MindaNews » OPENING REMARKS: Four wishes for environment journalists

And wish number Three, that you use you power of the pen to effect change…

You as journalists, possess skills that can help change happen.  Environmental activists have long relied on the power of prose to influence society.  But don’t sacrifice the balance of a story in order to carry out your advocacy.  There are other outlets for activism and advocacy, that you as journalists can lend your talents to.  Perhaps by spending some of your own time writing copy for the website of local NGO, or by drafting correspondence to your congressional representative, or for those of you who wield cameras instead of pens, by  producing a video in support of a local fundraising campaign.  But, save your opinions for your private blog, or if you are lucky enough to have one, your weekly column.  News,  investigative reports, should be as balanced as they are well-researched — if your reporting is going to be credible.

Redding.com Blogs: Doug Craig's blog

Sometimes I wonder what magazines and journals climate change deniers subscribe to. I refuse to believe they ever expose themselves to any published science. Not possible. In fact, to deny the human role in climate change you have to deliberately avoid science news.

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“I’m going to keep doing everything I can to help you save money on gas, both right now and in the future,” Obama said. “I hope politicians from both sides of the aisle join me.”