Weather and Climate in the Newsroom: Expanding the Climate Matters Network and Its Science Communication Research

新闻编辑室中的天气和气候：扩大气候问题网络及其科学传播研究

• 批准号: 1713450
• 负责人: Edward Maibach
• 金额: $ 290.19万
• 依托单位: George Mason University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1713450&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Weather; Climate; Newsroom; Expanding; Matters

Over the seven years prior to this award, the principal investigator from George Mason University and a national team of scientists, professional societies, science communication researchers, and broadcast meteorologists have been engaged in an effort to include in TV and other weather broadcasts information about current research on the interactions of climate and weather. A Climate Matters network has been established that involves 350 weathercasters at 218 stations, in 119 media markets, nationwide. A particular focus of the initiative has been to help the public become more familiar with the science behind how their local weather and its trends are related to the dynamics of the climate. Many communities nationwide are engaged in deliberations about how to understand, plan for, and adapt to the potential impacts of changes in their weather on important factors pertaining to their economy and well-being, such as natural resources, natural disasters, agriculture, industry, and health. The goal of this continuing project is to expand the quantity and nature of the coverage of such information into the news segments of local news media. By stimulating local reporting on climate impacts and their relationships to personal and community-wide decision-making, this project will potentially help millions of Americans better understand and respond to critical factors that are affecting their lives. This project is funded by the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program, which seeks to advance new approaches to, and evidence-based understanding of, the design and development of STEM learning in informal environments. This includes providing multiple pathways for broadening access to and engagement in STEM learning experiences, advancing innovative research on and assessment of STEM learning in informal environments, and developing understandings of deeper learning by participants. The project involves five inter-related, complementary activities: (1) Knowledge building through formative research and process evaluation, specifically in-depth interviews and random sample surveys of journalists in each of the participating journalism professional societies; (2) Recruiting 400 news directors, producers, reporters and additional weathercasters into the Climate Matters network; (3) Providing climate reporting training and professional development to members of the network; (4) Producing and distributing Climate Matters reporting packages to all members of the network on a near-weekly basis; and (5) Evaluating the impacts of the climate reporting on public understanding of science.

在此奖项之前的七年里，乔治梅森大学的首席研究员和由科学家、专业学会、科学传播研究人员和广播气象学家组成的国家团队一直致力于在电视和其他天气广播中纳入有关气候和天气相互作用的最新研究信息。已经建立了一个气候问题网络，涉及全国119个媒体市场218个台的350名天气预报员。该倡议的一个特别重点是帮助公众更熟悉当地天气及其趋势与气候动态相关的科学。全国许多社区都在讨论如何了解、计划和适应天气变化对与其经济和福祉有关的重要因素的潜在影响，如自然资源、自然灾害、农业、工业和健康。这一持续项目的目标是将此类信息的报道数量和性质扩大到当地新闻媒体的新闻部分。通过鼓励地方报道气候影响及其与个人和社区决策的关系，该项目可能会帮助数百万美国人更好地了解和应对影响他们生活的关键因素。该项目由推进非正式STEM学习计划(AISL)资助，该计划旨在促进对非正式环境中STEM学习的设计和开发的新方法和基于证据的理解。这包括为扩大获得和参与STEM学习经验提供多种途径，推进对非正式环境中STEM学习的创新研究和评估，以及加深参与者对更深层次学习的理解。该项目涉及五项相互关联、相辅相成的活动：(1)通过形成性研究和程序评估，特别是对每个参与的新闻专业协会的记者进行深入采访和随机抽样调查，培养知识；(2)向气候问题网络招募400名新闻主任、制片人、记者和更多的天气播报员；(3)向该网络成员提供气候报道培训和专业发展；(4)几乎每周向该网络的所有成员制作和分发气候问题报告包；(5)评估气候报道对公众对科学的理解的影响。

项目成果

Localized Climate Reporting by TV Weathercasters Enhances Public Understanding of Climate Change as a Local Problem: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Experiment

电视天气预报员的本地化气候报道增强了公众对气候变化作为本地问题的理解：来自随机对照实验的证据

• DOI: 10.1175/bams-d-19-0079.1
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
• 影响因子: 8
• 作者: Feygina, Irina;Myers, Teresa;Placky, Bernadette;Sublette, Sean;Souza, Tammie;Toohey-Morales, John;Maibach, Edward
• 通讯作者: Maibach, Edward

The Prevalence and Rationale for Presenting an Opposing Viewpoint in Climate Change Reporting: Findings from a U.S. National Survey of TV Weathercasters

在气候变化报道中提出相反观点的普遍性和理由：美国全国电视天气预报员调查的结果

• DOI: 10.1175/wcas-d-19-0063.1
• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: and Society
• 作者: Timm, Kristin M.;Maibach, Edward W.;Boykoff, Maxwell;Myers, Teresa A.;Broeckelman-Post, Melissa A.
• 通讯作者: Broeckelman-Post, Melissa A.

Improving public understanding of climate change by supporting weathercasters

通过支持天气预报员提高公众对气候变化的了解

• DOI: 10.1038/s41558-022-01433-2
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Nature Climate Change
• 影响因子: 30.7
• 作者: Maibach, Edward;Cullen, Heidi;Placky, Bernadette;Witte, Joe;Gandy, Jim
• 通讯作者: Gandy, Jim

Are Journalists Reporting on the Highest-Impact Climate Solutions? Findings from a Survey of Environmental Journalists

• DOI: 10.1080/17512786.2021.2002711
• 发表时间: 2021-11
• 期刊: Journalism Practice
• 影响因子: 2.1
• 作者: Amanda C. Borth;Eryn Campbell;Sammi Munson;Shaelyn M. Patzer;William Yagatich;E. Maibach

Race/Ethnicity and Climate Change Reporting: Perceptions and Interests of News Personnel's Interest to Cover Climate Change based on Race

种族/族裔与气候变化报道：新闻人员对基于种族报道气候变化的兴趣的看法和兴趣

• DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2021.1967181
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Environmental Communication
• 作者: Craig, Richard T.;Yagatich, William;Patzer, Shaelyn;Timm, Kristin;Maibach, Edward
• 通讯作者: Maibach, Edward