IARC Salon: Improving climate change coverage in the news
January 21, 2020
Join the International Arctic Research Center for this month's IARC Salon panel discussion
on the media's role and responsibility in climate science reporting. The event takes
place Thursday, Jan. 23, from 2-3 p.m. in Akasofu 401.
The panelists include Lois Parshley, UAF Snedden Chair of Journalism, investigative
magazine journalist covering the intersection of geopolitics; Rick Thoman, Alaska
climate specialist and media contact with over 4,000 press mentions in the past year
related to Alaska weather and climate issues; and Kristin Timm, Ph.D. candidate in
communication at George Mason University and science and environmental communication
practitioner.
This panel discussion will be followed by questions from the audience. Coffee and
cookies are provided.
You can download a flyer here. For more information email Sherri Wall at slwall@alaska.edu.