Hernando Aaron Diaz
Professor Durham
Environmental policy and politics
11/04/15
Environmental lobbyist
Environmental lobbyists are much like the lobbyist that work for any other major interest group or company in politics. This is a multifaceted career, but its main focus is to persuade politicians to pass laws, policies and regulations that will lead to a cleaner environment. The requirements for this field are a bare minimum of a bachelor’s degree in communications, political science, or any field that is closely related to the environment. Environmental lobbyist is quite an interesting career with a focus on passing laws that lead to a better environment.
As many careers, environmental lobbyist is a multifaceted career that
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focuses mainly in coercing politicians into legislating laws, policies and regulations that will improve or reduce the damage done to the environment. Environmental lobbyist also do things such a developing campaigns that focus on environmental goals, fundraises, advocates and pushes environmental agendas. Outside of field work they also do research on topics such as political trends, policies and governments in order to better press their issues. A bachelor’s degree in political science, communications or any other field related to the environment or politics is the bare minimum. Moreover, a master’s degree or a doctor of Philosophy in areas such a political science or other related areas are greatly beneficial in order to advance as an environmental lobbyist. Other requirements include, but are not limited to, leadership skills, excellent verbal and written skills, a goal and results driven personality, as well as a profound and sincere interest in bettering the environment. This career is expanding as environmental issues come to the forefront of current topics. Environmental lobbyist is growing as a career at a higher rate, 21% higher, than all other occupations. The median salary for environmental lobbyists is $49.04 per hour or $102,000 dollars per year. These statistics vary greatly from state to state as different states have different policies and cultures regarding the environment. I picked this specific career as it is one that has caught my eye since I first became interested in politics and the environment. The change that can be done through policy is profoundly important to the bettering of the environment, hence my interest stems from my desire to help improve the current state of the environment. Through this assignment I was able to further investigate this field and better understand its importance in the environmental movement. Environmental Journalists Environmental journalism refers to the branch of journalism that deals with the collection, investigation, and exhibition of current events and issues that associated with the environment.
This means that environmental journalists are supposed to inform and engage the public on environmental topics that can range from global warming to a local oil …show more content…
spill. Environmental journalists are in charge of distributing and engaging the public about the current environmental issues and threats that are forthcoming.
They have a very varied day to day job as they can spend time researching a particular story, verifying sources, interviewing, writing stories, filming, or editing material; this varies depending on the type of media outlet they work for i.e. television stations or newspapers.
An undergraduate degree in journalism is not necessary in order to enter the environmental journalism. As a matter of fact, many employers prefer candidates that have majored in other areas such as environmental science, environmental studies or political science as this gives them more depth and the ability to report the information in a more nuanced and insightful way. Other requirements to break into this field are good communication skills, ability to work in a fast paced environment, ability to work under pressure and curiosity.
Environmental journalists wages vary drastically depending on the region in which they work as well as the type of media outlet. The U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a median wage for a broadcast analyst at $54,140, while field reports earned a median of only $34,539, as of
2010. I chose this career due to its importance to the environmental movement. Environmental journalists are the ones that bring us the news and reveal the issues that are currently on going. Without them it would be far more difficult to create a change in culture that would lead to a better environment as many people would remain in the dark on many topics that are presented to us by environmental journalists.
In “Reporting the News” by George C. Edwards III, Martin P. Wattenberg, and Robert L. Lineberry, the main idea is how the media determines what to air, where to get said stories that will air, how the media presents the news, and the medias effect on the general public. “Reporting The News” is a very strong and detailed article. The authors’ purpose is to inform the readers of what goes on in the news media. This can be inferred by the authors’ tone. The authors’ overall tone is critical of the topics that are covered. The tone can be determined by the authors’ strong use of transitions, specific examples, and phrases or words that indicate analysis. To summarize, first, the authors’ indicate that the media chooses its stories that will air
Today’s mainstream media has a deep influence on numerous aspects of economical and social life, it provides information and data almost on everything that happens on our planet. Mainstream media became one of the most important and influential instruments in our society, as the news stories reach a large numbers of people in a short time. Different people are using mainstream media as a first source of information; humans need the information, which is why there is a great deal of trust on media. We follow the news because it is our duty as citizens to be informed; it gives us the facts that help us make the right decisions and also gives us something to talk about. The media has a great public responsibility in front of their audience; therefore, they are expected to provide information that is accurate, reliable and free from bias. It is essential that the public is truly informed about the controversial topics on environmental issues, like DDT and GMOs. Media informs the public with regard to science and technology, which further impacts policy making within the society. The drawback with today’s mainstream media is that it tends to provide information that is far from what is happening in the real world. Current news media misrepresent some news report in order to gain attention and they omit the most important news from television, newspapers or radio that the public deserves to know. The articles “Environmentalism for the 21st Century” by Dr. Patrick Moore, “Rachel Carson’s Environmental Genocide” by Lisa Makson, “Lawrence Solomon: For global warming believers, 2013 was the year from Hell” by Lawrance Solomon and “Global warming at work: how climate change affects the economy and labour” by Raveena Aulakh will be discussed ...
