Mary Nally
JOUR 792
May 14, 2009

What is your vision of how the public will track environmental issues and
developments in five years?

It would be nice to see an increase in localized and citizen-created news sources. I envision more personalized coverage of environmental issues, stemming from a greater awareness of the fact that humans are connected inherently to the environment, and are deeply dependent on it’s well-being. This transformation may come as part of ecological citizenship, and the environmental justice movement. All of this is happening at the local scale. Thus it makes sense that the public may turn to local news sources with a higher degree of trust, and an increased expectation of accuracy, as well as having their interests and welfare in mind when choosing news topics.