David Dickson

David Dickson is an award-winning meteorologist and the TV engagement director at the global media collaboration Covering Climate Now.

Children's clothes hang on the branch of a tree on the bank of the Guadalupe River near Camp Mystic on July 6, 2025, in Hunt, Texas.

Summer Camp Kids Did Not Have to Die in the Texas Floods Summer Camp Kids Did Not Have to Die in the Texas Floods

The deadly consequences of Trump’s National Weather Service budget cuts.

Jul 7, 2025 / David Dickson and Mark Hertsgaard

Protesters rally outside the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, on Monday, March 3, 2025.

Trump’s Deadly Assault on Weather Reporting Trump’s Deadly Assault on Weather Reporting

I’m a meteorologist, and breaking NOAA would undermine journalists’ ability to cover the story our audiences care about most.

Mar 6, 2025 / David Dickson