... They also will be able to identify various types of jobs in the media and discuss or write about them to analyze their career objectives.
Environmental Studies is the academic field, which systematically studies human interaction with the environment in which we live in. It is a broad field of study that includes the natural environment, built environment, and the sets of relationships between them. Environmental studies takes into account many different factors that help provide an enjoyable, fruitful way of life, such as national policies, politics, laws, economics, sociology and other social aspects, planning, pollution control, natural resources, and the interactions of human beings and nature.
Journalists are protected by freedom of the press that is mentioned in the first amendment to the constitution.
In addition to the individuals that use their wealth and influence to attempt to save the environment, there are also many individuals and organizations on the other side of the issue. These individuals and organizations are not necessarily anti-environment rather they are those who have a large stake in industries like manufacturing and fossil fuel energy or those who feel that the high initial cost of changing existing infrastructure and researching new technologies are not worth the eventual gains for the environment.
It is important to understand the background of the person doing the reporting of events as it can influence what they think and say.
A Conservation officer is an interesting career. Being a Conservation officer requires high levels of education and knowledge. You must attend a four year university college. You have to be committed to your career. You have to be able to pursue a dangerous situation. A conservation officer uses research a lot. They use it to find new ways to conserve the wildlife. They use qualitative and quantitative research to help enhance the quality of their work.
“News reporter” what is news reporter do, the job sound is interesting .Yes, it is but the problem is I do not study for writing a news.
Our Congress created the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in 1969 in order to establish an environmental foundation for mankind. This policy endorses harmony between humans and the vast ecosystems surrounding them. To obtain this goal and provide our future with resources as well, NEPA is separated into two titles. The first title declares the policy in detail while the second title focuses on the Council on Environmental Quality. The CEQ oversees the effectiveness of current methods, the reactions of the environment to those methods, and implements revisions as necessary.
The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has been helping to protect people and the environment they live in since 1970. They help get information out to the public about events that causes damage to the environment. They do this many ways, one of which they
But anyone who has any form of camcorder technology including mobile phones can take part in the practice of journalism. It is a practice that more citizens take part in and creates the democratic society that we all ideally look for. This form of journalism focuses more on the relationship between the presenters and how it is received by the audience rather than the theatricals that surround the mainstream news. Mainstream journalism companies have big names that we all know and “trust” which is something a lot of alternative media outlets don’t have. In this sense, Alternative journalism has to work even harder to gain cultural credibility from its audience. They have no reason not to be honest with audiences because that is all they have to be able to gain trust. In “Living in the Sewers of Colombia” the interviews that are conducted are raw footage as this is all filmed in one night and the danger for all the people involved in the documentary is life threatening . It is hard to watch a documentary such as this one and not see it as a credible source of information because of the various situations the reporter places himself in just to get various accounts of how the police and the death squad treat homeless
The development of environmental regimes involves a five-fold process. The first process is the agenda setting and issue definition stage, which identifies and brings attention to an issue to the international community. Secon...
Centre for Mass Communications Research, University of Leicester, United Kingdom. Schramm, W. (1947). The Species of the World. Education in journalism: vocation, general or professional?
Another problem with mainstream media is making worthy news headline: if a politician says something about an issue which is sensational enough then it seems to make worthy news headlines and if they do not then it’s not as newsworthy. In another case if a country likes India is faces water scarcity then climate change, global warming and many other issues may be discussed in that context but what when that is gone. This generalization of mainstream media is for all environmental issues for sure remain the same but not covered in immense depth. (Anup