A fter Superstorm Sandy swamped the nation’s media capital in October, some shops, such as the Daily News and American Media, even had to relocate long-term. In the aftermath came the stories about climate change—seawalls, wetlands, whether we can afford to keep developing coastal property, and so on. Two major reports due out in 2013 should ensure that climate change stays in the headlines: The quadrennial US National Climate Assessment lands in June, followed by the fifth update from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world’s leading authority. The challenge for journalists will be to find a way to communicate the important, but decidedly unsexy, news in these reports in a way that sparks action.
After watching the media turn the fiscal tempest-in-a-teacup into a moment the public was compelled to take notice of, after all the CEO's and TV personalities lined up to protect
the first 400 grand of their income the public from the dreaded austerity which would have reduced the dreaded deficit, it would be nice if the media could get together in a similar way and generate some crisis level coverage for climate change. You know, to protectbeach front properties and agri-business investmentsthe public.Because the expense of it is getting harder to ignore... At least from the sane side of the gallery.
#1 Posted by Thimbles, CJR on Wed 2 Jan 2013 at 02:40 PM
Doh! Stupid strike close tag! Where did I puts yah?
(Originally before 'the public', but it didn't turn out that way)
#2 Posted by Thimbles, CJR on Wed 2 Jan 2013 at 02:48 PM