Tag Archives: Journalism

Guardian ‘international development journalism’ contest excludes journalists from developing nations — again

Once again The Guardian has announced a journalism competition which has international development as its theme but exclude journalists in developing countries from entering. Continue reading

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Tweet-by-tweet: COP17 Climate Communications Day

What happens when 150 climate-change communicators get together to talk about their craft? Continue reading

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Mapping the moral high ground amid rising seas and sarcasm

A case of climate change communication and miscommunication, where science, satire, politics and the media collided with a crash. Continue reading

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25 tips for climate change journalists

This collection is based on training presentations to journalists from around the world, and especially the global South, that I have given in recent years. Continue reading

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You’ve got to be in it to win it

A journalism competition with international development as its theme should not exclude journalists in developing countries from entering. Continue reading

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More climate change but is it the right climate change?

Newspapers in developing countries are publishing more stories about climate change, but how much is locally relevant and how much is just recycled from the West? Continue reading

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Thank God for Fox News…

Research concludes that Fox News leaves its viewers significantly misinformed about climate change, while a leaked internal memo suggests the channel has actively deceived its viewers about the subject. Continue reading

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The curious case of the BBC and climate change

Rumours that the British Broadcasting Corporation plans to cut its coverage of climate-change are a reminder that we need to find new and better ways to communicate about this issue. Continue reading

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They kill environment journalists, don’t they?

Journalists face many threats for uncovering environmental abuses. Some more solidarity from their safer colleagues around the world would put the media spotlight on a growing problem that nations are obliged to tackle under the Rio Declaration they signed in 1992. Continue reading

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