Nesta pesquisa, observamos a construção e articulação dos discursos sobre o tema da mudança climática na cobertura da Rio+20, feitas pelas revistas Veja, Isto É, Época e Carta Capital. Com apoio das Teorias do Jornalismo e sob a perspectiva teórica-metodológica da Análise do Discurso de linha francesa, analisamos as regularidades e diferenças dos discursos. Entendemos que desde a seleção dos temas, das fontes, do enfoque da reportagem, há uma visão específica de cada publicação — o seu “enquadramento discursivo”, que se constitui no lugar do movimento discursivo sobre o acontecimento relatado, e que responde basicamente a questão: “o que está acontecendo aqui?”. Por outro lado, observamos que o discurso das revistas é derivado de uma formação discursiva hegemônica, de viés econômico, ancorado nos conceitos de modernização ecológica, desenvolvimento sustentável, pela percepção do risco e da incerteza da humanidade sobre seu futuro. Percebemos que a racionalidade dominante — econômica — busca encobrir a complexidade ambiental. Na análise, contudo, identificamos alguns deslizamentos de sentido, oriundos de uma formação discursiva emergente, de viés ambiental. No discurso jornalístico, há a confluência de poderes, circunstâncias e construções que explicam porque as notícias são como são. Como o discurso é um processo dinâmico com sentidos em disputa, abre-se a possibilidade de pensarmos por que as notícias não são diferentes, outras, plurais? Ao propor um novo lugar para as notícias, evidencia-se a contribuição essencial dos pressupostos do Jornalismo Ambiental, seu papel questionador dos caminhos possíveis em relação ao meio ambiente, seu compromisso com o saber ambiental e com a construção da cidadania. / In this research, we observe the construction and articulation of discourse on the topic of climate change in the coverage of Rio + 20, made by Veja, Isto É, Época e Carta Capital. With the support of Journalism Theories and under the theoreticalmethodological perspective of Analysis of Discourse of line french, we analyze the regularities and differences of discourses. We understand that since the selection of themes, the sources, the focus of the report, there is a specific view of each publication — his "discursive framework", which is in place of the discursive movement on the reported event, and that basically answers the question "what's going on here?". On the other hand, we observed that the discourse of magazines is derived from a hegemonic discursive formation, economic bias, anchored in the concepts of ecological modernization, sustainable development, the perception of risk and of uncertainty humanity about their future. We realized that the dominant rationality — economic — search cover up the environmental complexity. In the analysis, however, identified some sense of landslides, coming from an emerging discursive formation, environmental bias. In the journalistic discourse, there is a confluence of powers, conditions and structures that explain why the news are as they are. As the discourse is a dynamic process with meanings in dispute, opens the possibility of thinking why the news is no different, other, plural? In proposing a new place for news, highlights the essential contribution of the Environmental Journalism assumptions, his questioning role of the possible ways in relation to the environment, its commitment to environmental knowledge and the construction of citizenship.

