Presentation
ESCS-IPL, in collaboration with Portuguese and European media organisations (soon available), presents the Minor in Climate Journalism.
The Minor in Climate Journalism combines climate change literacy, data storytelling and field reporting, training students to turn complex environmental and climate information into compelling narratives for digital audiences. Through workshops, fieldwork and newsroom-style project development, students learn how to produce multimedia climate stories that inform the public and contribute to democratic debate.
The programme culminates in the Climate Storytelling Lab, where students develop and publish multimedia journalism projects in collaboration with professional media organisations.
The minor lasts one semester, with 4 mandatory courses, a total of 30 ECTS, is delivered in a blended-learning format.
Information
The minor was designed to address one of the defining challenges of our time: climate change. Effective climate journalism requires professionals who can bridge science, journalism, data and storytelling to engage diverse audiences.
Media organisations will contribute through: editorial workshops, guest lectures, mentoring sessions, feedback on story pitches and potential publication of student work.
Competences
By the end of the Minor, students will be able to:
- Communicate climate change clearly across media platforms
- Produce multimedia climate journalism (video, audio, data, interactive)
- Translate climate science and data into engaging narratives
- Apply storytelling and visual communication techniques to environmental reporting
- Collaborate in international teams on climate storytelling projects
Target audience
The programme is designed for national and international/interdisciplinary cohorts.
It welcomes Bachelor’s and Master’s students from fields such as:
- Journalism
- Communication and Digital Media
- Environmental Studies
- Political Science and Public Policy
- Data Science and Information Design
- Engineering and Information Technology
- Public Health
- Social Sciences and Humanities
Students will have the opportunity to work in international teams, developing storytelling projects that address climate challenges.
Teaching staff
The programme is taught by specialists in climate journalism.
Teaching Format
Online Learning Phase (8 weeks – 60 contact hours)
Introduction to the fundamentals of climate journalism, climate data and visual storytelling and multimedia climate storytelling.
On-Campus Intensive Phase (7 weeks – 40 contact hours)
- Workshops
- Field reporting
- Guest lectures from journalists, scientists and NGOs
- Editorial story development sessions
- Story production and editing
- Multimedia production labs