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CCMP Network Survey 1

Social Network Survey of CCMP Fellows

Starting in mid-March 2013, an online survey was sent to 184

alumni, trainers, and staff who had participated in the Climate

Change Media Partnership (CCMP) fellowship program. The

purpose of the survey was two-fold. First, the surveyattempted to measure the extent to which CCMP fellows

experienced intangible benefits in the form of new

knowledge and professional connections and tangible

benefits such as increased output on stories regarding issues

of climate change. Secondly, the survey was designed to

identify the structure of relationships among CCMP

participantsthe professional relationships acquired as a

result of their CCMP experience. The hope was to identify

the extent to which CCMPs efforts has resulted in a global

network of journalists dedicated to climate change.

Measuring the success of these efforts was accomplished via

research method known as social network analysis.

What is social network analysis and why use it to study

CCMP?

Social network analysis (SNA) provides both a theoretical

and methodological perspective for examining complex

social structures and their activities. A social network is a

group of actors (individuals, groups, or organizations) thatare connected by some type of relationship (e.g., personal,

professional, resource-based, advice-based). A SNA

approach to research examines both the content and pattern of

relationships in order to identify the impact of these

relationships on the functioning of individual actors and the

entire network. SNA helps to visually map and measure the

structure of a network of actors to determine how

relationships affect the ability of organizations and

communities to be successful.

An SNA study of CCMP fellows and staff is beneficial for

three main reasons. First, it provides both a statistical

measure and visual representation of the different types of relationships among CCMP alum.

Second, a network approach affords the opportunity to identify leaders within those networks so

that these individuals might be approached to spread information, or to be chosen as partners in

Summary of Results

77 respondents from more than 40

countries

44% gained more than 12

professional contacts

78% strongly agreed CCMP has

been valuable to their career

94% strongly agreed or agreed

CCMP has made them a better

journalist


they are more aware about how to

report on climate change


they write more stories on climate

change because of CCMP

Nearly 3,000 professional

relationships created

An average of 19 relationships per

alum

206 relationships maintained by

monthly communication

131 project partnership

relationships

508 advice or information

exchan e relationshi s


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future projects. Third, it provides a means by which different types of relationships (advice,

project partnership, etc.) might be interrogated.

Survey design

The online survey included questions asking respondents to identify:

Which CCMP programs they attended If the program met their expectations If the program had been useful to their career If the program had made them better journalists and more aware of climate change issues If the program had inspired them to write more stories on climate change How many professional contacts they gained as a result of their CCMP experience Concrete examples of how CCMP had helped them in their career or in affecting public

policy

Those individuals from CCMP events with whom they had interacted in the last year, andthe nature of those interactions

Those individuals from CCMP with whom they are working on a project Those individuals from CCMP from whom

they gain valuable advice or information

Survey respondents

Of the 184 names to which the survey was sent, a

total of 87 responded to the survey. However, 10 of

those who responded did not completely answer thesurvey, resulting in a usable sample of 77 surveysa

42% response rate, which is above average for much

survey research.

Survey respondents came from over 40 different nations and five continents. Countries with the

greatest number of respondents included Bangladesh (n = 4),China (n = 4), India (n = 4),

Indonesia (n = 9), and the United States (n = 6), although the sample also included respondents

from nations such as Argentina, Bhutan, Brazil, Columbia, Ethiopia, Jamaica, Lebanon, Nepal,

Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Zimbabwe and more.

Respondents were asked to name the CCMP Fellowship program(s) with which they had been

involved. In chronological order, the number of respondents that attended each event is as

follows: Bali (2007) = 17, Poznan (2008) = 19, Copenhagen (2009) = 35, Bangkok (2009) = 11,

Barcelona (2009) = 2, Cancun (2010) = 33, Bonn (2010) = 10, Durban (2011) = 12, Doha (2012)

= 5. Many of the respondents attended more than one of the CCMP events.

The fellowship helped me make my

stories more interesting for my

audiences. It made me aware of new

techniques I can use for radio

reporting to enhance my story and how

better to use the human perspective to

tell the story.

-Richelle Seton-Rogers (South Africa)


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Did the CCMP programs meet expectations?

