Media Heading Astray on Climate Change?
July 29, 2019
More than 60 media outlets will focus on climate change for a week in September, as part of a project intended to show that “climate change is not just one more story but the overriding story of our time.” But turning up the threat level will be counterproductive, a communication and policy specialist recently argued in Issues, calling on journalists to focus instead on “contextualizing expert knowledge and competing claims, promoting consideration of a broader menu of policy options and technologies, and facilitating discussion that bridges entrenched tribal divisions.”