Wednesday, June 26, 2013

The State of Environmental Journalism in Germany and Russia


Former Fellow Angelina Davydova on reporting major UN Conferences on climate change/green economy/sustainable development issues both in Russian and German media:

This type of reporting, which connects themes about the environment, politics and business might be rather new to a Russian readership, as environmental journalism is just beginning to take root in the Russian media landscape.

The challenges I faced confirm this assumption and include the following issues: the distance and abstractness of global issues, lack of strong political decisions and commitments, problems referring to future issues which might seem less relevant at the moment, turning complex and diverse information into linear stories, contradictory scientific research data, and many others.

See full Article: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/about/news/item/article/the-state-of-environmental-journali.html