,1,What is missing when it comes to climate reporting in Indian newsrooms? How do regional and foreign publishers pursue #climatechange stories? How is such reporting evolving and affecting businesses and the society at large?
These were some of the pressing questions that were dealt with at The #MediaRumble session titled 'Missing In Indian Newsrooms: The Climate Beat'. The Media Rumble 2022 was held in Delhi on October 14 and 15.
The speakers were Bibek Bhattacharya, national editor of Mint; Keya Acharya, a freelance journalist who has written on environmental and development issues for over 30 years; Omair Ahmad, South Asia managing editor for The Third Pole; and Gerry Shih, India bureau chief for the Washington Post. The session was moderated by Lou Del Bello, a veteran journalist who writes Lights On, a weekly newsletter covering climate and energy from a South Asian perspective.
“We are a civilisation that completely depended on monsoons for thousands of years,” says Omair. “In the last 50 years, we've decided to build cities that flood every single monsoon and that is an incredible display of idiocy.”
Watch.
00:00- 03:00 Session glimpses
03:01- 05:33 What is missing in climate reporting in Indian Newsrooms?
05:34- 06:04 How is climate change covered in different languages across India?
06:05- 09:53 How has climate reporting evolved and how can it improve?
09:54- 13:29 Apathy in climate reportage in mainstream media
13:30- 17:18 Prioritisation of climate reportage in the Washington Post
17:19- 19:38 Can India expect a climate angle in everyday stories not tagged as climate change?
19:39- 26:50 Importance of building teams to bring climate reportage in Indian newsrooms
26:51- 32:42 How to make climate change stories more accessible in India
32:43 - 38:59 How to equip newsrooms to make climate reportage more robust?
39:00- 42:33 Difference between environment reporting and climate change reporting in India
42:34- 49:04 Audience Q and A
49:05- 49:23 End
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