Covering Climate Change: Connecting the Dots

Event Date:

October 15, 2020

The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, in partnership with Climate Nexus, has organized a panel discussion with three journalists who are connecting the dots between our drastically changing climate and environmental justice, changing U.S. policy, the impacts of COVID-19 and more.

Learn how and why these journalists choose their stories, the challenges they face when reporting the facts, and how they navigate newsroom hurdles while trying to showcase their critical reporting.

Emily Laber-Warren, director of Newmark J-School's health & science reporting program, will introduce the panel co-hosted by Climate Nexus.

Panelists:
* Ginger Zee, chief meteorologist for ABC News
* Rebecca Hersher, reporter on NPR's Science Desk
* Rachel Ramirez, reporter and creator of The Breaking Point

Moderator:
*Diara J. Townes, First Draft News’ community engagement lead and an investigative researcher, a former marine and environmental scientist and 2019 Newmark Social J alum

Oct 15, 2020: 1:00-2:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)