Respondents were asked to identify their feelings about the CCMP fellowship program, given

their expectations. Forty-two (n = 42) respondents said their CCMP experience exceeded

expectations, 34 said the program met expectations, and six responded that their experience

was different than expected, but in a positive way. Not one respondent indicated the CCMPfellowship program failed to meet expectations.

How many professional contacts did CCMP fellows gain?

Respondents were also asked to answer how many useful professional contacts or connections

they had made as a result of the CCMP fellowship program. Most said they gained more than 12

useful contacts (n = 34), followed by 4-6 contacts (n = 15), 7-9 contacts (n = 14), 10-12 contacts

(n = 12), and 1-3 contacts (n = 8). Statistically speaking, there was a significantly positive

relationship between how many CCMP programs respondents attended and how many contacts

they had gained. Put another way, the more programs a fellow attended, the more contacts theygained. A significant goal of the CCMP fellowship programsto provide journalists the

opportunity to expand their professional networkis being accomplished.

What kinds of lasting impacts have CCMP generated?

To determine what intangible and tangible impacts, if any, the CCMP fellowship programs had

on respondents, a series of reflective questions were asked, the results of which are included in

the figure below.

Figure 1. Impacts of CCMP programs

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Agree

Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly

Disagree

Over time, CCMP has been useful

to my career

CCMP has made me a better

journalist

I am more aware about how to

report on climate change issues

because of CCMP

I have written more stories about

Climate Change after CCMP

I regularly use knowledge gained

from CCMP


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As can been seen in the above figure, on all five reflective questions a large majority of

respondents strongly agreed or agreed the CCMP programs had a positive impact on various

aspects of their career. For example, in response to the question Over time, my experience in

the CCMP program has been useful to my career, nearly 80 percent of respondents strongly

agreed, indicating the CCMP program has had substantial impact on the success of alums.

Similarly, when asked if their experience in the CCMP program had made them more aware

about how to report on issues of climate change, nearly 60 percent strongly agreed, and 42

percent strongly agreed they have written more stories about climate change after their CCMP

experience. The program appears to be generating strong intangible and tangible effects, like

greater knowledge and awareness of climate change issues and how to report on them as well as

increased numbers of stories published in various

media.

Concrete outcomes of CCMP

To further demonstrate the impacts of the CCMPprogram, respondents were asked to provide

concrete examples of how the CCMP program has

been beneficial to their work and career. Several

described how their experience with CCMP helped

to establish them as a reputable climate change

journalist noting the program provided them with enhanced skills and a certain level of

prestige amongst their colleagues. One noted how CCMP was highlighted on his resume.

Many talked about the stories they had published as a result of their CCMP fellowship. Often,

these stories lead to greater opportunities, more commissions, awards, or promotions. As an

example, Cecilia Rosen, a journalist from Buenos Aires, Argentina, said that because of her

CCMP credentials she was hired by GLOBE Mexico, an organization that works on worldwide

climate change legislation, as a press officer and policy analyst. Rosen mentioned that GLOBE

helped to achieve the approval of the first national law on climate change in Mexico. The CCMP

experience helped many to craft what they thought to be more interesting stories and provided

them with the professional connections to gain information on other potential stories. The most

frequent comment, however, was how CCMP assisted in networking with other journalists. A

full list of the comments is included in the appendix.

Participants were also asked to identify any concrete examples of how work resulting from their

CCMP experience had an impact on public policy. Many admitted this was a difficult thing to

gauge, as the link between journalism and policy change is not always clear. As such, there were

few specific examples of how CCMP alums work directly affected government policy change.

But many related stories about the indirect impacts of their work on government behavior. As

one example, a journalist from Tanzania, Felix Mwakyembe, reported that his work forced the

local government to issue a stop order on sand mining activities. Another alum from Bangladesh

described how, after returning from the Copenhagen conference, a newly form Climate Change

As a result of my CCMP experience, and

meeting international journalists who are

also covering climate change, I feel as

though I'm part of a "team" of sorts, and

that taken together, all of our stories from

all across the world, provide a record of

climate change.

-Laura Paskus (United States)


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Journalist Association began to work closely with the Ministry for Environment and Forests.

