Jon Allsop on covering the coverage of COP26 and climate, "the biggest story in the world"

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🗓️ 12 November 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Media reporter Jon Allsop, speaking from the sidelines of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, shares his reporting and analysis about how the gathering is being covered. Allsop, the author of CJR's The Media Today newsletter, tells Brian Stelter that "this summit brings all the storylines together." He describes the unequal nature of global news coverage, citing a "huge equality problem" that is evident at the summit, and major investments by outlets like The New York Times. "This is a huge news peg," he says, but reporters will need to stay on the story and see if countries "actually follow through on the pledges that they made here." To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	At COP26, the Global Climate Summit, there are thousands of members of the media.
0:08.4	According to the official registration, 3,781 media participants are there for more than
0:15.8	2,800 organizations and publications.
0:20.9	Reporters are there, of course, to cover one of the biggest stories in the world.
0:24.1	So what's it like on the ground in Scotland?
0:27.6	What can we learn from someone who is covering the coverage?
0:32.4	Well those are a couple of the questions for this week's Reliable Sources podcast.
0:36.0	So let's cue the music.
0:37.5	I'm Brian Stelter and this weekly podcast is our chance to go more in depth with media
0:42.5	leaders and newsmakers talking about how the news gets made.
0:47.8	And certainly COP26 is the ultimate news hook or news peg for anyone interested in the
0:54.4	climate crisis.
0:56.3	And what countries and what organizations and what coalitions are doing to try to address
1:03.4	the danger that the world faces.
1:06.7	So as I mentioned, thousands of reporters there, but maybe only one reporter on the ground
1:11.5	is there to cover the reporters.
1:14.6	His name is John Alsup.
1:16.2	He writes the daily media today newsletter for the Columbia Journalism Review.
1:21.9	I'm a subscriber and a fan.
1:23.8	So I wanted to have John come in from Glasgow and tell us about what it's been like there
1:28.7	on the ground as he's trying to cover the news about the news.
1:33.7	So John, thanks so much for coming on the podcast.
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