Censorship and misinformation take many different forms. When it comes to climate and environmental journalism, censorship can be enforced by governments or state-controlled media and mis/disinformation actively spread by bad actors. But good information is also skewed by self-imposed censorship in the face of threats, and journalists’ misguided efforts to produce a “balanced” story.
The latter are just a few of the more striking, yet nuanced, findings from a new study funded by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network. To achieve a global snapshot of the status of climate and environmental journalism, our partners at the Deakin University research team, led by Dr. Gabi Mocatta, surveyed 744 journalists and editors in 102 countries, conducted interviews with 74 journalists and editors in 31 countries and performed an extensive review of the existing research literature.
Read the report: earthjournalis...
29 сен 2024
