Newspapers Having ‘National’ Character Likely to Bring Out the Environmental News in Enhanced Numbers: A Serious Study

Abstract

Media has a massive role in communicating information in various kinds. Particularly, the print media is serving society powerfully with their development in various fields including technological aspects. Within the sharp competition, each media wants to hold their audience with continuous innovative items. The environment is such a contemporary subject which has a fair demand. The space is so valuable. In this study, the status of the English and the Bengali dailies in connection with environmental journalism, especially the most available ‘categories' in local newspapers have been scrutinised. All the local newspapers played an influential role to publish environmental news regular basis. But the local newspapers do not have the adequate infrastructure to carry ‘National News' and ‘International News' even ‘Local News' on the environment. Newspapers having the national character encourages carrying more and more numbers of ‘National News' and ‘International News' as well as ‘Local News' on environmental.

Keywords: Newspaper, Environment, infrastructure, national character.