Thu, 29 May 2025, 10am - 4pm
The climate emergency challenges how we understand the relationship between our economy, environment, and society. It is framed in different ways by different people, and a journalist’s job is to cover all of the action and the angles. How can they do this and still be a part of the solution? This symposium will investigate climate journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, discussing its current practices and challenges, and exploring different ways we can tell media stories about the climate emergency. We will hear from leading climate journalists about their work in a news media industry under extraordinary stress, and from prominent climate news sources striving for urgent political, economic, and social change. Each panel discussion will include an audience Q&A session.
Join us in conversation with some of Aotearoa’s leading climate journalists, climate activists and communication scholars brought to you by the Communication for Social Change Research Centre and the Journalism, Media and Democracy Research Centre.