Keegan Fraser
For his Honours research project, Keegan explored the accuracy of media reporting on the climatology of Tropical Cyclone Idai, reflecting on the statements of ‘fact’ portayed in these news articles pertaining to the category of the tropical cyclone, the wind speed, amount of rain, flooding and damage. He was awarded the top research project mark in his class for this work, the Stanley Jackson prize for the top Geography Honours student, and the Society of South African Geographers Award for top Honours project in the country. A few weeks ago, a paper from his research was accepted for publication in the international journal Weather, Climate and Society. Keegan is currently studying towards an MSc in Geography, focusing on a quite different topic, constructing a liveability index for Pretoria that could be used by the insurance sector.
Keegan’s first paper can be found here: https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/wcas/aop/WCAS-D-21-0085.1/WCAS-D-21-0085.1.xml
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