Several others, such as Sun Yu from Beijing, China, described how their work helped to raise

awareness of an issue, which helped to eventually influence policy change. Michael Simire, a

journalist in Nigeria, mentioned that because of his work he was invited by the government to

provide input on a national climate change policy. Others similarly described how government

takes into consideration media coverage and public opinion when designing new policy, and

others pointed out specific cases wherein their work was included in government reports. A full

list of the comments on this question is also included in the appendix.

CCMPs professional network

As mentioned above, the purpose of the SNA research was to identify the extent to which the

CCMP programs had created a professional network of climate change journalists. To begin the

SNA portion of the survey, respondents were asked to think about the people they met as a result

of the CCMP experience. Then they were asked to identify, among the 184 names associated

with the CCMP program, the individuals with which they had interacted in the past year.

The results of this question provided data to create the network map of relationships among

CCMP fellows, staff, and trainers. In sum, the CCMP program has created 2,921 ties. Put more

simply, CCMP has resulted in nearly 3,000 unique relationships among those involved in the

CCMP programs. The average number of relationships created by the CCMP fellowship

programs was 19, with a total range of 1 to 82 relationships. The figure below is a graphic

representation of the CCMP network with the nodes (survey respondents) colored by the

continent in which they live and workan impressive visualization of the interconnectedness

resulting from the CCMP experience.


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Figure 2. CCMP professional network

Note: Africa = red, Middle East = yellow, Asia = blue, Europe = black, North America = turquoise, South America

= pink, Unknown (did not respond to survey) = gray.

One piece of insight that can be drawn about the constitution of the CCMP network from this

admittedly complex graph is the loosely clustered connections among respondents from Africa,

which mainly dominate the upper left part of the graph, and connections among respondents

from Asia, which comprise most of the bottom right part

of the graph. This suggests a loose cluster of individuals

from the same continenta representation of CCMPs

ability to bring together those from the similar

geographic areas of the world and form relevant

professional connections.

To further unpack the nature of the relationships established by the CCMP programs, a series of

follow up questions were asked. First, respondents were asked to indicate the primary form of

communication they used to interact with each individual they identified. As seen in the figure

below, email, Facebook, and EJN platforms (website/listserv) were the primary means by which

CCMP fellows kept in contact.

Now, here in Bangladesh, especially the

Journalist community calls me a climate

change journalist. Mainly CCMP

fellowship contributed this identity for me.

-Aburush Md. Ruhul Amin (Bangladesh)


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Figure 3. Modes of communication

While email is the predominant method of communication among CCMP alum, many still keep

in contact with one another via EJN communication platforms. An imminent redesign of the EJN

website, which takes into account the specific communication and information needs of EJN and

CCMP journalists, may help increase its relative popularity as a communication vehicle.

A measure of the success of a networking and training program such as CCMP is not only how

many contacts created by the fellowship, but also by the frequency of communication in such

relationships and how long these professional contacts were maintained. The figure below shows

that nearly a quarter of the relationships established in the CCMP program are ongoing,

indicating a healthy and robust network.

Figure 4. Length of professional relationship

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contact

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In the interest of identifying which individuals among the CCMP fellows are frequently

communicating, additional networks were generated based on weekly and monthly interaction.

Figure 5 is a network representation of those individuals who interact on a weekly basis.

Figure 5. Weekly interaction among CCMP fellows/staff



Once again, the nodes are colored by the continent in which they live and work. The nodes are

also size by what is called in degree centrality, or the number of incoming ties an actor

receives from others. In this network EJN executive director James Fahn received the greatest

number of incoming ties, suggesting that Fahn interacts regularly with many CCMP alums and

staff. Note the interaction among nodes from different continents, suggesting that while contact

is maintained among journalists from the same continent, connections among those from

different regions of the world are also ongoing.


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Figure 6. Monthly interaction among CCMP fellows/staff



The monthly interaction network, represented in the graph above, is far more complex than the

weekly interaction network as it is comprised by many more relationships. Indeed, there are 206

ties in this graphmeaning there are more than 206 relationships that experience communication

on a least a monthly basis. Central to this network are, again, EJN executive director James Fahn,

but also individuals such as EJN trainer Joydeep Gupta, and CCMP alums Imelda Abano and

Navin Khadka. Given their communication habits and number of incoming ties, individuals who

engage in extensive communication should be considered for future partnerships or to assist in

additional network development.

