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Urban Harvest

Confronting climate change and poverty, a new crop of city farmers comes of age in Africa. Table of Contents | Digital Edition
Guardian Environmental Network
By Stephen Gaughran
A Progress Summary--but not a wrap-up!
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December 18, 2009: Since I have been working with OnEarth this semester on citizen journalism and their greenlight blogs (yes, this one!), I would hope that my progress has been well chronicled in my own blog posts. In case I missed... read more >
CJ and Copenhagen: Talks of Opportunity
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December 18, 2009: The summit at Copenhagen has arrived, and the first few days have not shown us much progress. I, however, remain optimistic! I was considering giving a summary of events that have taken place at the meetings, and those... read more >
Making Movies, Citizen Journalism Style
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November 26, 2009: For most of my blogs I’ve been writing about environmental media and the role of citizen journalism. The bias that has evolved from this is a focus on blogging as the principal form of citizen journalism. Of course, as I... read more >
Regulating Citizen Journalism
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November 26, 2009: In my last blog entry, I discussed what citizen journalism was, the ways to go about it, and its significance in the world of media. Since then, I have done some research on the ways in which people, organizations, and... read more >
Defining and Exploring Citizen Journalism
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November 17, 2009: After looking into Wikinews last week, I decided to investigate a bit of the history of citizen journalism and what it means to be a citizen journalist today. Wikipedia (appropriately) provides a detailed article on the... read more >
Wikinews: "The free news source you can write!"
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October 31, 2009: Last week I wrote up a review of a Copenhagen story published by four of the world’s prominent newspapers. These articles, written by professional journalists, covered the same story but with different takeaway messages.... read more >
Reporting on International Climate Debate
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October 21, 2009: The preparations for Copenhagen, and the role that the U.S. and other big names will play, are generating massive international press. Each news agency, it seems, is describing the story in a slightly different way. The... read more >
Would journalism tips be useful at OnEarth.org?
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October 20, 2009: The number of websites today collecting, reporting, and reflecting on news is uncountable, and continues to grow. For the optimist, this expansion shows an increase in interest in news, and, perhaps more importantly, a... read more >
A Timid Start in the World of Environmental Media
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October 7, 2009: This week I will be starting a project at OnEarth, working with editors to analyze how the public interacts with environmental media. While I’m sure that the experience will be challenging and enlightening, I don’t doubt... read more >
Stephen Gaughran
I am currently a junior at Columbia University studying environmental biology. After years of studying hard science, my interests have turned slightly towards science journalism, and I am currently working on a project for OnEarth to assess their methods of citizen journalism. I... More