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Environmental issues are of growing concern in China, with numerous initiatives aimed at encouraging dialogue and increasing awareness. And key to these initiatives is the environmental journalist. The first English-language study of this burgeoning field, this book investigates Chinese environmental journalists—their methodologies, their attitudes toward the environment, and their views on the significance of their work—and concludes that most respond enthusiastically to government promptings to report on the environment and climate change. Additional chapters demonstrate journalists’ impact in helping to shape governmental decision making.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Contents
Origins of this book
China’s media today
Method and acknowledgments
Chapter 2: China’s Environmental Governance
Environmental issues: Overview
The system of managing the Chinese environment
Principles of environmental governance
Issues
The localisation of power
Citizen involvement with compliance
Effects of the Internet
NGOS and what journalists think of them
The influence of globalisation
The rule of law
The right to know
External assessments
Chapter 3: Findings
Reporting the environment: the current situation
What are the deficiencies in reporting?
Range of stories and main themes
How reporters work
Media influence on environmental issues
Stories unpublished and what they tell us
Whence do journalists get their stories?
Obstacles to reporting and publication
Reporters’ solutions
Recent developments
Chapter 4: Illustrative Cases
The South China Sea
Xin’an area water resource development
The Round Bright Garden
The Tiger Leaping Gorge
The Tibetan antelope
Canton’s ambient haze
The Songhua River story
The Xiamen chemical factory
The Nu River
The Three Gorges Dam (Dai, 1989: 6)
The Sanlu milk powder case
Lake Tai and Mr Wu Lihong
Chapter 5: Recommendations
Policy-makers and lobbyists in the environmental field
Environmental awareness among media managers
Decision makers in the Chinese media community
Developing competencies in-house
Media departments in educational establishments
Relevant Chinese authorities
International media development actors
Chapter 6: Conclusion
Bibliography and References
Glossary
The Authors
Chapter 1: Contents
Origins of this book
China’s media today
Method and acknowledgments
Chapter 2: China’s Environmental Governance
Environmental issues: Overview
The system of managing the Chinese environment
Principles of environmental governance
Issues
The localisation of power
Citizen involvement with compliance
Effects of the Internet
NGOS and what journalists think of them
The influence of globalisation
The rule of law
The right to know
External assessments
Chapter 3: Findings
Reporting the environment: the current situation
What are the deficiencies in reporting?
Range of stories and main themes
How reporters work
Media influence on environmental issues
Stories unpublished and what they tell us
Whence do journalists get their stories?
Obstacles to reporting and publication
Reporters’ solutions
Recent developments
Chapter 4: Illustrative Cases
The South China Sea
Xin’an area water resource development
The Round Bright Garden
The Tiger Leaping Gorge
The Tibetan antelope
Canton’s ambient haze
The Songhua River story
The Xiamen chemical factory
The Nu River
The Three Gorges Dam (Dai, 1989: 6)
The Sanlu milk powder case
Lake Tai and Mr Wu Lihong
Chapter 5: Recommendations
Policy-makers and lobbyists in the environmental field
Environmental awareness among media managers
Decision makers in the Chinese media community
Developing competencies in-house
Media departments in educational establishments
Relevant Chinese authorities
International media development actors
Chapter 6: Conclusion
Bibliography and References
Glossary
The Authors