Is the media’s coverage of the environment adequate?
Danny Schechter
Journalist, Film Producer, Film Director, Media Activist
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About the video: ‘Is the media’s coverage of the environment adequate?’
Award-winning journalist Danny Schechter explains why the mainstream media often ignores environmental issues. The media is a problem, he says, especially in America where foreign news coverage has been systematically reduced in recent years. If the general public is to get the information it needs to understand the environmental crisis more fully, then news reporting needs to change. In the meantime, a growing independent media sector is working hard to fill the information gap.
Total views: 1,759
Filmed: World Summit on Sustainable Development. Johannesburg, South Africa on 1 September 2002
Credits: Interviewer - Michael O'Callaghan Camera - Michael O'Callaghan Editor - Marcus Morrell
Copyright © 2002 Globalvision Consulting Limited
About Danny Schechter
Danny Schechter is an award-winning journalist, author, film producer and director. He is founder and Vice President of Globalvision and he executive-produced the series South Africa Now and co-produced Rights & Wrongs: Human Rights Television.
He is Executive Director of MediaChannel, based in New York City. He spent eight years at ABC News and has worked for CNN, public television and commercial radio.
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