A new report from Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) and Deakin University has documented urgent challenges confronting climate and environmental journalists across the globe, with 39% of them experiencing threats as a result of their work; and almost two-thirds feeling obliged to use climate skeptics as sources for “balance.”
The latest released report; Covering the Planet: Assessing the State of Climate and Environmental Journalism Globally, surveyed 744 journalists and editors in 102 countries including Journalists from East African Countries of Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia.
The report also highlights in-depth interviews with 74 journalists in 31 countries. According to the report, journalists were asked how they conduct their climate and environmental reporting—and what they require to do it better, as the deadlines for international treaty commitments fast approach.
This is the first truly global—and potentially the largest ever—investigation of the state of climate change and environmental journalism, incorporating the voices and insights of journalists and editors from around the world.
In East Africa, several journalists interviewed commented on the rapidly increasing speed at which mis/disinformation can reach audiences.
Read the full report here: https://earthjournalism.net/what-we-do/project-updates/raising-the-temperature-assessing-the-global-state-of-climate-and
