Routledge handbook of environmental journalism
London; New York:
Routledge
(2020), xx, 421 pp., illustrations, index
ISBN 978-1-138-47850-3 (hbk); 978-1-351-06840-6 (online)
"An increasing number of media platforms - from newspapers and television to Internet social media networks - are the major providers of indispensable information about the natural world and environmental risk. Despite the dramatic changes in the news industry that have tended to reduce the number of full-time newspaper reporters, environmental journalists remain key to bringing stories to light across the globe. With contributions from across the world broken down into five key regions - the United States of America, Europe and Russia, Asia and Australia, Africa and the Middle East, and South America - this book provides support for today's environment reporters, the providers of essential news in the 21st century." (Publisher)
Contents
Introduction: environmental journalism / David B. Sachsman and JoAnn Myer Valenti, 1
I. JOURNALISM AND THE ENVIRONMENT
1 The development of environmental journalism in the Western world / Mark Neuzil, 19
2 Sources, strategic communication, and environmental journalism / Anders Hansen, 38
3 The rise of environmental journalism in Asia, Africa, and Latin America / Bill Kovarik, 52
4 In the crosshairs: the perils of environmental journalism / Eric Freedman, 70
5 Finding and following the facts in an era of fake news / Carey Gillam, 83
6 Audio storytelling / Judy Fahys, 95
7 When environmental documentary films are journalism / JoAnn Myer Valenti, 99
8 The education needs of future environmental journalists / Bernardo Motta, 113
II. ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM IN THE UNITED STATES
9 Love canal / Rae Tyson, 125
10 "What was tritium?" Conquering our own ignorance / Jane Kay, 132
11 Reporting on nuclear weapons of mass destruction: the rocky flats bomb factory / Len Ackland, 146
12 How we reported on the paving of paradise / Craig Pittman, 154
13 Risky business: covering the environment in a changing media landscape / Mark Schleifstein, 159
14 I communicate, therefore I tweet / Bud Ward, 171
III. ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM IN EUROPE AND RUSSIA
15 Environmental journalism: the British experience / Robin Whitlock, 179
16 The environmental beat: public confusion, digital media, social media, and fake news in the United Kingdom and Ireland / John Gibbons, 188
17 Environmental journalism in France at a turning point / Magali Reinert, 203
18 A green façade on a crumbling building? Environmental journalism in Germany / Christopher Schrader, 212
19 Environmental journalism in the Nordic countries / Jari Lyytimäki, 221
20 Environmental journalism in Spain / María-Teresa Mercado-Saez and Manuel Chavez, 234
21 Environmental journalism in Russia / Angelina Davydova, 246
22 Bringing climate change reporting to Russia / Angelina Davydova, 250
23 The state of environmental journalism in the Balkan Region / Maria Bolevich, 255
24 Covering the environment in Ukraine / Mariana Verbovska, 260
IV. ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM IN ASIA AND AUSTRALIA
25 The status and future of environmental journalism in Japan / Masako Konishi, 265
26 Environmental news reports in China / Ji Li, 278
27 Environmental journalism in India: past, present, and future / Maitreyee Mishra, 291
28 Environmental journalism in Australia and New Zealand / Maxine Newlands, 306
29 Environmental journalism in the Asia and Pacific Region / Maxine Newlands, 316
V. ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM IN AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
30 Environmental journalism: a perspective from South Africa / Tony Carnie, 331
31 Swashbuckling tales: Oxpeckers peck away at the digital future of environmental journalism / Fiona Macleod, 343
32 Environmental journalism in East Africa: opportunities and challenges in the 21st century / Margaret Jjuuko, 354
33 Environmental journalism in Nigeria and Gambia / Ngozi Okpara, 366
34 Journalism and environmental issues in the Middle East / Nadia Rahman, 373
ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM IN SOUTH AMERICA
35 Environmental journalism in Latin America / Fermín Koop, 383
36 Ice magnet: the story of a thousand stories / Angela Posada-Swafford, 392
37 Under the canopy, by the river: covering stories in the Amazon and Congo Basins and the importance of a "pantropical" journalism / Gustavo Faleiros, 398
I. JOURNALISM AND THE ENVIRONMENT
1 The development of environmental journalism in the Western world / Mark Neuzil, 19
2 Sources, strategic communication, and environmental journalism / Anders Hansen, 38
3 The rise of environmental journalism in Asia, Africa, and Latin America / Bill Kovarik, 52
4 In the crosshairs: the perils of environmental journalism / Eric Freedman, 70
5 Finding and following the facts in an era of fake news / Carey Gillam, 83
6 Audio storytelling / Judy Fahys, 95
7 When environmental documentary films are journalism / JoAnn Myer Valenti, 99
8 The education needs of future environmental journalists / Bernardo Motta, 113
II. ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM IN THE UNITED STATES
9 Love canal / Rae Tyson, 125
10 "What was tritium?" Conquering our own ignorance / Jane Kay, 132
11 Reporting on nuclear weapons of mass destruction: the rocky flats bomb factory / Len Ackland, 146
12 How we reported on the paving of paradise / Craig Pittman, 154
13 Risky business: covering the environment in a changing media landscape / Mark Schleifstein, 159
14 I communicate, therefore I tweet / Bud Ward, 171
III. ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM IN EUROPE AND RUSSIA
15 Environmental journalism: the British experience / Robin Whitlock, 179
16 The environmental beat: public confusion, digital media, social media, and fake news in the United Kingdom and Ireland / John Gibbons, 188
17 Environmental journalism in France at a turning point / Magali Reinert, 203
18 A green façade on a crumbling building? Environmental journalism in Germany / Christopher Schrader, 212
19 Environmental journalism in the Nordic countries / Jari Lyytimäki, 221
20 Environmental journalism in Spain / María-Teresa Mercado-Saez and Manuel Chavez, 234
21 Environmental journalism in Russia / Angelina Davydova, 246
22 Bringing climate change reporting to Russia / Angelina Davydova, 250
23 The state of environmental journalism in the Balkan Region / Maria Bolevich, 255
24 Covering the environment in Ukraine / Mariana Verbovska, 260
IV. ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM IN ASIA AND AUSTRALIA
25 The status and future of environmental journalism in Japan / Masako Konishi, 265
26 Environmental news reports in China / Ji Li, 278
27 Environmental journalism in India: past, present, and future / Maitreyee Mishra, 291
28 Environmental journalism in Australia and New Zealand / Maxine Newlands, 306
29 Environmental journalism in the Asia and Pacific Region / Maxine Newlands, 316
V. ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM IN AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
30 Environmental journalism: a perspective from South Africa / Tony Carnie, 331
31 Swashbuckling tales: Oxpeckers peck away at the digital future of environmental journalism / Fiona Macleod, 343
32 Environmental journalism in East Africa: opportunities and challenges in the 21st century / Margaret Jjuuko, 354
33 Environmental journalism in Nigeria and Gambia / Ngozi Okpara, 366
34 Journalism and environmental issues in the Middle East / Nadia Rahman, 373
ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM IN SOUTH AMERICA
35 Environmental journalism in Latin America / Fermín Koop, 383
36 Ice magnet: the story of a thousand stories / Angela Posada-Swafford, 392
37 Under the canopy, by the river: covering stories in the Amazon and Congo Basins and the importance of a "pantropical" journalism / Gustavo Faleiros, 398
