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Knight Center research director publishes new book on environmental communication

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Book edited by Takahashi and Rosenthal

Knight Center research director Bruno Takahashi has co-edited a volume titled Environmental Communication Among Minority Populations.

The six chapters in this volume dovetail with the idea that environmental communication scholars and practitioners can effectively intervene to engage ethnic groups that traditionally are not included in decision making or deliberation processes that directly affect their livelihoods. The chapter covers various populations in countries such as Canada, China, Guatemala, India, and the US.
Takahashi’s co-editor is Sonny Rosenthal, assistant professor at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
This volume originated from a pre-conference co-organized by Takahashi and Rosenthal on this topic at the 2017 meeting of the International Communication Association in San Diego, CA.

Knight Center research director publishes new book on environmental journalism in Latin America

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Dr. Manuel Chavez and Dr. Bruno Takahashi

Knight Center research director Bruno Takahashi has co-edited a volume titled  News Media Coverage of Environmental Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The edited collection provides an overview of the ways in which news media organizations across Latin America and the Caribbean cover global, regional and local environmental issues. Each chapter covers news coverage and journalistic practices in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru.

Book jacket

The chapters highlight the political, economic and social pressures that journalists face, which include the tensions between economic development and environmental conservation, as well as social inequalities that affect these countries.

Takahashi’s co-editors are center affiliate Manuel Chavez, Juliet Pinto of Pennsylvania State University and Mercedes Vigon of Florida International University.

 

Knight Center director reports on soft propaganda from Moscow, protests in Tbilisi

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By Eric Freedman

A short article on the website of Georgia Today, an English-language newspaper, was headlined “Journalism and Youth: The South Caucasus Media Forum” and read like an innocuous advance story about an upcoming conference “where lectures of prominent figures of journalism and political science for young journalists and observers will be featured.” It said the main topics of the Sept. 4-7 forum would include regional political culture and media trends.

I saw the story two days before leaving the U.S. to spend the fall teaching and doing research in the Republic of Georgia. Sounded useful to give me a better sense of the mediascape in the South Caucasus. Continue reading →

Study on dangers facing environmental journalists wins award

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Knight Center director Eric Freedman’s study of dangers facing environmental journalists was recognized as a Top Faculty Paper at the 2018 Association for Journalism & Mass Communications annual conference.

The award came from the organization’s Communicating Science, Health, Environment and Risk Division.

For the study, “In the Crosshairs: The Perils of Environmental Journalism,” Freedman interviewed journalists from five continents who had been arrested, interrogated, sued, harassed, physically assaulted or threatened for their coverage. It explored the impact of such situations, including the psychological effects on these journalists’ sense of mission and professional practices.

Freedman said environmental journalists around the globe are at heightened risk because environmental controversies often involve influential business and economic interests, political power battles, criminal activities, and corruption, as well as politically, culturally, and economically sensitive issues concerning indigenous rights to land and natural resources.