Community Newspaper Becomes Reader-Owned Cooperative

By Nithin Coca, Shareable

Reader-owners will, collaboratively, determine the future of the publication. It is uncharted territory, but one that readers, staff and editors are all eager to begin.

NAACP Reveals Tactics Fossil Fuel Industry Uses to Manipulate Communities of Color

By Ben Jervey, DeSmog Blog

The fossil fuel industry regularly deploys manipulative and dishonest tactics when engaging with communities of color, often working to co-opt the respect and authority of minority-led groups to serve corporate goals.

Living Dangerously

By Craig K. Comstock, Huffington Post

It's happening again, a TV presentation intended to wake people up to the challenge of the age.

The Oil ‘Revolution’ Story Is Dead Wrong

By Chris Martenson, Richard Heinberg, Peak Prosperity

You are about to hear one of the most important and most lucid deconstructions of the false promise of American energy independence.

The Good Kind of Protesters–and the Bad Kind

By Peter Hart, Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting

It's fair to say that the complex anti-government protest movements in both Venezuela and Ukraine were boiled down by US corporate media to send a clear message to their domestic audience: These are the good guys.

Apocalypse Not: The Oscars, The Media And The Myth Of ‘Constant Repetition Of Doomsday Messages’ On Climate

By Joe Romm, Climate Progress

Since this was Oscar night, it seems appropriate to update my post on what messages the public are exposed to in popular culture and the media.

Climate, politics & money – headlines

By Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org

•Climate change is here now and it could lead to global conflict •Kerry: Climate change as dangerous as WMDs •UK newspapers are talking more about climate change and flooding •From Occupy to Climate Justice: Merging Economic Justice and Climate Activism •Heatwave frequency 'surpasses levels previously predicted for 2030' •Arctic thaw significantly worsens global warming risk •Carbon divestment is a shining example

Toward a Finite-Planet Journalism

By Eric Zencey, The Daly News

The transformation of our perpetual-growth society into a steady-state society...would be less painful if it were eased by environmental journalism worthy of the name

Crowdfunding the Paradigm Shift

By Marissa Mommaerts, Transition US

What’s exciting to me is that this new approach challenges the way we usually do business, even in the non-profit world.

The Ideology Problem – Thomas Patterson’s Failed Technocratic Dream for Journalism

By Robert Jensen, Dissident Voice

For all the value of knowledge, it is of no use without the courage to face difficult realities.