Survey respondents were also asked to identify the primary purpose of communication with each

individual. Just over 18% of the relationships can be characterized by an exchange of

professional information, 11.6% percent of the relationships were of a mixed

personal/professional nature, 1.1% of the relationships are to gain advice, and 1.4% are primarily

of a personal nature. That respondents are primarily communicating for professional reasons,

along with the occasional personal interaction, is yet another indicator of a vibrant network.

Partnering on a project

Respondents also indicated which individuals, if any, they were partnering on a project. The data

gained from this question helped to construct the network represented in the figure belowa


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network comprised by 131 ties. That is, 131 unique relationships CCMP helped to established

that have resulted in project partnerships.

Figure 7. Project partnerships among survey respondents

The colors of the nodes in the above graph were assigned

by a hierarchical clustering techniquerepresenting

groups of individuals who are likely working on similarprojects together. While EJN staff members and CCMP

trainers like James Fahn, Joydeep Gupta and Alex Kirby

are central to this network, many CCMP alums are

working together independently on shared projects. For

example, Indi Mclymont Lafayette, a journalist working

for Panos in the Caribbean, is partnering with several

others from Jamaica on a shared project.

Valuable advice or information

A significant goal of the CCMP program was to create a network of journalists who support one

another in their work on climate change. Such support often takes the form of sharing

information or advice. With this goal in mind, respondents were asked to identify those

individuals from whom they receive valuable advice or information. From this question, a

network comprised by 508 ties was generated.

The training was the first I got in my

career as an environmental journalist,

and has helped me make award winningstories. I won the UNFCCC Africa radio

contest in 2011and got recognized by

UNDP/Lagos state government for

outstanding performance in

Environmental reporting in Nigeria.. It's

been an amazing journey, since CCMP

gave me the desperately needed

foundation.

-Ugochi Anyeki (Nigeria)


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Figure 8.Network of valuable advice or information



Beyond the EJN and CCMP leaders, we see a number of CCMP alum who are serving as

valuable information providers to the network, such as Gustavo Faleiros from O Eco in Brazil (a

partner organization of EJN), Rina Saeed Khan, a newspaper reporter located in Islamabad, and

Navin Khadka, a journalist with the BBC. Advice leaders in the EJN network are located around

the world and serve an equally geographically diverse range of CCMP alums.

Summary and recommendations

In sum, the results of the SNA survey suggest a robust network of individualsa network that

can be characterized by relatively frequent communication, advice-giving, and project

partnerships. The sheer number of relationships established by the CCMP programs is but one

measure of its success. That so many of these relationships are maintained by frequent

communication is another indicator of the strength of the professional network created by

CCMP, as well as the number of project partnerships resulting from CCMPa tangible outcome

of its efforts.

Currently, many of the most central positions in the various networks studied were occupied by

CCMP and EJN staff. To some extent, this is to be expectedas leaders of and trainers in the

CCMP programs, such staff will be looked to for professional advice. This is not necessarily a


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sign of weakness in the network. But to further strengthen the independence of this network of

journalists, attention should be paid to individuals outside the leadership circle of CCMP/EJN to

develop their skills and connections, so that such individuals can continue to connect journalists

together beyond the immediate relational reach of CCMP/EJN staff. The graph below helps to

further demonstrate this concept.

The nodes in the above graph (individuals) are sized by what is known as betweenness

centrality. Put more simply, these are the nodes that help hold together different and diverseparts of the network. As can be seen, several CCMP and EJN staff members like James Fahn,

Joydeep Gupta, and Mike Shanahan, hold positions high in betweenness centralitythey are in

contact with people from different parts of the network. But others, such as Navin Khadka,

Imelda Abano, Harold Williams and Miguelangel de Alba are also in contact with a diverse

range of individuals. It is recommended that these individuals, and others like them, are used as

ambassadors to spread information and advice to different parts of the network, further

strengthening connections among individuals so that reliance on EJN and CCMP staff is

lessened.

