Abstract
Environmental crises confront Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.The implications of these crises cross sensitive and disputednational borders and may affect economic, political, and culturalrelationships on a vast geographic scale. At the same time, thecountries’ domestic press systems are subject to a range of legal,quasi-official, political, and economic constraints that discourage— and sometimes punish — or prevent aggressive but fair, balanced,and ethical news coverage of environmental controversies.This study uses content analysis of news stories and interviewswith journalists to explore how two independent Western news organizations,US-based EurasiaNet.org and UK-based Institute forWar & Peace Reporting, tried to fill the news and information voidleft by constraints on domestic media during a three-year period.Among the variables analyzed are news sources (experts, advocates,and non-experts), fairness and balance, and article topics.
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