Lauren is a producer for WBEZ’s local news broadcasts. Previously, she worked as a facilitator at the StoryCorps booth in Chicago. Lauren was also a production fellow at KNOM in Nome, Alaska, where she reported live from the finish line of the Iditarod sled dog race. Her work in Alaska earned five statewide awards. Before getting started in radio, Lauren got a B.A. in art history and wrote a thesis about monasteries in northern Greece. Outside of work, you can find Lauren performing in comedy shows across the city or eating a lot of Swedish Fish.
Lauren Frost
Producer
Stories by Lauren Frost
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New federal research on climate change in cities will include Chicago
The U.S. Department of Energy will study the effects of climate change on urban centers.
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Climate change threatens monarch butterflies
Monarch butterflies are in decline. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has designated them as endangered.
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Teen interns use the summer to learn about climate change
They’re part of the Nature Conservancy’s Youth Environmental Thinkers program in Illinois.
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Climate change may be warming nights faster than days
A climate science group looked at data and concluded that nights are heating up more than days across the country.
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How climate change could be affecting flour – and bakeries
A disaster at a Chicago bakery reveals how unusually dry weather can affect the quality of an essential ingredient.
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Climate change threatens toxic sites by Lake Michigan’s shoreline
A new report looked at industrial areas and a nuclear waste site at risk of releasing hazardous materials if storms and flooding hit.
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With latest ‘action plan,’ Chicago will try again to address climate change
The city of Chicago has a new climate change action plan. It’s the latest in a series of plans that haven’t always met goals.
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The Field Museum reckons with its own history in a new exhibition
The Field Museum spent four years redesigning its Native North America hall. That involved looking inward at the harm the museum had done.
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Chicago-area youth tie climate change to schools
Students from the Chicago Climate Youth Coalition used Earth Day to push for more green policies in Chicago Public Schools.
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The climate risks of cooking with gas
Research shows gas stoves emit methane, even when they’re turned off, and carbon dioxide when they’re operating.