Nesta pesquisa, observamos a construção e articulação dos discursos sobre o tema da mudança climática na cobertura da Rio+20, feitas pelas revistas Veja, Isto É, Época e Carta Capital. Com apoio das Teorias do Jornalismo e sob a perspectiva teórica-metodológica da Análise do Discurso de linha francesa, analisamos as regularidades e diferenças dos discursos. Entendemos que desde a seleção dos temas, das fontes, do enfoque da reportagem, há uma visão específica de cada publicação — o seu “enquadramento discursivo”, que se constitui no lugar do movimento discursivo sobre o acontecimento relatado, e que responde basicamente a questão: “o que está acontecendo aqui?”. Por outro lado, observamos que o discurso das revistas é derivado de uma formação discursiva hegemônica, de viés econômico, ancorado nos conceitos de modernização ecológica, desenvolvimento sustentável, pela percepção do risco e da incerteza da humanidade sobre seu futuro. Percebemos que a racionalidade dominante — econômica — busca encobrir a complexidade ambiental. Na análise, contudo, identificamos alguns deslizamentos de sentido, oriundos de uma formação discursiva emergente, de viés ambiental. No discurso jornalístico, há a confluência de poderes, circunstâncias e construções que explicam porque as notícias são como são. Como o discurso é um processo dinâmico com sentidos em disputa, abre-se a possibilidade de pensarmos por que as notícias não são diferentes, outras, plurais? Ao propor um novo lugar para as notícias, evidencia-se a contribuição essencial dos pressupostos do Jornalismo Ambiental, seu papel questionador dos caminhos possíveis em relação ao meio ambiente, seu compromisso com o saber ambiental e com a construção da cidadania. / In this research, we observe the construction and articulation of discourse on the topic of climate change in the coverage of Rio + 20, made by Veja, Isto É, Época e Carta Capital. With the support of Journalism Theories and under the theoreticalmethodological perspective of Analysis of Discourse of line french, we analyze the regularities and differences of discourses. We understand that since the selection of themes, the sources, the focus of the report, there is a specific view of each publication — his "discursive framework", which is in place of the discursive movement on the reported event, and that basically answers the question "what's going on here?". On the other hand, we observed that the discourse of magazines is derived from a hegemonic discursive formation, economic bias, anchored in the concepts of ecological modernization, sustainable development, the perception of risk and of uncertainty humanity about their future. We realized that the dominant rationality — economic — search cover up the environmental complexity. In the analysis, however, identified some sense of landslides, coming from an emerging discursive formation, environmental bias. In the journalistic discourse, there is a confluence of powers, conditions and structures that explain why the news are as they are. As the discourse is a dynamic process with meanings in dispute, opens the possibility of thinking why the news is no different, other, plural? In proposing a new place for news, highlights the essential contribution of the Environmental Journalism assumptions, his questioning role of the possible ways in relation to the environment, its commitment to environmental knowledge and the construction of citizenship.

Während die Zahl journalistischer Veröffentlichungen zu Umweltthemen immer weiter steigt, sind wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zu ihren Verfassern in Deutschland immer noch Mangelware. Die Diplomarbeit geht mithilfe einer Online-Befragung der Frage nach, wie die Arbeitsbedingungen von Tageszeitungsjournalisten aussehen. Außerdem wird mit einigen narrativen Interviews exploriert, welchen Rollenselbstbildern sich Journalisten zugehörig fühlen, die sich mit Umweltthemen befassen und ob dieses Selbstverständnis sich auch in den Arbeiten der Journalisten zeigt.:Inhalt 1 Einführung und Relevanz des Themas 1 2 Umweltjournalismus – Stand der Forschung 4 2.1 Der Umweltjournalismus als Gegenstand wissenschaftlicher Untersuchungen 4 2.1.1 Wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung in der Vergangenheit 4 2.1.2 Wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung in der Gegenwart 5 2.1.3 Verwendung des Begriffs ‚Umweltjournalismus‘ 6 2.2 Arbeitsrealität des Umweltjournalismus 7 2.2.1 Untersuchung der Medienberichterstattung 8 2.2.2 Untersuchung der Journalisten 9 2.2.3 Schlussfolgerungen aus dem Forschungsstand 10 2.3 Rollenselbstverständnisse von Umweltjournalisten und ihre Handlungsrelevanz 11 2.3.1 Wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung in der Vergangenheit 11 2.3.2 Handlungsrelevanz von Rollenselbstverständnissen 14 2.3.3 Besonderheiten der Rollenselbstverständnisse von Umweltjournalisten. 15 3 Erkenntnisinteresse und weiterer Aufbau der Arbeit 16 4 Umweltjournalismus 19 4.1 Annäherung an das Spannungsfeld von Journalismus und Systemtheorie 19 4.2 Ausbildung journalistischer Spezialisierungen 22 4.3 Umwelt und Ökologie als Termini der Systemtheorie 24 4.4 Umwelt und Ökologie außerhalb der Systemtheorie 27 4.5 Umweltjournalismus: Arbeitsdefinition und Operationalisierung 29 4.5.1 Arbeitsdefinition des Begriffes ‚Umweltjournalismus‘ 29 4.5.2 Operationalisierung des Begriffs ‚Umweltjournalismus‘ 30 5 Arbeitsrealität und Rollenselbstverständnis 31 5.1 Annäherungen an Arbeitsrealität und Rollenselbstverständnis 31 5.2 Bedeutungsdimensionen der Arbeitsrealität 33 5.3 Arbeitsrealität: Arbeitsdefinition und Operationalisierung 35 5.3.1 Arbeitsdefinition des Begriffs ‚Arbeitsrealität‘ 35 5.3.2 Operationalisierung des Begriffs ‚Arbeitsrealität‘ 35 5.4 Bedeutungsdimensionen des Rollenselbstverständnisses 36 5.5 Bedeutungsdimensionen der Handlungsrelevanz von Rollenselbstverständnissen 38 5.6 Rollenselbstverständnis und Handlungsrelevanz: Arbeitsdefinition und Operationalisierung 39 5.6.1 Arbeitsdefinition des Begriffs ‚Rollenselbstverständnis‘ 39 5.6.2 Operationalisierung des Begriffs ‚Rollenselbstverständnis‘ 40 5.6.3 Arbeitsdefinition des Begriffes ‚Handlungsrelevanz‘ 41 5.6.4 Operationalisierung des Begriffes ‚Handlungsrelevanz‘ 42 6 Forschungsdesign 43 6.1 Teil 1: Online-Befragung zur Arbeitsrealität 43 6.1.1 Beschreibung der Methode 43 6.1.2 Begründung der Methodenwahl 45 6.1.3 Konstruktion des Erhebungsinstruments 45 6.1.4 Prüfung und Pretest des Erhebungsinstruments 52 6.1.5 Fallauswahl 54 6.1.6 Datenerhebung und -auswertung 57 6.2 Teil 2: Leitfaden-Interviews zum Rollenselbstverständnis 61 6.2.1 Beschreibung der Methode 61 6.2.2 Begründung der Methodenwahl 62 6.2.3 Konstruktion des Leitfadens 64 6.2.4 Fallauswahl 67 6.2.5 Datenerhebung und -erfassung 70 6.2.6 Methode und Ablauf der Datenauswertung 71 6.3 Teil 3: Inhaltsanalyse zur Bestimmung der Handlungsrelevanz 75 6.3.1 Beschreibung der Methode und Begründung der Methodenwahl 75 6.3.2 Stichprobe 76 6.3.3 Datenerhebung und –erfassung 77 6.3.4 Ablauf der Datenauswertung 78 7 Erkenntnisse zur Arbeitsrealität 81 7.1 Umweltjournalisten bei deutschen Tageszeitungen 81 7.2 Soziodemographische Merkmale 82 7.3 Berufsbezeichnung und Berufserfahrung 85 7.4 Definition des Begriffs ‚Umweltjournalist‘ 88 7.5 Gründe für die Beschäftigung mit Umweltthemen 90 7.6 Ressortzugehörigkeit und Themenschwerpunkte 91 7.7 Wöchentliche Arbeitszeit und Zahl der Umweltjournalisten 93 7.8 Selektionskriterien und Impulse der Berichterstattung 95 7.9 Quellennutzung 98 7.10 Freiheiten und Hürden der Umweltberichterstattung 99 7.11 Zusammenfassung 102 8 Erkenntnisse zum Rollenselbstverständnis 104 8.1 Umweltjournalisten bei überregionalen Tageszeitungen 104 8.2 Selbstbild 104 8.3 Motive und Weg in den Journalismus 105 8.4 Ideale und Anforderungen 106 8.5 Ziele und Absichten 109 8.6 Wirkvorstellungen 112 8.7 Thematischer Schwerpunkt 114 8.8 Zusammenfassung 116 9 Erkenntnisse zur Handlungsrelevanz 118 9.1 Wahrgenommene Erwartungen 118 9.2 Einschätzungen der Handlungsrelevanz 120 9.3 Handlungsrelevanz 124 9.4 Zusammenfassung 127 10 Übergreifende Schlussfolgerungen 129 10.1 Unsicher in der eigenen Rolle 129 10.2 Umweltjournalistische Selbstsichten jenseits von Schwarz und Weiß 133 10.3 Informieren als Basis – Erklären als Kompromiss 136 11 Fazit 139 11.1 Zusammenfassung der Arbeit 139 11.2 Methodenkritik 143 11.3 Ausblick 145 12 Literaturverzeichnis 147 VI Anhang 160

