Journalists in the regional press are being invited to take part in a survey on how they report environmental issues.

The survey, from a researcher at the sociology department of the University of Plymouth, is designed to be completed by any journalist who covers these issues either as a specialist or general reporter.

It is an update of earlier research published in 1997 in the form of a book Media, Culture and the Environment.

Senior lecturer Dr Alison Anderson said: "I am investigating journalistic practices and the reporting of environmental issues.

"The survey has been designed to be completed quickly and should take a maximum of 10 minutes.

"All questionnaire responses will be strictly confidential, anonymous and only used for the purposes of academic research. Thank you in advance for your participation."

Click on this link to take part and find out more about the project.

Alison's own home page can be found here: www.sociology.plymouth.ac.uk/~aanderso.

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