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Wolfgang Blau, the co-founder of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network, discussed the findings of his research on media and climate change in a lecture last week at Oxford University, and published the remarks to Medium. (He was previously global COO and president, international, of Condé Nast.)
“I am saying this jokingly, but there is a tendency amongst journalists — and this applies to me as well — there is a tendency amongst journalists to believe the answer to every problem that has ever existed is to produce more journalism about it,” Blau said.
Blau breaks down the news industry’s challenges into three categories: Operational, cultural, and ethical.
The operational challenges, which may be of extra interest to Nieman Lab readers, include:
- Climate literacy in the newsroom
- Climate literacy of audiences
- Audience segmentation
- Newsroom structure
- Online trolling
- Impact metrics
- Visuals
- Access to scientists
- Attribution
Read the full article about climate change coverage by Hanaa' Tameez at NiemanLab.