The Green Pen

This is a collection of essays by prominent Indian and South Asian environmental journalists. The essays examine this specialisation of journalism both historically and in the present. Underlying almost all the essays is the changing nature of media in the region and the dilemmas facing environmental journalists writing on a subject that is a new entrant to the field of journalism. The essays cover the topic both in a detailed and serious manner, and at the same time the varied background of the writers ensures that there is a wide range of realities and experiences from the field.

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. Apart from essays from India, there are contributions from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and the Maldives. A must-read for all.

Sommario

Preface - Frederick Noronha and Keya Acharya
Foreword - Darryl D'Monte
PART ONE: ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING
Environment Stories, Among the Most Challenging - Lyla Bavadam
No icing, just bread and butter
This Separate Category - Kunda Dixit
Environmental Journalism at the Time of Economic Liberalisation - Richard Mahapatra
Environmental Journalism since Economic Liberalization - Gopikrishna Warrier
The Most Serious News - Sunita Narain
Writing About the Birds and the Bees - Keya Acharya
My Words, It's Still Fun! - Sudhirendar Sharma
Problems Of Aesthetics And Misplaced Altruism: Media And Environment - Kazu Ahmed
Good Journalism, That's All - Kalpana Sharma
Media is No Longer the Fourth Estate - Devinder Sharma
Lost in the Smog - Dionne Bunsha
Tourism and Beyond, does Environmental Journalism Matter? - Frederick Noronha
Environment Journalism, Maldivian Style - Ahmed Zaki Nafiz
Uphill and Downstream in Pakistan - Beena Sarwar
PART TWO: SCIENCE, HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Good Science, Environment Journalism and the Barriers to It! - Pallava Bagla
Environment, Exotic Diseases and the Media: Emerging Issues - Patralekha Chatterjee
PART THREE: WILDLIFE JOURNALISM
At the end of a Dark Tunnel, a Faint Light - Nirmal Ghosh
Tiger Defends the Biodiversity - Malini Shankar
PART FOUR: ENVIRONMENT AND WATER
The Media's Role in Water and Sanitation - Sahana Singh
Water Journalism Warrants Better Attention - Shree Padre
PART FIVE: REPORTING ON DISASTERS
Dispatches from the Frontline: The Making of The Greenbelt Reports - Nalaka Gunawardene and Manori Wijesekera
Floods: Blacked Out but Real - Sunita Narain
Turbulence: How Volunteers Cyber-Responded to a Tsunami - Peter Griffin
PART SIX: PHOTOJOURNALISM
Stop all the Clocks! Beyond Text, Looking at the Pics - Max Martin
What does One Photograph do to Depict a Flood? - Shahidul Alam
It was a long Journey - Nandan Saxena
PART SEVEN: COMMUNICATION ON THE ENVIRONMENT
Paradigm Shift in Agricultural Communication - Shivaram Pailoor
A 'Global City' vs the Environment - Ardeshir Cowasjee
Wild Panther in Miramar? Goa on the Verge of Environmental Hara-kiri - Nandkumar Kamat
PART EIGHT: GENDER AND ENVIRONMENT
Reporting Gender and Environment: Beyond Tokenism - Laxmi Murthy
PART NINE: ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENTS
The Grass is Greener This Side - Meena Menon
The Chipko and Appiko Movement - Pandurang Hegde
PART TEN: AN ANIL AGARWAL READER - Anil Agarwal

Info autore

A journalist with over 20 years of experience in in-depth writing and researching environment and development issues in Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America. Keya has travelled widely, covering assignments in various areas of the world. Her research has included climate change, urban solid waste management, rural alternative energy systems, implementation of laws on industrial hazardous wastes, human rights, ecotourism, wildlife issues, transgenic cotton, corruption and environment, population and gender, e-governance, agribiotech and forests and encroachments, among other topics. Keya is vice chair of the Forum of Environmental Journalists of India, and has organised several media-training workshops, convened international media meetings and undertaken media study tours. Keya has won several research and media fellowships and is the recipient of the Press Institute's award for Excellence in Human Development Reporting; the Prem Bhatia Award for Environmental Reporting, and the Green Globe Foundation award for Outstanding Media Contribution by a Media Individual. Keya has also conducted development journalism studies as visiting faculty, chaired media and international conference panels, and edited 'The Green Pen', an anthology of essays on environmental journalism, the first of its kind in South Asia, featuring the region's most prominent and respected environmental journalists.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Keya Acharya
• Con la collaborazione di: Keya Acharya (Editore), Frederick Noronha (Editore), Frederick N. J. Noronha (Editore)
• Editore: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2010
• Pagine: 324
• Dimensioni: 137 mm x 213 mm x 18 mm
• Peso: 358 g
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Ecologia