"The Pacific Media and Climate Change Project provided face-to-face training for 60 Pacific climate change practitioners on communicating climate science and adaptation knowledge and supported nearly 100 media people in reporting climate change issues. This hands-on training will be supported by this toolkit, which includes a Media and Climate Change Activities Manual and factsheets. The manual includes activities to improve journalists’ climate change reporting and interview techniques, while a series of factsheets contain concise, accurate and accessible information on issues such as climate mitigation, adaptation, ocean acidification and sea level rise. The material will support journalists’ ability to effectively communicate stories linking climate change to broader environmental issues." (Foreword)
Activity 1 Assessing national change coverage, 10
Activity 2 Newsroom challenge, 11
Activity 3 Climate Change interviews and sources, 12
Activity 4 Developing your contact list, 13
Activity 5 Environment news makeover! 14
Activity 6 Jargon buster, 16
Activity 7 Localising global environment news, 18
Activity 8 Linking your environment to Climate Change, 20
Activity 9 Climate Change and Waste, 21
Activity 10 Vox Pops to give your community a voice, 22
Activity 11 A thousand words, 23
Activity 12 Empowering Communities, 25