This paper examines the representation of environmental news and analyses how the environment is being covered in local Malaysian television channels in their prime-time news broadcast. The news broadcast samples were taken from local television channels TV1 and TV 3 in Malaysia. We analysed how the environmental news is framed and the mode of presentation in these channels. This research carried out in the Malaysian context; contribute to the understanding of news media and how the environment is being represented in local Malaysian television channels. This paper will also discuss the various types ofenvironmental issues covered, quality ofproduction, and the narrative ofenvironmental news. We recorded samples of television news episodes and subsequently, transcribed and coded the document with a set of coding elements before the data was analyzed to arrive at the findings. The present study largely seems to suggest that a variety ofnarrative style and patterns of reporting environmental news have been adopted in local Malaysian channels. Results of the analysis reveal that many ofthe local environmental stories intersect with science, economics, politics and social issues.
