Climate Blueprint: The Movement Is the Story

Movements make change: Think civil rights, women’s suffrage and same-sex marriage. Such history-making is obviously newsworthy. But too many writers and editors shy away from covering climate movements today for fear of being labeled an activist.

Inspired by “The Climate Blueprint for Media Transformation,” the Solutions Journalism Network and Covering Climate Now launched a webinar series on pressing topics in climate journalism. In the first roundtable discussion, called “The Movement Is the Story,” we discussed the need for movement journalism, how to cover actions effectively, and how this reporting can give journalists a competitive edge. The panelists were Keerti Gopal, a health and justice reporter at Inside Climate News, and freelance journalists Amal Ahmed and Jennifer Oldham. Breanna Draxler moderated the conversation.