Environmental ethics and environmental journalism are influencing the developing philosophy of environmental citizenship. This philosophy involves the ideas that people are part of the environment, that the future depends on a healthy environment, and that action on behalf of the environment is necessary. It applies to individuals, communities, large and small companies and corporations, governments, and a coalition of nations. Environmental philosophers and environmental journalists can work together, in a symbiotic way, to foster discussions among citizens and policy makers about ideas as well as events, and thus, influence attitudes and policies, and continue to influence environmental citizenship. Environmental citizenship as an extension of democracy offers the best chance for undoing the manmade problems which are degrading the quality of life on Earth. A healthier environment is the will of the people. An informed, voting public will succeed in creating a healthier environment. Pioneering work by philosophers and journalists, especially over the last forty-five years has brought the dialogue about environmental problems to an unprecedented level and continues to offer encouragement to the mindful evolution of mankind. These ecological discussions of rights and responsibilities, intrinsic and economic values, pragmatism and utilitarianism, culture and spirit, are increasingly being applied to a developing idea of sustainability, and are, thus, helping to expand ideas about what it means to be a citizen in a democracy.

Economic retrenchment, social shifts, and technological changes endanger journalism's democratic role. Journalism education faces parallel threats. I review the state of journalism and education, linking the crisis to society's loss of story, framed philosophically by the Dewey-critical theory split over journalism and power. I explore the potential for renewing journalism and education with Carey's ritual model and Postman's restoration of storytelling. I then summarize existing major academic programs and suggest a new interdisciplinary curriculum for environmental journalism, a specialty well suited to experimental, democracy-centered education. The curriculum uses as pedagogy active and conversational learning and reflection. A graduate introductory course is detailed, followed by additional suggested classes that could form the basis of a graduate certificate program or, with further expansion, a graduate degree concentration.

Diante da crise ambiental que se impõe à sociedade contemporânea, trazendo consigo um sentido de urgência por mudanças de rumo e das visões de mundo, a mídia tem um papel importante na mediação de sentidos no processo de construção social dos problemas ambientais. A pesquisa apresenta o resultado de um diagnóstico sobre como os jornais Folha de S.Paulo e O Estado de S.Paulo cobriram o tema poluição do solo por resíduos, no Brasil, ao longo de 15 anos, no período compreendido entre o ano da Rio-92 e 2007. Diversas perguntas nortearam o trabalho. Está a imprensa preparada para cumprir a sua função e contribuir para que diferentes atores sociais estejam aptos para posicionar-se frente a tamanhos desafios? A pluralidade das fontes e a visão sistêmica e transversal preconizadas pelo jornalismo ambiental estão presentes nas redações? Quais são as vozes predominantes na cobertura ambiental? Como elas aparecem? Essas são algumas das discussões propostas por este estudo. Entre os resultados, verificou-se, por exemplo, que a cobertura ambiental ainda está baseada, prioritariamente, em fontes oficiais presentes em 93,4% dos textos analisados. A maior parte deles ainda traz uma abordagem desconexa, pontual e alarmista sobre o tema, presa a uma visão reducionista da realidade, buscando emoldurar histórias e encaixar nelas papéis de vilões e mocinhos, justiceiros e vítimas. Embora o volume de textos sobre meio ambiente seja maior na atualidade do que no passado e exista maior número de reportagens contextualizadas, isso ainda é a exceção, e não a regra nas redações. A qualidade está mais associada a iniciativas individuais de profissionais do que a decisões institucionais de grupos