It is notoriously difficult to make meaningful comparisons across different networks. Mostnetwork studies are performed on a particular set of actors in a unique setting, thus the

comparison of different networks is much like comparing apples and oranges. That said, in

considering the response rate, the numbers of ties generated, the frequency of communication

all the factors displayed in the different measures gatheredthe connections among CCMP alum

appear to demonstrate the characteristics of a strong, relatively well-connected network. If

performed regularly, longitudinal work could help to determine and confirm the long-term


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stability of the network, the emergence of new, important actors, and the necessary steps CCMP

should take to ensure the network survives well into the future.


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Appendix

Selected Responses from Open-Ended Questions

Can you think of any concrete examples of how CCMP has helped you in your work or

advanced in your career? If so, please share it with us:

1. My CCCMP experience is one of the things highlighted in my CV, because it not onlygave me a lot of prestige as a journalist, but it also helped me to develop new ways ofreporting climate change. Being part of the UN meeting and know so many experiencedjournalists also give me a new perspective of all the insights around climate changespolitics and policy.

2. Now, here in Bangladesh, especially the Journalist community calls me a climatechange journalist. Mainly CCMP fellowship contributed this identity for me.

3. CCMP fellowship helped me to understand whole gamut of climate change issue aswell as climate politics. It has ensured my access to all relating studies, scientificfindings and created immense scope to be introduced with peers. It's a great experience.

4. As a former CCMP fellow I have selected as panelist of UNDP Media DevelopmentFellowship Program

5. The fellowship helped me meet a lot of people in the field, and watch how internationaljournalists work. James was my guide and I learnt a lot from him. This has helped megrow more confident in my work, and although I switched to Public Relations, myexperience with CCMP helped me get ahead as a journalist, which enabled me to workelsewhere.

6. It was an important experience as a journalist because it was my first media coverageabroad in a foreign language. Working with James, Jeff and Mike was very productiveand they teach me a lot of things about how to cover better climate change issues. Oneexample was the opportunity to meet journalists from all over the world and after

exchange information with them every time that I need some data about climatechange.

7. For many times I was the only journalist from the local media to report directly fromthe UN conferences, which helped me to get more attention and to gain more reputationas an environment/food journalist.

8. Provide first-hand international conference interview experiences, and trainingopportunities, knowledge sharing, as well as networking.

9. My trip to Copenhagen Climate conference is sponsored by CCMP fellowship, whichenables me to write a cover story on climate change for my newspaper, the first evercover story on climate change. Since then I became deeply involved in climate changereporting.

10.After my coverage of Durban 2011 for Semana, Colombias main current eventsweekly, I received several proposals to write about environment and climate change inother media. I also was assigned to write a long reportage about deforestation in theBrazilian amazon.

11.Being in the negotiations allowed me to have direct contact with several experts andnegotiators. After that I receive a lot of information from different sources that allowsme to be up the grade of what is happening in the topic.

12.CCMP become an eye opener to my career as an environmental Journalist as now I am


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able to communicate climate change issues in a simple language which is clear to alllevels. Also CCMP make me stronger and brave to compete in other environmentalawards.

13.After CCMP, I joined Oxfam to support its climate change program in Ethiopia. I amnow working with Food and Agriculture Organization - FAO as communications

officer mainly due to the exposure I got from CCMP. It also gave me a chance to studyclimate change journalism in Denmark. I can't and will not forget CCMP - it has reallychanged my life in a number of ways.

14.It helps me to participate in the national climate change forum and other internationalevents. Media organizations also invited me to comment on Climate Change issues. Italso helped me to share my experience in different training and discussion forums withfellow journalists.

15.Am better networked especially with the science community and opened to morepublications and other resources as a result

16.CCMP program helps me gain more knowledge about environment subject, especiallyCC issues. It also improve my group working skills, help me more confident in working

with international experts, journalists; more eager to find new issues, strange angles forthe same subjects; and especially inspire the need of covering environment issues tomany others, both colleagues and friends working in related areas.

17.The experience enlarged my sources for reporting on climate change. Because of mycontacts within CCMP I could write one of the most important stories of my career --the report on CoP_15 after it ended.

18.CCMP fellowship helped me get noticed by several media organizations. These includePanos London, Womens news network and others.

