Episodes
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Is Climate Solutions Journalism the Solution?
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Extreme weather patterns around the world have brought new urgency to the need to connect audiences to the climate story. In short: our climate is at a breaking point. In a time of news avoidance, how can newsrooms create compelling climate journalism that both connects with audiences and communicates the sobering reality of the situation? Climate solutions journalism has been one tactic, but is it working?
This J-Talk event brought together climate journalists, academics and editors who are telling the climate story to discuss how to make climate journalism more engaging and impactful with global audiences.
The webcast was 60 minutes: 45 minutes of moderated conversation, followed by 15 minutes of audience Q&A.
The virtual discussion featured journalist Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood, a member of The Narwhal team, which received the 2023 CJF Award for Climate Solutions Journalism; Dr. Anabela Bonada, of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation; Mark Hertsgaard, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Covering Climate Now and Diego Arguedas Ortiz, Network Manager of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Laura Lynch, host of CBC’s award-winning climate solutions show What On Earth?, moderated.
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
State of Emergency: Reporting on Solutions to Climate Change
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
Wednesday Oct 27, 2021
From record-breaking heatwaves to prolonged droughts to migration crises and even production declines, our changing climate impacts all aspects of society.
What role can journalists play in ensuring that climate reporting doesn’t only cover “what is” but “what can be”? What role can concrete solutions-based coverage play in responding to this crisis? In the lead-up to COP26 on October 31, this panel explored the importance of climate solutions journalism in sharing valuable knowledge and lessons learned from academics, news leaders, and local communities.
Featured speakers Jonathan Watts, climate editor at The Guardian, Linda Solomon Wood, CEO and editor-in-chief at Canada’s National Observer, Mike De Souza, Managing Editor at The Narwhal, Laura Lynch, host of CBC’s What on Earth, and Blair Feltmate, climatologist and professor at the University of Waterloo, were in conversation with Fatima Syed, journalist at The Narwhal.