Reimagining journalism fit for a climate crisis
Journalism plays a key role in shaping public perception and responses to climate change, yet research shows that conventional Western journalism practice is ill-suited for addressing the current global crisis. It tends to shy away from advocacy and participatory journalism, and to focus on current rather than long-term events, national rather than regional interests, and problems more than solutions. So, let’s imagine doing climate journalism a bit differently. Join Senior Lecturer and former journalist Tara Ross as she explores how Pacific understandings and practices of interconnected time, space, relationality and talanoa (talking together to find solutions), might help us build a journalism that can better respond to planetary crisis.
Bio
Dr Tara Ross is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Media and Communication at the University of Canterbury and an award-winning former journalist of Pākehā and Tuvaluan descent. Her research focuses on journalism practice, Pacific media and communities, and the relationships between journalists and the communities they serve. She is a board member and research fellow with UC’s Macmillan Brown Centre of Pacific Studies and a judge for multiple journalism and communication awards, including the Prime Minister’s Science Communication Prize.
Event
Tuesday 10 September, 6:30pm @Dux Central, 144 Lichfield Street, Christchurch Central
Also speaking at this location at 8:00pm is Christoph Bartneck
