The Journalism in Climate Change Websites: Their Distinct Forms of Specialism, Content, and Role Perceptions

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Table 1. Website content by site.

	Topic specialization or emphasis	Geographical focus	Daily news	Analysis	Explainers	Special reports	Opinion
Carbon Brief	Climate Science	UK, EU, China, World		✓	✓	✓
Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU)	Energy policy	UK		✓	✓	✓	✓
Desmog UK	Denialism, lobbying	UK, USA, EU		✓	✓	✓	✓
Climate Home	International politics, diplomacy	International	✓	✓		✓	✓
Thomson Reuters Foundation	Adaptation, impacts in developing world	International		✓	✓	✓	✓
Grist	Climate action, social justice	USA		✓	✓	✓
Inside Cclimate News	Environmental News	USA	✓	✓	✓	✓
Climate Wire	Solutions, news	USA, international	✓	✓		✓
Yale Climate Connections	Adaptation, Solutions	USA		✓	✓	✓	✓
Climate Central	Localising climate	USA		✓	✓	✓
Third Pole	Impacts on developing countries	Asia		✓	✓	✓	✓
Energi og klima	Solutions; politics; energy	Norway, EU, international		✓	✓	✓	✓
China Dialogue	Global policy, geopolitics, China	China, international		✓	✓	✓	✓
Klimareporter	International politics	Germany, international		✓	✓	✓	✓

Table 2. Role perceptions.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Advocates/policy shapers	Agenda setters	Watchdogs/accountability	Curators of science information	Conveners of experts	Civic educators
Carbon Brief		n/a	✓(weak)	✓	✓	✓
ECIU	✓(weak)	✓	✓(weak)		✓
Desmog UK	✓(weak)	✓	✓			✓
Climate Home	✓(weak)	✓	✓		✓(weak)
TRF	✓(weak)	✓			✓	✓
Grist		✓	✓	✓
ICN		n/a	✓	n/a	✓	✓
Climate Wire		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
YCC		✓(weak)		✓	✓	✓
Climate Central		✓(weak)		✓	✓	✓(weak)
Third Pole	✓(weak)	✓	✓	✓	✓
Energi och klima	✓(weak)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
China Dialogue		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Klimareporter	✓(weak)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