The news business, if you haven’t heard, is a mess. Against the worrisome backdrop of a steep drop in newsroom jobs, 38 climate and environment reporters gathered at Flathead Lake Biological Station, in Montana, in early October for two days of in-depth talks. Representing big metro dailies, national print and radio outlets, and nonprofit pioneers, we had an impossibly large task: discuss the future of climate journalism. … Organized by the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources, the convening was part graduate seminar, part brainstorming session, part group therapy. It was an opportunity for frank conversations about the impediments to covering a gargantuan story that touches everything. Above all, what business models will sustain it?