Articles

A New Kind of Environment Reporting Is Needed

Blending objectivity with advocacy to arrive at sustainable journalism.

Networks Aren’t Tuned in to the Environment

By using storytelling to illuminate issues, ‘we tricked everyday viewers into paying attention to environmental news.’

Covering Breaking News on the Environment Beat

At The (Baltimore) Sun, a city disaster leads to new investigations.

Photojournalism and Environment Stories

A photographer’s work ‘explores the increasingly complex relationship between people and the environment.’

Newsroom Issues Affect Environment Coverage

‘One of our bigger problems can be our own employers.’

Training for Environment Writers

RELATED ARTICLE“Newsroom Issues Affect Environment Coverage”– Peter LordPaul Rogers, natural resources and environment writer at the San Jose Mercury News, compiled this list of training opportunities for journalists to improve…

Winter 2002: Introduction

Four decades ago reporting on the environment was what Paul Rogers, natural resources and environment writer at the San Jose Mercury News, calls “a fringe pursuit.” He writes that “the…

Connecting Scientific Data to Real Consequences for People

Power, passion and accountability are key ingredients of environment stories.

Investigating What Happens to Refugees in INS Detention

This is the kind of story that ‘many of us entered journalism to do.’

The Oregonian Investigates Mistreatment of Foreigners

Reporters uncover ‘a world of racism, sexism and questionable conduct.’