REPORTING THE ENVIRONMENT

Yini Guo

ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM

Reporting Current event Trends Issues People Policies etc

About the non-human world with which humans necessarily interact

CURRENT EVENT:JAPAN TSUNAMI AND FUKUSHIMA CRISIS (BBC NEWS)

TRENDS (GUARDIAN)

New Energy: Biofuels Sustainable Living

HOT ISSUESCopenhagen Summit 2009 Guardian

Earth Hour (Guardian) )

TOPICS

There are different environmental topics for journalist to cover.

Government and Organizations Law and Policies Technologies Agriculture & Food Safety Animal rights Activist Pollutions Disaster Water Quality Wildlife Vegetarian issues

Can refer to The Reporter’s Environmental Handbook EnviroLink http://www.envirolink.org/

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Government and Organizations In fact, a basic knowledge of government and organizations is a

must to every environmental journalist.

UK EU Defra EEA Environment Agency European

Commision SDC

etc. etc

WWF , GREEN PEACE, Friends of Earth

HK EPD: Environmental Protection Department FEHD: Food and Environmental Hygiene Department etc.

Policies and LawWhen reporting, you should be prepared to1) Participate in government debates (shorthand helps a lot!)2) Study tons of documents, transcript and files3) Understand difficult environmental terms4) Get used to boredsome http://www.parliament.uk/E.G Embedding sustainable developments across Government,

after the Secretary of State's announcement on the future of the Sustainable Development Commission ----- Environmental Audit Committee

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TechnologiesRequire journalists to have specialized knowledge about

environmental technologies issue.

Carbon emissions, carbon reuse, carbon storageNew energy : biofuels, solar power etcTransportation: Electric cars, hybrid cars etc…

Etc..

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Food Safety

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CCTV ---- Weekly Quality Report 每週質量報告

Formalin Squid, Formalin Pig’s blood/Fake egg, Fake chicken stock / industrial alcohol etc.

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The Guardian

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BBC

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Ming Pao

REPORTING THE ENVIRONMENT

There are different topics in reporting the environment.

Each requires different techniques. Many environmental journalists are

themselves activists. It’s a more and more important area in

journalism, still not matured in Hong Kong.

Potential

USEFUL WEBSITES Guardian EnvironmentHTTP://ENVIRONMENTGUARDIAN.CO.UKBIBI VAN DER ZEE http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/bibivanderzee中国环境新闻网www.cfej.net/

Committees , Department or Organizations Websites