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    Has Climate News Coverage Finally Turned a Corner?

    Has Climate News Coverage Finally Turned a Corner?

    By Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope Some good news, for a change, about climate change: When hundreds of newsrooms focus their attention on the climate crisis, all at the same time, the public conversation about the problem gets better: more prominent, more informative, more urgent. In September, 323 news outlets from across the U.S. and […]

    A New Beginning for Climate Reporting

    A New Beginning for Climate Reporting

    By Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope It’s been 30 years since Bill McKibben rang the warning bells about the threat of man-made climate change — first in a piece in The New Yorker, and then in his book, The End of Nature. For most of that time, the response from most quarters of the media, […]

    Journalists Reporting on the Environment Faced Increased Dangers in 2018

    Journalists Reporting on the Environment Faced Increased Dangers in 2018

    By Kaamil Ahmed A pair of “French spies” had infiltrated India by sea to commit a “treasonous conspiracy,” an Indian minister claimed in late November. In reality, they were two visiting journalists, and their mission was an investigation into allegations of illegal sand mining in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. They had merely tried […]