COP Reporting – How to Prepare and Keep Focused [R]
The UN Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC is one of the biggest news events for international climate change negotiations each year, but it can be difficult to navigate as a journalist without the right preparation. Whether you are attending as accredited media or trying to make sense of the negotiations for your readers from afar, it is essential to understand the way the conference works and do your groundwork ahead of time, so you can get meaningful stories.
This class is part of our Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI).
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Investigating the Climate Crisis – Beyond Reporting the What [R]
In the midst of an unfolding global crisis, climate reporting is an urgent and necessary field, but there is a corresponding need for journalists to go further than reporting on what is happening due to climate change and investigate deeper questions: why it is happening, who is responsible, who is profiting and how the much-vaunted solutions are being undermined to the point of futility.
Climate Arson and Cover-Ups [R]
Discover a variety of innovative investigative methods put to good use uncovering environmental harms and greenwashing. From mapping fossil fuel projects in conservation sites, to cross-border collaborations digging through hidden harms buried within 'green' hydrogen investments, to using drones to expose the deliberate burning of the UK's largest natural carbon store, you'll hear from a range of the best environmental investigations around the world.