19.My documentary title Orang Laut (Sea Man) won Mochtar Lubis Award 2011 the mostprestigious journalism award in Indonesia. Sea Man, story about Bajo tribe, who livesin ocean. How the climate change impact their lives, economic and culture

20.It helps to expand my networking with other journalists around the world on thesubject. It also helps me to get information or news on the stories others have related toenvironment or climate change issues through the networking.

21.I have better understanding about climate change and after that I was invited by someorganizations as participant or resource person.

22.It has helped me in providing a deeper understanding of international communicationsprocesses and politics, UN negotiations, and the role of international organizations ormultinational corporations in climate change negotiations.

23.CCMP has helped me in my career even after the program had ended, through the manycontacts -- experts and journalists -- that keep coming my way as well as latestinformation on the issue.

24.It has helped to build my reputation in the Caribbean as one of the leading Journalistsand communications professionals in climate change communication.

25.Because of my experience and determination in the programme, I was selected as amentee in the Sjcoop mentee programme of the World Federation of ScienceJournalists (WFSJ). I successfully graduated with honours in October 2012, and in2011, I was elevated to position of Science/news editor

26.After the Poznan summit, I realized a consultancy work on Madagascar NAPA forPanos Institute Southern Africa. Then I did a consultancy work on climate change for


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WWF Madagascar and Western Indian Ocean. Since 2009, I have been conducting aPhD research in sociology on climate change. The work is titled "Social Dimensions ofClimate Change in the Upper Basin of Mangoro River, Madagascar". I expect tocomplete and defend my thesis this year. I'm to attend a regional meeting of journaliststreating environment and climate change issues that will be held in Kampala Uganda on

April 23-26.27.I find it very easy to find information on climate change because I am well connected tosources both local and international. Working with Mike Shanahan as my editor I learnta lot about how to make environmental stories interesting. I use the skills even when Iam assigned to do other stories.

28.It really did help at the time when I was freelance reporting full time. I got morecommissions, did many (and better) stories on climate change and was able to giveinput to stakeholders and organizations. In my current work which focuses more on PR,CCMP is still extremely useful in securing clients and informing clients about thelinkages between their fields and the daily working environment of journalists.

29.The training was the 1st I got in my career as an environmental journalist, and hashelped me make award winning stories. I won the UNFCCC Africa radio contest in2011, UNEP YEJA in 2012, and got recognized by UNDP/Lagos state government foroutstanding performance in Environmental reporting in Nigeria. The CCMP team,especially Mike Shanahan, encouraged me to begin a blog, the 1st eco blog in Nigeria.It's been an amazing journey, since CCMP gave me the desperately needed foundation.

30.My fellowship with the CCMP has increased my knowledge of climate change andtaught me how to seek new portals of information about the science of climate changeand its impacts. Through the CCMP and its partners I have evolved into a state where Ifeel part of a global community of environmental journalists.

31.The fellowship helped me make my stories more interesting for my audiences. It mademe aware of new techniques I can use for radio reporting to enhance my story and howbetter to use the human perspective to tell the story.

32.CCMP has made me a better writer of climate change stories. This is not only in termsof reporting skills but also in knowledge. After the Durban meeting I continued to writestories on climate change and the improved quality of my stories made the Universityof Dar es Salaam appointed me to be a committee member of the University's ClimateChange Research, Education and Outreach Programme. The appointment was made inMarch 2012 by the Vice Chancellor (Academics). In August 2012, the SokoineUniversity of Agriculture contacted me to prepare a manual for dissemination ofinformation of climate change adaptation in the agriculture sector. I successfully wrotethis manual and handed to them for final editing and printing. The job was part of aRockefeller Foundation project for the university. These are two examples which showproof of advancement in my career due to CCMP

33.Practically, the fellowship indicated that a serious group of professional journalistswere willing to spend money, time and resources on giving me an opportunity to be oneof the few witnesses reporting the progress of what should be the formation of the mostimportant international treaty in progress. That credential inspired confidence inpublishers that became employers after I sought work with them.

34.As a result of my CCMP experience, and meeting international journalists who are alsocovering climate change, I feel as though I'm part of a "team" of sorts, and that taken


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together, all of our stories from all across the world, provide a record of climate change.35.I got a lot of new knowledge about adaptation and green technology. And based on

these understandings, I found out new ideas for my story. When I wrote local issues, Itried to connect with international perspective and in the contrary.

