Asian journalism education and key challenges of climate change: A preliminary study

Commentary: The mass media in the Asia Pacific region are reporting the environmental  disasters that are regularly hitting the planet religiously, and journalists learn as they go along. However, the reporting has focused mainly on the toll in human lives and property. This is disaster reporting an...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:1f76f4dc735a4570bf2648445836d1f92021-12-02T10:18:46ZAsian journalism education and key challenges of climate change: A preliminary study10.24135/pjr.v23i1.3121023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/1f76f4dc735a4570bf2648445836d1f92017-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/312https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035Commentary: The mass media in the Asia Pacific region are reporting the environmental  disasters that are regularly hitting the planet religiously, and journalists learn as they go along. However, the reporting has focused mainly on the toll in human lives and property. This is disaster reporting and it stops short of contextualising. It does not adequately explain why the environmental disasters are happening more violently and more frequently. Not too many reporters have taken formal courses in environmental journalism. Only a very few schools are offering regular courses, or programmes in science and environmental reporting, as indicated by a mini-survey in July 2016. The vacuum in formal science and environmental education is being filled by non-government organisations offering non-formal training.Crispin MaslogAsia Pacific NetworkarticleAsia-Pacificclimate changedisaster reportingenvironmental educationenvironmental journalismenvironmental disastersCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 23, Iss 1 (2017)
institution DOAJ
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topic Asia-Pacific
climate change
disaster reporting
environmental education
environmental journalism
environmental disasters
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
spellingShingle Asia-Pacific
climate change
disaster reporting
environmental education
environmental journalism
environmental disasters
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
Crispin Maslog
Asian journalism education and key challenges of climate change: A preliminary study
description Commentary: The mass media in the Asia Pacific region are reporting the environmental  disasters that are regularly hitting the planet religiously, and journalists learn as they go along. However, the reporting has focused mainly on the toll in human lives and property. This is disaster reporting and it stops short of contextualising. It does not adequately explain why the environmental disasters are happening more violently and more frequently. Not too many reporters have taken formal courses in environmental journalism. Only a very few schools are offering regular courses, or programmes in science and environmental reporting, as indicated by a mini-survey in July 2016. The vacuum in formal science and environmental education is being filled by non-government organisations offering non-formal training.
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title Asian journalism education and key challenges of climate change: A preliminary study
title_short Asian journalism education and key challenges of climate change: A preliminary study
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title_fullStr Asian journalism education and key challenges of climate change: A preliminary study
title_full_unstemmed Asian journalism education and key challenges of climate change: A preliminary study
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