By Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope This story was originally co-published by Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation as part of CCNow. The coronavirus pandemic is a tragic reminder of just how essential fact-based, outspoken journalism is, especially in times of crisis. Without it, people die. In China, the lack of an independent press made […]
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This week, close to 100 fellow journalists “talked shop” at a Covering Climate Now webinar, asking questions, brainstorming ideas and making new connections as we adjust to reporting on the climate crisis amid the coronavirus pandemic. Mark Hertsgaard, executive director of CCNow and environment correspondent for The Nation, led the discussion, with panelists: Kyle Pope, […]
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Sign up to receive the weekly Climate Beat newsletter in your inbox. An absent dog does not bark, says an African proverb. The US press has hardly been absent during the coronavirus outbreak; many outlets have run stories about little else. But the focus on the virus has distracted the press from its watchdog function on […]
Sign up to receive the weekly Climate Beat newsletter in your inbox. To our partners: We’re changing the way CCNow does content sharing. Especially with so many newsrooms stretched to the max with coronavirus coverage, we want to make it easy for partners to share and republish more climate change stories, more often, at no cost. […]
Sign up to receive the weekly Climate Beat newsletter in your inbox. The coronavirus is a fierce reminder of just how much we need credible journalism, especially in times of crisis. And there’s been much to admire in the media’s coverage of the coronavirus crisis. Timely, accurate, high-profile reporting has helped Americans understand the danger of […]
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Photo: Joel Redman/If Not Us Then Who Editor’s note: This story is available for reprint by CCNow partners. Please see our reprint guidelines and photographs of the indigenous leaders quoted in this piece. B-roll, interview transcripts and further information can also be found here. NEW YORK–The same forest destruction that accelerates climate change can also […]
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FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2020 10 A.M. EASTERN TIME STREAMED LIVE VIA GOOGLE MEET RSVP: https://forms.gle/CzSeNfBLMGqfdgdP6 As a precautionary response to the coronavirus, this will now be an online-only event. Indigenous Peoples may be the most important—yet most overlooked—climate solution available, according to peer-reviewed science. Hear three indigenous leaders tell how protecting their human and land rights […]
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Photo by David McNew/Getty Images News / Getty Images With the world in the grip of coronavirus fears, many are wondering why governments and people have proven so willing to take science seriously on that front while continuing to spurn climate action. Coronavirus is without doubt a serious issue; it has claimed at least 3,000 […]
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America’s three mainstream television networks—ABC, CBS, and NBC—broadcast tens of thousands of news stories each year. But in 2019, only 0.7 percent of those stories addressed climate change, according to a new report by the left-of-center media watchdog group Media Matters. In other words, less than 1 out of every 100 network news stories talked […]
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