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guiding the magazine toward engaging with some of the more controversial issues of the day. “National Geographic” is no longer simply exotic reportage. It is becoming a magazine that wants to help people make fully informed decisions about their increasingly complex world.
Recent stories have been intended to “elevate the debate” over topics like evolution and climate change. For example, last fall the magazine ran a story called “Was Darwin Wrong?” And this past August there appeared an article about the Louisiana wetlands, describing the potentially devastating effects of hurricanes.
The story, which delved into both technical and historical details of the populated areas lying below sea level, essentially predicted the terrible effects of Hurricane Katrina before the fact. “It was not a case of if, but of when,” said Johns. “And that is exactly what happened.”
“We have no political agenda”, Johns continued. “We stick to the facts and take them to the great debates of our time. We have had great success with that.”
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