de comunicação. Frente às complexidades e incertezas da sociedade de risco, cientistas e jornalistas entrevistados neste estudo refletiram sobre caminhos possíveis para a cobertura jornalística sobre meio ambiente. Apontaram, por exemplo, a aproximação e o melhor entendimento entre jornalistas e cientistas como fatores importantes para a qualificação do debate ambiental mediado pela imprensa no Brasil. / Faced by the environmental crisis, which is imposing itself on contemporary society and is bringing in its wake a sense of urgency for changes in the course and in the views of the world, the media is having an important role in mediating senses in the process for building up social awareness of environmental problems. The research presents results of a diagnosis on how two major newspapers in Brazil Folha de S.Paulo and O Estado de S.Paulo covered the issue of soil pollution by residues during 15 years, between the Rio-92 and 2007. Many questions were raised to guide this work. Is the press prepared to accomplish its function and contribute towards having the several different social players prepared to position themselves to face such great challenges? Are the diversity of sources and the systemic and transversal vision - foreseen by environmental journalism taken into account by the newsrooms? Whose are the predominant voices in the environmental coverage? How do they appear? These are some of the discussions which are being proposed by this study. Among the findings, it was verified for example that environmental coverage is still mostly based on official sources - present in 93.4% of the texts analyzed. The greater part of them even bring approaches that are disconnected, limited and alarmist about the matter, tied up by a reductionist vision of the actuality, seeking to embellish the stories and make them fit into the roles of villains and heroes; sheriff and victims. Although the volume of texts on environment is currently greater than in the past and that there is a greater amount of contextualized reporting, this is still an exception and not the rule at the newsrooms. Quality is closely associated to the individual initiatives of the professionals, rather than to institutional decisions. Having in view the complexities and uncertainties of the risk society, the scientists and journalists who were interviewed for this study made reflections on the possible ways for journalistic coverage of environmental issues. They pointed out, for instance, the narrowing of the gap and the better understanding between journalists and scientists as being important factors for the quality of the environmental debate that is mediated by the press in Brazil.

The aim of this study was to examine the differences and similarities between how Swedish national press and Swedish local press cover the two topics climate and environment. To fulfill this aim the study strived to answer the questions: How much does Swedish local press and Swedish national press write about environmental issues and climate issues? What differences and similarities can be found in the way that Swedish national press and Swedish local press frame environmental issues and climate issues?   The study contains both a quantitative analysis and a qualitative analysis. This was done to show both how much was written about environmental issues and climate issues in the analyzed newspapers, but also to examine in what way the newspapers framed environmental issues and climate issues in their articles. The most remarkable result of the study is that only about every fiftieth article deals with environmental and climate issues. This corresponds to 2.2 percent of the newspaper's content. The study shows that Swedish local press contains more articles focused on environmental issues and climate issues, but the Swedish national press frames environmental issues and climate issues as more important news. The result of the study shows that the Swedish newspapers in general tends to put a big part of the blame for the climate changes on the ordinary Swedish citizens. The study also shows that Swedish media uses people and cities as role models to provoke changes and actions towards a better environment.

