[ALBSA-Info] Fwd: [balkans] Questionnaire: Journalists and Environment in SEE

[Agron Alibali]

--- Florian Bieber <fbieber at yahoo.com> wrote:
> From Florian Bieber Fri Mar  1 00:35:28 2002
> To: balkans at yahoogroups.com
> From: Florian Bieber <fbieber at yahoo.com>
> Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 09:35:28 +0100
> Subject: [balkans] Questionnaire: Journalists and
> Environment in SEE
> 
> From: Tom Popper <tom at rec.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 1:01 PM
> Subject: Survey of SEE journalists covering
> environment
> 
> Dear Green Horizon Subscribers:
> Below is a survey for journalists covering the
> environment in the
> countries of South Eastern Europe.
> The information from this survey will be used to
> help design a
> Regional Environmnetal Press Centre to assist
> environmental
> journalists in South Eastern Europe. This project is
> funded by the
> Government of The Netherlands through the Regional
> Environmental Reconstruction Programme for South
> Eastern
> Europe, which is part of the Stability Pact for
> South Eastern
> Europe.
> The project is implemented jointly by the
> Environmental Press
> Centre, a Skopje-based organisation of environmental
> journalists,
> and the Regional Environmnetal Center for Central
> and Eastern
> Europe. For more information about the project, you
> can write to
> <ecopress at ecopresscenter.org> or to
> <pantonov at rec.org>.
> We would be grateful to those of you who are
> environmental
> journalists in South Eastern Europe if you could
> answer the very
> short questions below and return them by reply
> e-mail, or by
> mailing them to: <media-info at rec.org>.
> You may use the questionnaire to make any
> suggestions,
> recommendations or comments about setting up the
> Regional
> Environmental Press Centre. Your feedback will help
> us to help you.
> Please submit your response by March 8.
> 
> QUESTIONNAIRE
> Please note that you may give more than one answer
> to questions
> 4, 13 and 14 only!
> Your Country: ...............
> 1. What form of media do you work in?
> A/ daily print media
> B/ weekly print media
> C/ radio
> D/ TV
> E/ other, please indicate
> 2. How long have you been working as an
> environmental journalist?
> A/ less than a year
> B/ one to two years
> C/ two to five years
> D/ more than five years
> 3. Do you cover primarily environmental issues?
> A/ yes
> B/ no (please, specify your main area of work)
> 4. What are your sources? (it is possible to give
> more than one
> answer)
> A/ state institutions
> B/ specialised or research institutes
> C/ NGOs
> D/ specialised articles
> E/ others (please, specify)
> 5. How frequently are environmental issues covered
> by your form of
> media (in your judgment)?
> A/ on a daily basis
> B/ two to three times a week
> C/ once a week
> D/ less than once in a week
> 6. What type of environmental story is covered most
> frequently?
> A/ reports
> B/ analysis, commentary
> C/ investigation
> 7. Which environmental issue is covered most often?
> A/ pollution
> B/ waste
> C/ nuclear plant safety
> D/ activities of civic organisations
> E/ achievements in environment protection
> F/ impact on the environment caused by
> businesses/private
> industry
> G/ others (please, specify)
> 8. Do you think that state institutions give you the
> all the
> information available to them?
> A/ yes, always
> B/ yes, occasionally
> C/ yes, seldom
> D/ never (please indicate the reasons)
> 9. Do you think that NGOs give you the all the
> information available
> to them?
> A/ yes, always
> B/ yes, occasionally
> C/ yes, seldom
> D/ never (please indicate the reasons)
> 10. Is there an organisation of environmental
> journalists in your
> country?
> A/ yes, its name is ..
> B/ no
> 11. Does the media/media in your country cover the
> environmental
> situation in other countries of the region?
> A/ yes, often
> B/ yes, occasionally
> C/ no
> 12. If yes, what sources of such information can you
> name?
> 13. Do you cooperate with environmental journalists
> from the region
> (you may give more than one answer)
> A/ yes, regularly, on a professional basis
> B/ yes, regularly, on a personal basis
> C/ yes, periodically, on a professional basis
> D/ yes, periodically, on a personal basis
> E/ no
> 14. How can regional journalistic cooperation in
> environmental
> areas improve through REPC (it is possible to give
> more than one
> answer)
> A/ through the establishment of an information
> exchange network
> B/ through joint projects
> C/ through extension of personal contacts
> D/ by other means (please, specify)
> 15. What kind of REPC-organised training would you
> prefer?
> (by themes; journalist approaches and techniques;
> working with
> sources; promotion; relations with NGO and
> institutions, etc./
> Please, formulate the training courses and workshops
> in which you
> would like to participate.
> 16. Are there any questions (answers) that you think
> are important,
> but have been omitted from the questionnaire?
> A./Question
> B./ Answer
> 17. Would you be interested in contributing to the
> work of a
> Regional Environmental Press Centre satellite office
> in your
> country?
> ?./ N?
> B./ Yes
> If yes, in what way? Please, describe:
> 
> Please, feel free to add any comments or suggestions
> for the work
> of the Regional Environmental Press Centre. Thank
> you for your co-
> operation.
> 
> 
> 


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