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And youre at the listening post. Here are some of the stories we are tackling, Climate Change, the coverage of an issue where politics, science and journalism meets. The reporter behind a big news story drives a cab. How did he break a storey that the maybe stream news media could not is the sale of this newspaper a sign that beijing is squeezing the life out of the freedom of the press in hong kong. And cruising youtube for raw political material. There are few news stories that have global implications. Climate change has implications that are planetary. By nature its a slowmoving story, a slow burn so to speak, requiring a big development, an event to attract the attention that it deserves, to top the news agenda. The United Nations Climate Change conference, cop21 was such an event. Political leaders, delegates, advocates and journalists flocked to paris. Anyone trying to assess the agreement reached could have concluded through the happy headlines, the selfcongratulatory leaders,
Squeezing the life out of the freedom of the press in hong kong. And cruising youtube for raw political material. There are few news stories that have global implications. Climate change has implications that are planetary. By nature its a slowmoving story, a slow burn so to speak, requiring a big development, an event to attract the attention that it deserves, to top the news agenda. The United Nations Climate Change conference, cop21 was such an event. Political leaders, delegates, advocates and journalists flocked to paris. Anyone trying to assess the agreement reached could have concluded through the happy headlines, the selfcongratulatory leaders, that it was job done. Many Scientists Say that this deal is well short of what is needed to tackle the problem. Why would the story be framed that way. Starting with the obvious it reflected the will of the leaders. Some of whom had a lot riding on it. Its reported geographically, bigging the question about how representative mainstream