Journalism & Media

More than one observer has compared covering energy to the folk tale about the blind men who try to describe an elephant, and end up shouting at each other because they’ve each grasped a different part of the beast and believe their portion represents the whole thing. Freelancer Jennifer Weeks reports.

SEJ Publication Types:

Backgrounders [21]

Topics on the Beat:

Energy & Fuel [22]

Environmental Politics [23]

Journalism & Media [3]

Nuclear Power & Radiation [24]

Visibility:

Public [5]

Read more about Elephant Wrangling on the Energy Beat [20]

Changing the Language of Climate Change [25]

SEJ Publication Types:

Features [19]

Topics on the Beat:

Climate Change [26]

Journalism & Media [3]

Visibility:

Public [5]

Read more about Changing the Language of Climate Change [25]

Covering Climate: Are Journalists up to the Task? More Important — Is Journalism? [27]

SEJ Publication Types:

Features [19]

Topics on the Beat:

Climate Change [26]

Journalism & Media [3]

Visibility:

Public [5]

Read more about Covering Climate: Are Journalists up to the Task? More Important — Is Journalism? [27]

"How West Was Spun" [28]

"Mistakes were made, and one narrative too readily embraced, in coverage of the blast. Meanwhile, The Dallas Morning News excelled."

Chemicals [29]

Disasters [30]

Journalism & Media [3]

Public [5]

National (U.S.) [31]

Source: Columbia Journalism Review [32], 05/28/2013

Read more about "How West Was Spun" [28]

"A Word From Our Sponsor: Public TV's Attempts To Placate David Koch" [33]

Oil-and-chemical billionaire David Koch lobbies hard to influence U.S. politics and environment and energy policy. Did his money influence the kind of coverage presented on public television?

Activism [34]

Economy & Business [35]

Environmental Politics [23]

Journalism & Media [3]

Public [5]

National (U.S.) [31]

Source: New Yorker [36], 05/28/2013