CLIMATIC JOURNALISM GOES TO THE UNIVERSITY: A CROSS-BORDER PROJECT
The project Climate Journalism goes to the university: a cross-border project belongs to the Research Line 1 – Media, Culture and Technology.
Synopsis: Media is the primary source of information on climate change for citizens in most countries. Journalism plays a pivotal role in educating and informing people about one of our greatest societal challenges in an era of climate crisis. But although climate coverage is rising globally, the training of journalism students in this field is often lacking. By bolstering and advocating for climate journalism education, the cross-border project “Climate Journalism goes to the university”, with the support of the EEA Grants “Portugal and Norway: Partnerships for Innovation” programme, unites Escola Superior de Comunicação Social and Oslo Metropolitan University in Oslo in a bilateral initiative that aims at creating a tangible and constructive influence on forthcoming generations of journalists and newsrooms. The expected results have the potential to be long lasting, as this pilot will lay the foundations for an annual partnership between ESCS and OsloMet that in following years will continue to support, promote and strengthen climate journalism education.
Funding: “Portugal & Norway: Partnerships for Innovation” – EEA Grants
Coordinator: Prof. Vera Moutinho (vmoutinho@escs.ipl.pt)
Project Status: Active
Partners:
Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet)