The Reporter's Environmental Handbook
Third Edition
M. Jane Lewis (Author), David B. Sachsman (Author), Renee M. Rogers (Author), Bernadette West (Author), Michael R. Greenberg (Author)
9780813532875
Paperback / softback, published 20 June 2003
352 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.482 kg
The Reporter's Environmental Handbook is an excellent quick reference book for reporters and editors under deadline pressure. It contains a short background chapter on every imaginable kind of risk situation. It is a very useful guide for journalists reporting on environmental issues.
- Teya Ryan (executive vice president and general manager of CNN, U.S.) [An] indispensable book for any journalist, student, or informed lay person who needs to understand and communicate environmental risks.
- Bernard D. Goldstein (M.D., dean, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health) A valuable tool for print and broadcast journalists reporting on the major environmental hazards of this new century. Every news organization ought to have this book in easy reach for their reporters and editors.
- Jerome Aumente (distinguished professor emeritus and founding director, Journalism Resources Ins)
When an environmental news story breaks, the first place to turn for background on the issue is The Reporter's Environmental Handbook, now available in an updated and expanded third edition. Here, journalists can find the fast facts they need to accurately cover complex and controversial environmental stories ranging from indoor and outdoor air quality to sprawl and bioterrorism.
