Overview
The Oxford Climate Journalism Network (OCJN) is a programme that supports a global community of reporters and editors across beats and platforms to improve the quality, understanding and impact of climate coverage around the world. We are a programme of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford.
Since its launch in January 2022, the network has worked with 400 reporters and editors from over 100 countries, from editors-in-chief and business editors to photojournalists and climate specialists. Any person in the newsroom, from any desk, can join the network.
Our work on climate journalism
Seven lessons about covering extreme heat
Key takeaways from the annual event of our climate network on how to report on this issue.
14 things we've learnt from running our climate network
A piece by Diego Arguedas Ortiz and Katherine Dunn.
Why we've created the Global South Climate Database
Diego Arguedas Ortiz and Ayesha Tandon on how this initiative can help journalists around the world.
An essay series from members of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network
Newsrooms should develop a mental health strategy to help climate journalists cope
To cover climate change well, journalists must be prepared to identify what misinformation looks like
When it comes to “green” finance, journalists must be willing to dig behind the jargon
Climate journalists need to connect the dots between climate change and the invasion of Ukraine
To cover the aftermath of extreme disasters, journalists must start covering what we cannot rebuild
To help journalists cover rising temperatures, newsrooms need to start with climate literacy
To cover climate change in resource-strapped newsrooms, journalists need to embrace collaboration
To report fully on climate change, journalists need to integrate Indigenous knowledge into their coverage
To cover climate change, journalists need to find creative ways to fund long-term reporting
Climate journalists need persistence to get good data, including from governments
To make climate change resonate with audiences, connect it to their heritage and culture
Journalists should help audiences understand extreme weather – even when they lack climate data
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"Climate change is a really good laboratory for tackling so many of the problems we have in journalism"
How Norway’s public broadcaster uses AI-generated summaries to reach younger audiences
Why East African journalists struggle to cover climate change
Despite growing dangers, reporters are finding new ways to report on the Amazon
From Lagos to Dublin, this platform connects journalists to cover how climate change threatens cities worldwide
As an oil-funded war ravages Ukraine, climate coverage struggles to find its footing
Our podcast: From protests to politics: How people engage with news about climate change
Our podcast: amplifying the voices of climate experts from around the world
The first year of the Oxford Climate Journalism Network was funded by a £477,170 grant from the European Climate Foundation (ECF), an independent philanthropic initiative dedicated to responding to the global climate crisis by creating a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions society. The second year was funded by a £435,000 grant from the Laudes Foundation. The third year is funded by a grant of £1 million over three years by Laudes Foundation and a £249,434 grant by the ECF.
