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Despite massive environmental impacts and socioeconomic risks, hydropower dams continue to be widely adopted and unquestioned in developing countries. This study analyzes two decades of mainstream media coverage of dams in Brazil, where two-thirds of energy consumption comes from hydropower. Through a content analysis of news articles published by the largest outlets in the country, we found coverage has relied on official and construction companies’ voices and focused on economic progress, bureaucracy, corruption, and partisan politics. News rarely covered the socio-environmental risks and impacts caused by dams or questioned the country’s reliance on hydropower. Overall, newspapers presented dams as highly necessary projects for national progress, conforming to a modernization-oriented mindset prevalent in newsrooms when it comes to coverage about energy. As a result, journalism has contributed to the invisibility of the struggles faced by people and the environment directly impacted by hydropower dams.

Hydropower in the News: how Journalists do (not) Cover the Environmental and Socioeconomic Costs of Dams in Brazil