Asian journalism education and key challenges of climate change: A preliminary study

Crispin Maslog

doi:10.24135/pjr.v23i1.312

Crispin Maslog

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24135/pjr.v23i1.312

Keywords: Asia-Pacific, climate change, disaster reporting, environmental education, environmental journalism, environmental disasters, forest fires, journalism education, Small Island Developing States

Abstract

Commentary: The mass media in the Asia Pacific region are reporting the environmental disasters that are regularly hitting the planet religiously, and journalists learn as they go along. However, the reporting has focused mainly on the toll in human lives and property. This is disaster reporting and it stops short of contextualising. It does not adequately explain why the environmental disasters are happening more violently and more frequently. Not too many reporters have taken formal courses in environmental journalism. Only a very few schools are offering regular courses, or programmes in science and environmental reporting, as indicated by a mini-survey in July 2016. The vacuum in formal science and environmental education is being filled by non-government organisations offering non-formal training.

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Author Biography

Crispin Maslog

Dr Crispin C. Maslog is a widely published Filipino writer, editor, and he has been a professor of communication for five decades. He is currently chair of the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC), the organisation he was a co-founder of in 1970 under the auspices of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.

References

Maslog, C. (2013a, October 30). Asia-Pacific analysis: Averting climate refugees. SciDev.Net. Retrieved from http://www.scidev.net/asia-pacific/climate-change/analysis-blog/asia-pacific-analysis-averting-climate-refugees.html

Maslog, C. (2013b, July 30). Asia-Pacific Analysis: Ending Indonesia’s forest fires, SciDev.Net. Retrieved from http://www.scidev.net/asia-pacific/pollution/analysis-blog/asia-pacific-analysis-ending-indonesia-s-forest-fires.html

Maslog, C. (2014a, September 19). Asia-Pacific analysis: Time for SIDS to sail. SciDev.Net. Retrieved from http://www.scidev.net/global/cooperation/analysis-blog/asia-pacific-analysis-sids-set-sail.html

Maslog, C. (2014b, March 24). Asia-Pacific Analysis: A plan for all typhoon seasons. SciDev.Net. Retrieved from http://www.scidev.net/asia-pacific/disasters/analysis-blog/asia-pacific-analysis-a-plan-for-all-typhoon-seasons.html

Maslog, C. (2016). Mini survey on Asian journalism education on climate change, July 2016.

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