O objetivo principal deste trabalho é compreender a construção dos discursos jornalísticos sobre pagamento por serviços ambientais (PSA), nos jornais Folha de S. Paulo, O Estado de S. Paulo e O Globo. Para isso, utilizamos o referencial teórico-metodológico da Análise do Discurso de matriz francesa, além de acionarmos reflexões sobre a crise ambiental que vivenciamos e sobre o Jornalismo Ambiental, como prática profissional engajada na militância pela vida. Nosso recorte do objeto empírico compreendeu todas as notícias e reportagens desses periódicos, com aparições dos termos serviço(s) ambiental(is) e serviço(s) ecossistêmicos(s), desde a primeira menção (no jornal Folha de S. Paulo, em 1997, em O Estado de S. Paulo, 2001, e em O Globo, 2002) até a última do ano de 2013. Com isso, chegamos a 159 textos e 361 sequências discursivas para análise. Os gestos de leitura que foram realizados, a partir do corpus discursivo, permitiram perceber que esse discurso mostra incerteza frente ao caminho a seguir para resolução da crise ambiental e planetária. Além disso, foram percebidos sentidos que evidenciam uma visão rasa da natureza, ao enquadrá-la como capital natural e um ativo da economia. Destacou-se assim um discurso predominantemente regido por uma Formação Ideológica Capitalista, a qual se desdobrou em três Formações Discursivas identificadas: Formação Discursiva (FD) da Percepção da Crise Planetária no Capitalismo; FD do Capitalismo Verde; e FD do Capitalismo Marrom. Concluímos que, para superação dos problemas socioambientais globais, ainda temos o desafio, como humanidade, de transformarmos as bases mecanicistas e cartesianas do pensamento, para uma visão de mundo sistêmica e complexa, que abranja uma ética solidária e cooperativa. / The main objective of this research is to understand the framing of journalistic discourse on payment for environmental services (PES) in the Brazilian reference newspapers: Folha de S. Paulo, O Estado de S. Paulo and O Globo. For this purpose, we use the theoretical and methodological framework of the French Discourse Analysis, and we activate reflections on the current environmental crisis and the Environmental Journalism, as a profession engaged in militancy in favor of life. Our empirical object is all the news and feature stories from these newspapers, with occurrences of the terms environmental(s) service(s) and ecosystem(s) service(s), from its first mention (Folha de S. Paulo in 1997, O Estado de S. Paulo in 2001, and O Globo in 2002) to the last of the year 2013. That brings us to 159 texts and 361 discursive sequences for analysis. The reading gestures that we made from the discursive corpus allowed us to realize that this discourse shows uncertainty facing the way to resolve the environmental and planetary crisis. In addition, we perceived meanings that show a superficial view of nature, because the discourse frame it as a natural capital and as an economic asset. This discourse is predominantly governed by an Ideological Formation that we called Capitalist, which was divided into three Discursive Formations: Discursive Formation of Perception of Planetary Crisis in Capitalism; Discursive Formation of Green Capitalism; and Discursive Formation of Brown Capitalism. We conclude that, to overcome the global environmental problems, we have yet to transform the mechanistic and Cartesian thought basis to a systemic and complex worldview comprising an ethics of solidarity and cooperation.

Diante da crise ambiental que se impõe à sociedade contemporânea, trazendo consigo um sentido de urgência por mudanças de rumo e das visões de mundo, a mídia tem um papel importante na mediação de sentidos no processo de construção social dos problemas ambientais. A pesquisa apresenta o resultado de um diagnóstico sobre como os jornais Folha de S.Paulo e O Estado de S.Paulo cobriram o tema poluição do solo por resíduos, no Brasil, ao longo de 15 anos, no período compreendido entre o ano da Rio-92 e 2007. Diversas perguntas nortearam o trabalho. Está a imprensa preparada para cumprir a sua função e contribuir para que diferentes atores sociais estejam aptos para posicionar-se frente a tamanhos desafios? A pluralidade das fontes e a visão sistêmica e transversal preconizadas pelo jornalismo ambiental estão presentes nas redações? Quais são as vozes predominantes na cobertura ambiental? Como elas aparecem? Essas são algumas das discussões propostas por este estudo. Entre os resultados, verificou-se, por exemplo, que a cobertura ambiental ainda está baseada, prioritariamente, em fontes oficiais presentes em 93,4% dos textos analisados. A maior parte deles ainda traz uma abordagem desconexa, pontual e alarmista sobre o tema, presa a uma visão reducionista da realidade, buscando emoldurar histórias e encaixar nelas papéis de vilões e mocinhos, justiceiros e vítimas. Embora o volume de textos sobre meio ambiente seja maior na atualidade do que no passado e exista maior número de reportagens contextualizadas, isso ainda é a