What role has the media played in the climate crisis?
For decades, around the world, climate change coverage has been thin. Guests discuss why the media in petrol states, in particular, have struggled to tell that story. Science illiteracy in newsrooms has led to a mixture of climate silence and false balance in print and on air. But, even when the science has not been contested, the way the crisis has been reported may have caused audiences to turn away. Can climate coverage learn lessons from how that other hugely consequential science story of our time \u2013 the pandemic - has been told? \nContributors : \nMark Herstsgaard, co-founder Covering Climate Now\nMarianna Poberezhskaya, associate professor Nottingham Trent University\nKris De Meyer, neuroscientist Kings College London\nWolfgang Blau, The Reuters Institute
Presenter: Graihagh Jackson\nProducer: Rosamund Jones \nEditor: Emma Rippon