 January 2024[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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

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)[reply]

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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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.