Maybe, but the press has a long way to go
Like Brulle and Boykoff, however, Fischer believes more than a few stars will have to align to make that happen.
“It seems like we had a mile’s worth of news in 2012, but climate coverage moved an inch, if that,” he says. “So, what will it take to make it a bigger story in 2013?”
The best answer, it seems, is a lot science, a lot of political and social interest, more severe weather (unfortunately), and no small amount of magic in the press.
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Social media in smaller markets - How three social media managers deal with smaller markets and more local coverage.
A rally for laid-off Sun-Times photogs - A protest Thursday morning drew about 150 picketers to the newspaper’s headquarters
Reporting, or illegal hacking - Scripps reporters are accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
Exchange Watch: California Dreaming - Low healthcare premiums on the West Coast were trumpeted as a big, good-news Obamacare story. But: “Compared to what?”
Oops! LAX TSA officer shamed a BoingBoing writer’s daughter
And he used his media clout to make it a thing
Can ladymags do serious journalism?
Some people don’t seem to think so
Atlantic launches weekly iPhone mag
The paid product its prez teased a few months back has arrived
The usefulness of pie charts, in two pie charts
Business Insider launched an excellent attack against pie charts. But if all those words are bogging you down, WaPo has a simpler version
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
The story of Climate Change Guru Al Gore selling out to big oil has already doubled the number of stories.
#1 Posted by Doha Dingleberry, CJR on Mon 7 Jan 2013 at 07:18 PM
President Obama’s silence on climate change is because he was laughed at for bringing it up in his State of the Union address in 2010:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGVuggNkjnI
#2 Posted by Steve Case, CJR on Tue 8 Jan 2013 at 06:54 AM