Environmental Communication In the News

On the opening pages of Chapter 1, Cox notes that the environmental news appears regularly on the pages of major news magazines. Here's a list of just a few recent stories from the New York Times.

You see articles related to coal, owls, champagne, and an environmental disaster (the recent Gulf Coast Oil Spill).

Suppose we wanted to categorize or tag these and related stories. What tags would you use? What other types of environmental news stories, not depicted above, do you typically see? What tags would we give these stories?

Blogging about the Environment

As Cox indicates, environmental issues routinely make the news (13).


I'll keep a running list of blogs that Cox and others reference. Hopefully, the list will be a good resource for you. If nothing else, you might skim some of the entries to get a feel for the genre of the blog post:

Dot Earth

A blog hosted by the NY Times.

Environment News Network

This blog reports on issues such as health, green technology, energy, and wildlife.

Grist.org

Grist reports on environmental news with a not so subtle touch of sarcasm.


National Geographic: Daily News

You'll find recent environmental news here--and award-winning photography.