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Sources of climate change information used by newspaper journalists in Tanzania

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dc.contributor.author Siyao, Peter O.
dc.contributor.author Sife, Alfred S.
dc.date.accessioned 2023-08-22T10:15:25Z
dc.date.available 2023-08-22T10:15:25Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.citation Siyao, P. O. & Sife, Alfred Said. (2021). Sources of climate change information used by newspaper journalists in Tanzania. Sage, Vol. 47(1) 5–19. DOI: 10.1177/0340035220985163 en_US
dc.identifier.other DOI: 10.1177/0340035220985163
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.mocu.ac.tz/xmlui/handle/123456789/550
dc.description A full text article from Community and Rural Development en_US
dc.description.abstract This article assesses the information sources used by Tanzanian newspaper journalists to collect climate change information. The main sources of climate change information consulted by newspaper journalists in Tanzania are climate change experts and daily events, such as community meetings and other relevant social gatherings. These sources are interactive – enabling journalists to obtain climate change information – and easily accessible, and use and provide instant responses. It was also found that deficient use of other potential sources of information, such as libraries, printed materials and Internet websites, coupled with overarching challenges that limit newspaper journalists from seeking, covering and reporting information on climate change, may affect the quality and quantity of climate change information published in Tanzanian newspapers. All the stakeholders involved in the fight against climate change and journalism colleges should collaborate and devise strategies aimed at building the capacity of newspaper journalists, editors and reporters in their daily activities. Keywords Information sources, climate change information, journalists, newspapers, Tanzania en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Sage en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Vol. 47;1
dc.subject Information sources en_US
dc.subject Climate change en_US
dc.subject Information en_US
dc.subject Journalists en_US
dc.subject Newspapers en_US
dc.subject Tanzania en_US
dc.title Sources of climate change information used by newspaper journalists in Tanzania en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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