CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN NEWSROOMS DURING CLIMATE-RELATED DISASTERS (SDG 13 CLIMATE ACTION)

Abstract

All the climate-related intensity on a global scale such as floods, wildfires, storms, etc. are directly pressing problems that can be linked to the Sustainable Development Goal 13 (Climate Action). On this point newsrooms play an important role in crisis control since these are the valuable resources of relaying timely, accurate and responsible information that determine the evolution of awareness and preparedness and resilience in the population. The present paper addresses the issue of newsroom crisis management during some climatic catastrophes and its conventional influence on the community actions and SDG 13 goals, in particular, on the journalist practices. Based on global and regional experience, like resilience based journalism in Pakistan, web based climate discussions in websites like twitter and institutional contribution of universities, the study finds some opportunities and challenges in disaster communication. It identifies an essential gap in systematic newsroom crisis management paradigms, especially in the developing world and recommends a media policy that is less about sensationalism, but long-term climate response responsibly and resiliently.