Meteorologist resigns, citing PTSD from threats over climate change coverage

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Meteorologist resigns, citing PTSD from threats over climate change coverage
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Meteorologist Chris Gloninger will step down from Iowa station KCCI partly because of PTSD he suffered after receiving threats related to his climate coverage.

Gloninger grew up in New York and became inspired to pursue meteorology after experiencing Hurricane Bob in 1991 as a second-grader, he said. As a reporter, he covered Hurricanes Sandy and Irene, and launched a weekly program on climate change with NBC10 Boston. In 2019, Gloninger won a regional Emmy therePushback on programming related to climate change was constant, particularly after Gloninger moved to Iowa and became KCCI’s chief meteorologist in 2021.

In that spirit, he replied with a conciliatory message to the first harassing email he received on June 21, 2022. It didn’t lead to a dialogue. Gloninger was at a barber shop when the second, more threatening, email appeared in his inbox. His stomach sank. He thought about his wife alone at home, so he rushed back and called the police.

that month after being arrested near Kavanaugh’s home. To Gloninger, it felt more menacing than past messages he had received.further alarmed Gloninger. He shared screenshots of them in a July tweet. When messages from the same sender continued, he worried the sender was obsessing over him. He said he saw a therapist for PTSD and lost focus at work.Police identified a 63-year-old man in Lenox, Iowa, who admitted in August to sending the emails, the Iowa Capital Dispatch

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