Keith Schneider:  

Keith is from White Plains, New York. Keith's schools include White Plains High School. Keith later attended Haverford College (American Studies) . Keith works(ed) at Circle Of Blue, New York Times, Us Climate Action Network. Movies Keith likes include Out of Africa, Bourne, The New Batman. TV shows Keith likes include SportsCenter. More about Keith:"For years now I've earned my keep as a writer, journalist, and public interest communications strategist. More recently, with the advent of the online platforms, I've become a producer, online strategist, public interest communications specialist. I've yet to write a book. But I've mastered every other conceivable deliverable in text in the 0 to 25,000 word format. Something about the 100,000-plus book format just doesn't make sense to me, at least it hasn't so far. It's been a good and productive journey. I've lived all over the country, reported from 49 states and four continents. My career for a time was spent in the newsroom of the New York Times, where I was a national correspondent for a decade from 1985 to 1995. I still regularly contribute to the paper and a number of other prominent on- and off-line publications. In 1993 I moved to 90 acres and a little cabin in Manistee County, near the top of Lake Michigan. Four months after I got settled a man representing the oil and gas industry came to my door to alert me that the entire region was a target for natural gas drilling. Long story short is that I got involved in a grassroots organizing campaign to convince the energy industry to embrace more environmentally sensitive drilling practices. That, in turn, prompted me to resign from the Times to found and direct the Michigan Land Use Institute, which grew to a $1.5 million a year organization with headquarters in Benzonia, 21 staff members, four regional offices in Michigan, and a fist full of remarkable public interest achievements. The organization's strength was its communications de...Expand for more