exceção, e não a regra nas redações. A qualidade está mais associada a iniciativas individuais de profissionais do que a decisões institucionais de grupos de comunicação. Frente às complexidades e incertezas da sociedade de risco, cientistas e jornalistas entrevistados neste estudo refletiram sobre caminhos possíveis para a cobertura jornalística sobre meio ambiente. Apontaram, por exemplo, a aproximação e o melhor entendimento entre jornalistas e cientistas como fatores importantes para a qualificação do debate ambiental mediado pela imprensa no Brasil. / Faced by the environmental crisis, which is imposing itself on contemporary society and is bringing in its wake a sense of urgency for changes in the course and in the views of the world, the media is having an important role in mediating senses in the process for building up social awareness of environmental problems. The research presents results of a diagnosis on how two major newspapers in Brazil Folha de S.Paulo and O Estado de S.Paulo covered the issue of soil pollution by residues during 15 years, between the Rio-92 and 2007. Many questions were raised to guide this work. Is the press prepared to accomplish its function and contribute towards having the several different social players prepared to position themselves to face such great challenges? Are the diversity of sources and the systemic and transversal vision - foreseen by environmental journalism taken into account by the newsrooms? Whose are the predominant voices in the environmental coverage? How do they appear? These are some of the discussions which are being proposed by this study. Among the findings, it was verified for example that environmental coverage is still mostly based on official sources - present in 93.4% of the texts analyzed. The greater part of them even bring approaches that are disconnected, limited and alarmist about the matter, tied up by a reductionist vision of the actuality, seeking to embellish the stories and make them fit into the roles of villains and heroes; sheriff and victims. Although the volume of texts on environment is currently greater than in the past and that there is a greater amount of contextualized reporting, this is still an exception and not the rule at the newsrooms. Quality is closely associated to the individual initiatives of the professionals, rather than to institutional decisions. Having in view the complexities and uncertainties of the risk society, the scientists and journalists who were interviewed for this study made reflections on the possible ways for journalistic coverage of environmental issues. They pointed out, for instance, the narrowing of the gap and the better understanding between journalists and scientists as being important factors for the quality of the environmental debate that is mediated by the press in Brazil.

A presente dissertação tem como objetivo analisar a cobertura sobre o Código Florestal Brasileiro no Jornal Nacional de março de 2012 até maio de 2013. Utilizamos a metodologia de Análise de Conteúdo para verificar quais os valores-notícia de seleção e de construção que mais apareceram nas categorias de questão ambiental e política. Examinamos também quais foram as fontes mais consultadas no período de análise. Os valores-notícia de seleção mais usados foram conflito ou controvérsia, notoriedade e tempo (efeméride) nas duas questões. Os valores-notícia de seleção que apareceram mais nas duas questões foram dramatização e personalização, o valor de amplificação apareceu mais na questão política e o de simplificação na questão ambiental. As fontes mais utilizadas foram as primárias, oficiais e testemunhos. Em 2013, o Jornal Nacional não apresentou nenhuma matéria sobre o Código Florestal, nem em maio quando completou um ano de vigência. Concluímos que o foco ambiental foi preterido por uma cobertura política focada na disputa entre parlamentares ruralistas e ambientalistas em torno da redação do novo texto e do processo de votação. / This dissertation aims to the coverage about the Brazilian Forest Code in the Jornal Nacional, from 2012 to May 2013. The methodology used is content analysis in which will be checked what news values of selection and construction appear most in the categories environmental issue and politics. The most listened sources were also examined. The news values of selection that appear most were conflict or controversy, notoriety and time (ephemeris) in both issues and the news values of selection most used were dramatization, personalization on both issues and amplification, in the political issue, and simplification in the environmental issue. The most used sources were the primary, official and witnesses. In 2013, the Jornal Nacional showed no article about the Forest Code, not even in May when it completed one year of validity. We conclude that the environmental focus has been deprecated for a political coverage focused on the dispute between ruralist and environmentalist parliamentarians around the redaction of the new text.