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Yini Guo. Reporting the Environment. Reporting Current event Trends Issues People Policies etc. Environmental journalism. About the non-human world with which humans necessarily interact. Current Event: Japan tsunami and Fukushima crisis (BBC NEWS). Trends (guardian).
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YiniGuo Reporting the Environment
Reporting Current event Trends Issues People Policies etc Environmental journalism • About the non-human world with which humans necessarily interact
Trends (guardian) Sustainable Living New Energy: Biofuels
Hot issues Copenhagen Summit 2009 Guardian Earth Hour (Guardian) )
There are different environmental topics for journalist to cover. Government and Organizations Law and Policies Technologies Agriculture & Food Safety Animal rights Activist Pollutions Disaster Water Quality Wildlife Vegetarian issues Can refer to The Reporter’s Environmental Handbook EnviroLink http://www.envirolink.org/ TOPICS
Government and Organizations In fact, a basic knowledge of government and organizations is a must to every environmental journalist. UK EU Defra EEA Environment Agency European Commision SDC etc. etc Reporting the environment HK EPD: Environmental Protection Department FEHD: Food and Environmental Hygiene Department etc. WWF , GREEN PEACE, Friends of Earth
Policies and Law When reporting, you should be prepared to Participate in government debates (shorthand helps a lot!) Study tons of documents, transcript and files Understand difficult environmental terms Get used to boredsome http://www.parliament.uk/ E.G Embedding sustainable developments across Government, after the Secretary of State's announcement on the future of the Sustainable Development Commission ----- Environmental Audit Committee Reporting the environment
Technologies Require journalists to havespecialized knowledge about environmental technologies issue. Carbon emissions, carbon reuse, carbon storage New energy : biofuels, solar power etc Transportation: Electric cars, hybrid cars etc… Etc.. Reporting the environment
Food Safety Reporting the environment CCTV ---- Weekly Quality Report 每週質量報告 Formalin Squid, Formalin Pig’s blood/Fake egg, Fake chicken stock / industrial alcohol etc.
The Guardian Reporting the environment
BBC Reporting the environment
Ming Pao Reporting the environment
There are different topics in reporting the environment. Each requires different techniques. Many environmental journalists are themselves activists. It’s a more and more important area in journalism, still not matured in Hong Kong. Potential Reporting the environment
Guardian Environment HTTP://ENVIRONMENTGUARDIAN.CO.UK BIBI VAN DER ZEE http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/bibivanderzee 中国环境新闻网 www.cfej.net/ Committees , Department or Organizations Websites Useful websites