'Is this good enough anymore?': Why years of 'media silence' around climate won't return
US journalist Mark Hertsgaard said: “The main thing is to play the story as big as the story is.”
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US journalist Mark Hertsgaard said: “The main thing is to play the story as big as the story is.”
Cable news coverage of the recent congressional negotiations over the Biden administration’s infrastructure bill and reconciliation package has missed an important focus. Instead of covering it as a climate story -- as some networks briefly did in the wake of Hurricane Ida -- cable news shows have focused on the internecine fighting among the ostensibly different ideological wings of the Democratic Party. Specifically, networks have spotlighted the power of two Democrats in the negotiation process: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ). While cable news shows have focuse...
Judges described “The Great Climate Migration” as “breathtaking in its ambition and scope” and “impossible to ignore.”
It’s still a work in progress, but the Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards point the way.
Senator Joe Manchin won't quit fossil fuels, is going to neuter the reconciliation bill, and the whole planet is going to pay the price.