Hello panel,

The problem with climate reporting is indeed that of expertise. In general, we see very little science journalism in India. There are hardly any star communicators from the fields of physical, computational and biological sciences that reporters can invite and make their interviews interesting for all.

In the US, we routinely hear from Art Kaplan, Bruce Greene, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sanjay Gupta, Atul Gawande, etc. on NPR and TV shows. The Indian media needs to have a dedicated science section. It’s currently too biased towards politics and entertainment.

Bharat

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