Articles

Reporting on Children Held in INS Detention

‘It was this human contact that gave us the ability to get to the heart of his story.’

The Environment Beat’s Rocky Terrain

Editors often don’t see these stories as ‘traditional news,’ and reporters tread on sensitive ground inside the newsroom.

A Beat About Business and the Environment

A broadcast journalist starts to see stories through a more complicated lens.

Radio Uses Sound and Script to Transport Listeners to a Place

‘In environmental reporting, nothing is more elemental than the sense of place.’

Environment Journalists Don’t Get Much Respect

‘… the environment beat is so far down the journalistic pecking order that if it were alive it would be an amoeba.’

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.’