The British public’s single biggest source of climate change information is television and online news. But despite increased reporting on climate, audiences can report feeling overwhelmed and confused.
Created and led by news professionals, Climate News Tracker is a new initiative to help journalists and newsrooms track and analyse their output across TV, radio and online media and provide climate news that makes audiences feel informed, motivated and hopeful.
Helping British broadcasters enhance their climate coverage.
Our data is provided in partnership with Exeter University’s newly formed Centre for Climate Communications and Data Science (C3DS). Using their new, AI-based monitoring technology, we look objectively across the broadcast landscape to track the frequency, prominence and content of climate news stories.
We also analyse audience perceptions of climate news reporting to help broadcasters move even closer to their audiences – and perhaps win new ones.
Effective climate news coverage leads to effective public debate and climate action.
Advisory Board
Our advisory board includes those with many years experience leading public service news rooms, as well as experts in climate science, policy and communications.
Dr. Travis Coan
Computational Science, Exeter University
Lord Deben
Former Chair of the UK’s Independent Climate Change Committee
Mary Hockaday
Former Head of the BBC Newsroom and acting Director, BBC World Service
Professor Saffron O’Neill
Climate & Society, Exeter University
John Ryley
Former Editor-in-Chief of Sky News
Chris Shaw
Former Editorial Director of ITN
Team
We are a group of former news journalists, managers, communications specialists and academics, united by a desire to support and promote excellence in public service climate journalism on the UK’s main TV, radio and online news bulletins.
Dr Sylvia Hayes
Research Fellow
Dr Sarwat Qureshi
Research Fellow
Mark Smalley
Co-Founder
Claire Stocks
Co-Founder
Alan Strange
Managing Editor
David Weiland
Co-Founder
Phoebe Wollocombe
Co-Founder
Our monitoring tool is currently under development.
Register here to be the first to receive insights from Climate News Tracker.