The Green Pen: Environmental Journalism in India and South Asia
New Delhi et al.: Sage (2010), xv, 303 pp.
ISBN 978-81-321-0301-1
"This is the first book on environmental journalism in South Asia. It provides an important benchmark for journalism in the region as well as an excellent source of material for the future evolution of environmental journalism. This is a collection of essays by prominent Indian and South Asian environmental journalists. Apart from essays from India, there are contributions from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and the Maldives. The essays examine this specialization of journalism both historically and in the present." (Publisher description)
I. ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING
1 Environment Stories, among the Most Challenging / Lyla Bavadam, 3
2 This Separate Category / Kunda Dixit, 12
3 Environmental Journalism at the Time of Economic Liberalisation / Richard Mahapatra, 20
4 Environmental Journalism since Economic Liberalisation / S. Gopikrishna Warrier, 28
5 The Most Serious News / Sunita Narain, 35
6 Writing about the Birds and the Bees / Keya Acharya, 38
7 My Words, It's Still Fun! / Sudhirendar Sharma, 45
8 Problems of Aesthetics and Misplaced Altruism: Media and Environment in Northeast India / Kazimuddin (Kazu) Ahmed, 51
9 Good Journalism, That's All / Kalpana Sharma, 59
10 Media is No Longer the Fourth Estate / Devinder Sharma, 64
11 Lost in the Smog / Dionne Bunsha, 72
12 Tourism and Beyond: Does Environmental Journalism Matter? / Frederick Noronha, 79
13 Environment Journalism, Maldivian Style / Ahmed Zaki Nafiz, 86
14 Uphill and Downstream in Pakistan / Beena Sarwar, 95
II. SCIENCE, HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT
15 Good Science, Environment Journalism and the Barriers to It! / Pallava Bagla, 109
16 Environment, Exotic Diseases and the Media: Emerging Issues / Patralekha Chatterjee, 116
III. WILDLIFE JOURNALISM
17 At the End of a Dark Tunnel, a Faint Light / Nirmal Ghosh, 127
18 Tiger Defends the Biodiversity / Malini Shankar, 135
IV. ENVIRONMENT AND WATER
19 The Media's Role in Water and Sanitation / Sahana Singh, 151
20 Water Journalism Warrants Better Attention / Shree Padre, 157
V. REPORTING ON DISASTERS
21 Dispatches from the Frontline: Making of The Greenbelt Reports / Nalaka Gunawardene and Manori Wijesekera, 171
22 Floods: Blacked Out but Real / Sunita Narain, 184
23 Turbulence: How Volunteers Cyber-Responded to a Tsunami / Peter Griffin, 187
VI. PHOTOJOURNALISM
24 Stop All the Clocks! Beyond Text, Looking at the Pics / Max Martin, 203
25 What Does One Photograph Do To Depict a Flood? / Shahidul Alam, 208
26 It Was a Long Journey / Nandan Saxena, 213
VII. COMMUNICATING ON THE ENVIRONMENT
27 Paradigm Shift in Agricultural Communication / Shivaram Pailoor, 225
28 A 'Global City' vs the Environment / Ardeshir Cowasjee, 232
29 Wild Panther in Miramar? Goa on the Verge of Environmental Hara-kiri / Nandkumar Kamat, 236
VIII. GENDER AND ENVIRONMENT
30 Reporting Gender and Environment: Beyond Tokenism / Laxmi Murthy, 251
IX. ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS
31 The Grass is Greener This Side / Meena Menon, 261
32 The Chipko and Appiko Movements / Pandurang Hegde, 271
X. AN ANIL AGARWAL READER
33 Media Games / Anil Agarwal, 285
34 Saying It with Pictures / Anil Agarwal, 288
35 No Screen Presence / Anil Agarwal, 291
1 Environment Stories, among the Most Challenging / Lyla Bavadam, 3
2 This Separate Category / Kunda Dixit, 12
3 Environmental Journalism at the Time of Economic Liberalisation / Richard Mahapatra, 20
4 Environmental Journalism since Economic Liberalisation / S. Gopikrishna Warrier, 28
5 The Most Serious News / Sunita Narain, 35
6 Writing about the Birds and the Bees / Keya Acharya, 38
7 My Words, It's Still Fun! / Sudhirendar Sharma, 45
8 Problems of Aesthetics and Misplaced Altruism: Media and Environment in Northeast India / Kazimuddin (Kazu) Ahmed, 51
9 Good Journalism, That's All / Kalpana Sharma, 59
10 Media is No Longer the Fourth Estate / Devinder Sharma, 64
11 Lost in the Smog / Dionne Bunsha, 72
12 Tourism and Beyond: Does Environmental Journalism Matter? / Frederick Noronha, 79
13 Environment Journalism, Maldivian Style / Ahmed Zaki Nafiz, 86
14 Uphill and Downstream in Pakistan / Beena Sarwar, 95
II. SCIENCE, HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT
15 Good Science, Environment Journalism and the Barriers to It! / Pallava Bagla, 109
16 Environment, Exotic Diseases and the Media: Emerging Issues / Patralekha Chatterjee, 116
III. WILDLIFE JOURNALISM
17 At the End of a Dark Tunnel, a Faint Light / Nirmal Ghosh, 127
18 Tiger Defends the Biodiversity / Malini Shankar, 135
IV. ENVIRONMENT AND WATER
19 The Media's Role in Water and Sanitation / Sahana Singh, 151
20 Water Journalism Warrants Better Attention / Shree Padre, 157
V. REPORTING ON DISASTERS
21 Dispatches from the Frontline: Making of The Greenbelt Reports / Nalaka Gunawardene and Manori Wijesekera, 171
22 Floods: Blacked Out but Real / Sunita Narain, 184
23 Turbulence: How Volunteers Cyber-Responded to a Tsunami / Peter Griffin, 187
VI. PHOTOJOURNALISM
24 Stop All the Clocks! Beyond Text, Looking at the Pics / Max Martin, 203
25 What Does One Photograph Do To Depict a Flood? / Shahidul Alam, 208
26 It Was a Long Journey / Nandan Saxena, 213
VII. COMMUNICATING ON THE ENVIRONMENT
27 Paradigm Shift in Agricultural Communication / Shivaram Pailoor, 225
28 A 'Global City' vs the Environment / Ardeshir Cowasjee, 232
29 Wild Panther in Miramar? Goa on the Verge of Environmental Hara-kiri / Nandkumar Kamat, 236
VIII. GENDER AND ENVIRONMENT
30 Reporting Gender and Environment: Beyond Tokenism / Laxmi Murthy, 251
IX. ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS
31 The Grass is Greener This Side / Meena Menon, 261
32 The Chipko and Appiko Movements / Pandurang Hegde, 271
X. AN ANIL AGARWAL READER
33 Media Games / Anil Agarwal, 285
34 Saying It with Pictures / Anil Agarwal, 288
35 No Screen Presence / Anil Agarwal, 291