Can you think of any concrete examples of how your CCMP experience has had an

impact on public policy or behavior? If so, please share it with us.

1. Thanks (in part) to my CCMP experience I was hired by GLOBE Mexico (anorganization working with climate change legislation worldwide) and worked withthem for 10 months as press officer and policy analyst. GLOBE promoted and achievedthe approval of the first national law on climate change in Mexico.

2. After returning from Copenhagen conference, we've formed a Climate ChangeJournalist's Association. It works closely with the ministry for Environment and Forestof Bangladesh and very active in this field.

3. Yes. Our government has formulated more than dozens law to protect the nature andcheck environmental degradation and climate change. The government takes the mediaon board when it goes for taking any decision on environmental issues, forest, water,biodiversity and other aspects of nature.

4. Nothing on public policy, but people that read my articles after my experience inCCMP told me that they start to care more about the environment and the climatechange impacts.

5. More people in China have been more aware of the issue.6. As a journalism instructor I am currently working on a project with German foundation

Friederich Ebert (http://www.fes.de/) to train journalist all over Latin America oncovering environment and climate change. Workshops have already taken place inEcuador and Peru. This year, up-coming workshops will take place in Colombia,

Bolivia, Argentina and Central America. One of the topics of the workshop is on howto cover COPs, based on my experience as a CCMP fellow.

7. After attending COP 15, Copenhagen 2009, through the sponsorship of CCMP andright stories and send to my organization TBC, from that time climate change storiesare given priority

8. If journalists are equipped with the right knowledge and skills on how to use the mediafor policy advocacy, they can influence public policy at all levels. There is no strongadvocacy tool like the media. As to myself other CCMP fellows from Ethiopia, I haveseen that we have been hugely involved during the draft policy legislation of Ethiopia'sCRGE (Clean Green Economy policy of Ethiopia). Although we were not direct actorsin the legislation process. we have influenced, the enactment process through articles,

news stories and sometimes by attending meetings with policy makers etc.9. I did two national level investigative reports related with climate change and following

my reports government react and the discussion become public. 1-The leasing out ofnational forest reserve for an Indian company for commercial agriculture (Landgrabbing) in Gambella region of Ethiopia. 2-The construction of huge hydro-electricdam impact on local ecology and communities. In both reports government react andtried to avoid the disaster.

10.My work was cited in the Coastal Area Climate Education Workshops given to the


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Tampa City Council and Hillsborough County Planning Commission. Because of thepolitical climate in Florida little action has been taken.

11.In terms of policy not yet but with behavior I will say am increasingly adding to publicunderstanding and discussion of climate change issues and the linkages to varioushuman activities

12.I got more chance to talk with policy-makers on coping with CC; change theirbehaviors as well as their thoughts in sharing news with journalists. Besides, based onmy knowledge gained through CCMP programs, I have translated several books onrelations between CC and international trade regulations which are used as referencesfor policy-makers in correcting related laws.

13.This is quite difficult to measure. But I'm writing more and more on cc policies inBrazil. That certainly has some effects on the public policies.

14.The addition of perspectives on climate negotiations from other developing countries tomy reportage has had effects on climate negotiators from India.

15.I have received positive comments from readers on my stories appearing for Yahoo!Indonesia saying this is their first time reading about UNFCCC conferences and how it

would affect Indonesia or their lives.16.Well, the interactions at and through CCMP certainly encouraged me that the directionwe wanted to go with what's now become Bumi HIjau TV were worth the effort. Ialways knew it was an important thing to push for, but you often wonder in thesesituations if youre beating a dead horse... However, with the feedback we receive fromviewers now, we know it's worth it. And yes, CCMP has had an impact on that asconfirmation that there are others around the world working on these issues. I think it'salso salient to point out that while what we are doing is not at all passive, we're notbeing as confrontational as we could be primarily because we aren't local. But I thinkthat's okay as there are plenty of hard core journalists and activists out there carryingthat torch for their country.

17.With more stories on the paper, more people, including policymakers, will read anddevelop awareness and understanding on the issue, something that they may apply intheir homes and workplaces.

