Bill Moyers, who passed away recently, was hailed as a giant in journalism. His advocacy for deeper climate crisis coverage helped birth the initiative Covering Climate Now (CCNow). In 2019, Moyers joined fellow journalists to raise awareness about the media's longstanding silence on climate issues. He urged peers to prioritize climate reporting amid commercial pressures and invoked historical challenges faced by journalists. Moyers emphasized the crucial responsibility of journalism to inform the public on urgent matters like climate change, stating that lives depend on it.
When journalists are unaware or unwilling to cover climate change, it allows complacency to set in and diminishes the urgency required to address the crisis.
Moyers emphasized the need for journalists to cover climate change with the same gravity as they would any other pressing global issue, stating, 'Our responsibility as journalists is clear and imperative.'
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