Routledge Handbook of Environmental Journalism

The Routledge Handbook of Environmental Journalism provides a thorough understanding of environmental journalism around the world. An increasing number of media platforms - from newspapers and television to Internet social media networks - are the major providers of indispensable information about the natural world and environmental risk. Despite the dramatic changes in the news industry that have tended to reduce the number of full-time newspaper reporters, environmental journalists remain key to bringing stories to light across the globe. With contributions from around the world broken down into five key regions - the United States of America, Europe and Russia, Asia and Australia, Africa and the Middle East, and South America - this book provides support for today's environment reporters, the providers of essential news in the 21st century. As a scholarly and journalistic work written by academics and the environmental reporters themselves, this volume is an essential text for students and scholars of environmental communication, journalism, and global environmental issues more generally, as well as professionals working in this vital area.

David B. Sachsman holds the George R. West, Jr. Chair of Excellence in Communication and Public Affairs at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. His books include Environmental Risk and the Press, The Reporter's Environmental Handbook, and Environment Reporters in the 21st Century. JoAnn Myer Valenti, Emerita Professor of Communication, is co-author of Environment Reporters in the 21st Century, a founding SEJ Academic Board Member, and an AAAS Fellow.

Part 1: Journalism and the Environment 1. The Development of Environmental Journalism in the Western World Mark Neuzil 2. Sources, Strategic Communication, and Environmental Journalism Anders Hansen 3. The Rise of Environmental Journalism in Asia, Africa, and Latin America Bill Kovarik 4. In the Crosshairs Eric Freedman 6. Finding and Following the Facts in an Era of Fake News Carey Gillam 7. Audio Storytelling Judy Fahys 8. When Environmental Documentary Films are Journalism JoAnn Myer Valenti 9. The Education Needs of Future Environmental Journalists Bernardo Motta Part 2: Environmental Journalism in the United States 10. Love Canal Rae Tyson 11. "What was tritium?" Conquering Our Own Ignorance Jane Kay 12. Reporting on Nuclear Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Rocky Flats Bomb Factory Len Ackland 13. How We Reported on the Paving of Paradise Craig Pittman 14. Risky Business: Covering the Environment in a Changing Media Landscape Mark Schleifstein 15. Communicate, Therefore I Tweet Bud Ward Part 3: Environmental Journalism in Europe and Russia 16. Environmental Journalism Robin Whitlock 17. The Environmental Beat John Gibbons 18. Environmental Journalism in France at a Turning Point Magali Reinert 19. A Green Façade on a Crumbling Building? Christopher Schrader 20. Environmental Journalism in the Nordic Countries Jari Lyytimäki 21. Environmental Journalism in Spain María-Teresa Mercado-Saez and Manuel Chavez 22. Environmental Journalism in Russia Angelina Davydova 23. Bringing Climate Change Reporting to Russia Angelina Davydova 24. The State of Environmental Journalism in the Balkan Region Maria Bolevich 25. Covering the Environment in Ukraine Mariana Verbovska Part 4: Environmental Coverage in Asia and Australia 26. The Status and Future of Environmental Journalism in Japan Masako Konishi 27. Environmental News Reports in China Ji Li 28. Environmental Journalism in India Maitreyee Mishra 29. Environmental Journalism in Australia and New Zealand Maxine Newlands 30. Environmental Journalism in the Asia and Pacific Region Maxine Newlands Part 5: Environmental Reporting in Africa and the Middle East 31. Environmental Journalism Tony Carnie 32. Swashbuckling Tales Fiona Macleod 33. Environmental Journalism in East Africa Margaret Jjuuko 34. Environmental Journalism in Nigeria and Gambia Ngozi Okpara 35. Journalism and Environmental Issues in the Middle East Nadia Rahman Part 6: Environmental Journalism in South America 36. Environmental Journalism in Latin America Fermín Koop 37. Ice Magnet Angela Posada-Swafford 38. Under the Canopy, by the River Gustavo Faleiros