18.Our reporting has helped to keep the negotiating team that goes to the COP each yearaccountable by asking for an annual debriefing and press conference. Initially when Istarted going to the COP's the government delegation would not do a press conferenceor public debriefing but in January this year the annual debriefing and press conferencewas officially adopted by Jamaica's Ministry of Climate Change.

19.Between the book and my reporting, policymakers have stood up and taken notice.There is an ongoing PR campaign on climate change, for example, as well as moves toset up a Climate Change Department. My book has won the commendation of theMinister of Water, Environment and Climate Change Robert Pickersgill.

20.I think my repeated news and analytical articles for the past three consecutive years hada great impact and our state government ultimately came up with a State Action Plan onClimate Change (SAPCC) which seeks to cope with the climate change throughadaptation and mitigation.

21.I am able to ask better questions and even interrogate policy, thus I am able to writestories that influence action, e.g. supply of water to those without.

22.Because I write a lot on issues to do with climate change this had helped to publicize


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climate change effects and a notable impact would be the decision by the currentgovernment to establish a ministry on climate change

23.It has informed research reports I have done in Namibia and stakeholder sessions andconsequently policy with UNDP, department of environmental affairs, Environmentalinvestment fund and Ministry of agriculture.

24.My articles on various aspects of climate changes brought about improved nationalawareness on the phenomenon, lending pressure on state governments and the FederalGovernment to do more. For example, my consistency ensured that Governmentprepared a National Climate Change Policy, in respect of which I was even invited tomake an input during the preparation stages.

25.My radio programme "Green Angle", has enlightened the public, most especially thegrassroots, on the need to take care of our environment. My stories, has supported thecampaign for a commission to focus on climate change in Nigeria. The bill was signedby both houses of assembly, and is awaiting presidential assent. The blog has beensuccessful is keeping the urban/IT savvy Nigerian young ones informed on climatechange issues the opportunities in finding a solution to our climate crises

26.Yes, I have been the part of some of the policy making process and also given myinputs on different perspectives. While I have been regularly delivering lectures onClimate Change Negotiations at Conference of Parties (COP) and way of presentingcountry case on different foras including how to write and manage stories during COPProceedings. What would be important in one's country's scenarios?

27.I have written extensively about the government's National Climate Change Policywhen it was in its nascent stage and I believe my writings/criticism has had an impacton the final policy document that was recently released and further debate about itsimplementation.

28.I was among the first reporters who strived to connect the devastating Cagayan de Oroflooding caused by typhoon Sendong (local name) in Sept 2012 with both climatechange and illegal logging activities. I was the first one to seek information on actuallogging activities in the area from the Forest Management Bureau. I then correlated thedisaster with the logging concessions at the adjacent province, and soon after mystories, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources had advised theirregional personnel in Cagayan de Oro to accompany military contingents sent to theadjacent province (it is part of the Mindanao's autonomous region) to investigate thelogging activities there for apparent violation of the total log ban.

29.PNEJ signed a partnership with the Philippine govt through the Philippine President incommunications on climate changes issues

30.When returning from the COP in Poznan and Copenhagen, policy makers were able toappreciate the breadth of the negotiations through the images we displayed on the TVnews. This I can confidently say has influenced policy makers and the president to backthe work of the Environment Protection Agency and to establish a National ClimateChange Secretariat.

31.1. My articles, for instance, one on environmental degradation in Rungwe district inMbeya Region, located in South West Tanzania forced the government to issue a stoporder on sand mining activities. 2. My knowledge on environment/climate changeinfluences the regional authority here, last year, and appointed me as a member of inMbeya Regional Tourist Committee.


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32.This is difficult for me to measure, but I strongly suspect very little. Corporate news issimply too big and loud to be opposed in a way that redirects corporate policy from thecurrently tiny corners of Internet media where I operate.

33.Climate change reporting in the primary source of news for Native Americans in theUS and Alaska led to increased awareness among tribes, and programs that partner with

tribes that continue to grow across the nation.34.Cameroon was one of the last countries to ratify the Copenhagen Accord. I am exactlysure if it was deliberate or out of laziness. But when I wrote an article about the dangersof Cameroon missing out on funding, the government moved fast to ratify the Accord.

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