Environmental journalism: characteristics and interfaces in a developing field

Abstract

This article presents a compilation of scholarly perspectives on environmental journalism, especially between 2010 and 2020. We begin from the standpoint and experience of non-Brazilian countries to notice changes that this field of knowledge has been going through in the international context. The goal is not only to reflect about the challenges faced by professionals working in this area, but also the interfaces between environmental journalism and other fields, such as economy and politics, and its characteristics in the current context. To guide our approach, studies by Pezzullo and Cox (2018), Hansen (2019), Takahashi and Meisner (2012), Druschke and McGreavy (2016), Boykoff (2011), Dotson et al. (2012), Willer and Takahashi (2018), Christians et al. (2009), and Williams (2017), among others, helped us construct this reflection.

Climate change and environment issues in cyber media construction in Indonesia

“…Media coverage of climate change and environmental issues is marginalized not only in Indonesia, but also in African, Latin American, Canada, and Europe countries. One of the reasons is that the coverage is high-risk and involves high costs (Gutsche Jr & Pinto, 2022;Strauss, et al, 2022;Holanda et al, 2022).…”

“…Due to the absence of advertisements, the cyber media does not regard coverage of climate change and environmental issues to be of economic value to companies (Strauss et al, 2021). Holanda disclosed that financial constraints are the most important factor for the media when producing climate change and environmental news (Holanda et al, 2022).…”