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.
Tag: Media & Communications
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.
Reporting Fukushima headlines
By Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org
•On Fukushima Fears and Sensationalistic Reporting •What You Should and Shouldn’t Worry about after the Fukushima Nuclear Meltdowns •West Coast Radiation Exposure: What are the risks? •All The Best, Scientifically Verified, Information on Fukushima Impacts
Energy Bulletin and Resilience: Behind the scenes of the first 10 years
By Kurt Cobb, Resilience.org
In 2003 two young Australians, Adam Grubb and Liam Cranley, teamed up to fill a gap in the World Wide Web: solid information on peak oil. Prompted by a suggestion from Richard Heinberg, author of The Party's Over: Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Society, they imagined a website that would gather all the best information about peak oil and related topics.