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How can journalists prepare to cover extreme heat events? Here are 7 lessons from experts at a recent event of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network. 🥵 Extreme heat is harming our societies and is something we should learn about and prepare for. In many parts of the world, its impact is now arriving with a regularity: for many months of the year, our systems are pushed and stretched. This regularity means journalists can (and should) prepare their coverage in the same way they plan an election, the awards season or the Olympic Games. 👩🏾💻 This year's annual event of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network, which we hosted earlier this month with our members, alumni and partners, focused on journalism in the age of extreme heat. Over six hours of programming, we heard from experts and journalists such as Eleni (Lenio) Myrivili, Surella Segú , Omnia El Omrani, MD and Lilys Njeru. It was a space to think about the many dimensions of this issue but also about how to report under demanding conditions. ✍️ A new piece by our colleagues Greg Cochrane, Diego Arguedas Ortiz and Katherine Dunn summarises seven takeaways from the event, from focusing on the health consequences of extreme heat and making sure reporters stay safe to learning from our experience covering COVID-19. A key quote: "We must go to the places and speak to the people affected to bring the story to life," they write. "While ‘heat’ itself is invisible, its effect on humans is not. The stories of extreme heat can be told from homes, health centres and hospitals, but these impacts also extend into almost every other aspect of society. Extreme heat isn’t just for the meteorology desk. It’s part of all beats and desks." Click to read below #climatechange #climatejournalism #globalwarming #extremeheat https://lnkd.in/dXCueQGT

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Earlier this month, we organised a deep-dive seminar on extreme heat. Nothing could be more topical as schools across South Asia shut down and cities issue 'emergency' heatwave alerts. Newsrooms need to report & protect their teams responsibly. Read more on our key takeaways here. #climate #heat #journalism Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

I had had very little sleep when I arrived at the European Journalism Centre (EJC) summit in Copenhagen on Fighting Climate Misinformation 🗞️. Even though I try to steer clear of American climate politics, the night of the 9th October I was sucked into an internet abyss about Hurricane Milton. A 'debate' raged on X about the myth that the hurricane was ‘engineered’ by the US government, and on Trump’s unfounded accusation that Kamala Harris had diverted emergency relief funds to support people arriving in the US without papers (she hadn’t. Obviously). All this misinformation and lack of funded climate journalism has real-world consequences - particularly for people caught in hurricanes. In the conference, we heard just some ways to tackle misinformation and get truthful fact-checked journalism out there: 🖊️ Supporting persecuted journalists & researchers through platforms like Forbidden Stories and Faktograf - Association for the Informed Public. 💻 Helping climate experts become influencers like the UN Verified Champions Programme ☀️ More constructive journalism highlighting solutions, as Politiken and Pioneers Post are doing. Full write up, plus an introduction on the right to repair by João Antonucci Rezende, in today's edition of The Green Fix 👇 https://lnkd.in/ed-jQY2u #ClimateJournalism #FakeNews #Misinformation #ClimateMisinformation #FightFakeNews #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice #Journalism #IndependentMedia #Disinformation

📣 The call for proposals for our Climate Arena conference is open! But what makes a great session? We've written a guide to help you craft a great pitch 👇 https://lnkd.in/g7zuKTAR Submit your proposals by 12 April 2024! ––––––––– The Climate Arena Conference returns for its second year! When: 18 – 19 October 2024 Where: Bologna, Italy This is a hands-on working conference, aimed at sharing knowledge and building connections in a friendly, collaborative environment. The conference is not just for journalists, but for academics, scientists and anyone working on investigating the climate, and uncovering issues affecting our environment. The conference is an opportunity for journalists and experts from different disciplines to learn from each other, build trust and share expertise. It is also a space to produce new ideas for climate investigations and build collaborations across Europe – because we all face the climate crisis together. #climateconference #climatecrisis #callforproposals #journalismconference #journalismandscience

Some of our favorite climate journalists are breaking down the biggest climate stories coming our way in 2024…you guessed it, the 60 elections taking place globally made the list. Join us in tuning in to hear this important briefing by Covering Climate Now at 12 PM ET today, and let us know what you think. Don’t forget to follow their work in the months ahead. #ClimateJournalism #Journalism #ClimateJournalist #ClimateStorytelling #ClimateNews

🆓 📰 We need to talk about PRESS FREEDOM. Today is World Press Freedom Day. Why should you care? Because journalists across the globe risk their life, their reputation and their personal safety to report on the stories that matter most- including the biggest story of our time, the CLIMATE story for YOU. 😢200 journalists have died doing their job since 2020 😢In 2023, 339 writers were jailed in 33 countries – a new record 😢 30 climate journalists have been killed since 2009... 😢...and that’s not counting the thousands of environmental activists who have been murdered in that time... 🔥 The worse the climate crisis gets, the harder it becomes for journalists to do their job safely. 🔥 ALL of this is happening at a time when 44% of the world (aka 3.6 billion people) live in areas highly susceptible to climate change... 💡Yet mainstream media repeatedly fails to tell the climate story! 💡 For example, mainstream media articles about the 2018 summer heatwaves mentioned climate change only 17% of the time. 💡And as per my previous post, less than 7% of climate news even mentions livestock agriculture's role in global GHG emissions. 🔥 The climate story IS the story EVERY DAY. And journalists need a FREE PRESS to tell it. ✔️Support a free press. ✔️Subscribe to independent media outlets. ✔️Protect climate journalism. #news #press #freedom #worldpressfreedomday #climate #journalists

I am excited to attend next Tuesday’s (Jun 18th) webinar and eager to learn from this expert panel. In this era of disinformation, particularly concerning climate change, the importance of truth in journalism cannot be overstated. Events like this play a vital role in addressing these issues. #ClimateChange #Journalism #Disinformation #TruthInMedia #ClimateAction https://lnkd.in/e_y-ntHy

This is quite a wonderful contribution filled with insight and advice for journalists and others. It skirts what I consider the elephant in the room (the mis-guided assumption that carbon is the measure of all things, to the detriment of faster-acting cooling solutions produced by repairing ecosystems that regulate climate). But it includes gems like this in every section: "Unfortunately, many of the solutions being proposed for a green energy transition are set to re-create the same inequities seen in our fossil-fueled society today." Here's the outline: Introduction I. The Everything Story II. Community Engagement III. Visualizing Climate IV. Climate Justice V. Myths and Disinformation VI. The Movement is the Story VII. Mental Health and Climate Trauma VIII. Beyond Fossil Fuels IX. Science and Training X. The Power of Local Journalism XI. Reporting Impact XII. Collaborations XIII. Funding XIV. Workflow and Capacity

Nearly half of journalists covering climate crisis globally received threats for their work Groundbreaking new research also reports that 11% of surveyed have faced physical violence in their reporting Almost four out of every 10 journalists covering the climate crisis and environment issues have been threatened as a result of their work, with 11% subjected to physical violence, according to groundbreaking new research. A global survey of more than 740 reporters and editors from 102 countries found that 43% of those threatened “sometimes” or “frequently” were targeted by people engaged in illegal activities such as logging and mining. Some 30%, meanwhile, were threatened with legal action – reflecting a growing trend towards corporations and governments deploying the judicial system to muzzle free speech. The global survey by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) and Deakin University is the first-of-its-kind scrutiny of the challenges faced by journalists covering arguably the most pressing – if not existential – issues of our time. https://lnkd.in/eP64vQnR