Parratt Fernández, SoniaChaparro Domínguez, María De Los ÁngelesGilbert, Gregory2023-11-082023-11-082022Sonia Parratt-Fernández, María-Ángeles Chaparro-Domínguez & Gregory S. Gilbert (2022) Discursive Strategies for Climate Change Reporting: A Case Study of The Mercury News, Environmental Communication, 16:4, 505-519, DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2022.20480431752-403210.1080/17524032.2022.2048043https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/88650Estudio financiado gracias al proyecto de investigación Cambio climático y participación social: la contribución de los medios de comunicación y sus redes sociales a la implicación ciudadana, de la convocatoria 2020 de Proyectos de Investigación Santander-Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ref. PR108/20-21).This paper examines how journalists use discursive strategies when covering the complex issue of climate change in The Mercury News, a large regional U.S.A. newspaper in California, a state deeply impacted by this problem. Quantitative content analysis of published texts and semi-structured interviews of journalists uncovered common use of formative discursive elements and the principles of constructive journalism, consistent with the journalists’ expressed priorities to help educate readers and make climate change interesting, relevant, and easily readable. The demands for speedy reporting in the digital environment and cuts to newsroom staff affect the use of discursive strategies for climate change coverage and limits opportunities for journalists to specialize. Journalists noted the challenge of conveying topics that are abstract, technical, and embedded with uncertainty to readers who demand definitive and instantaneous information. Such challenges are accentuated by poor connections between academic experts on climate change and the public and the press.engAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/journal articlehttps://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2022.2048043open access316.775.4316.77070070.11Climate change communicationDiscursive strategiesConstructive journalismEducational rolePressAudiencia y difusión de los mediosComunicación socialPrensa escritaPeriodismoEtica periodística5910.01 Información