Building journalist skills for future health crises
Programa | Science in the Newsroom
Science in the Newsroom
Asia Pacific training timing: 10:30 - 12:00 SGT
South Asia training time: 11:00 - 12:30 IST
Sessions
September 16
Jueves
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14:30
Module 1
Climate Science 101 : A primer on the actual climate science that will be a foundation for the Programme
By the end of this module, participants will be able to:
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Understand the overall objectives and approach of the course including the Personal Project requirement.
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Define the scope and scale of climate crisis reporting.
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Better describe the core climate science that underpins climate reporting.
Ponentes
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September 23
Jueves
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14:30
Module 2
Decoding the Science: How to read, understand and interpret the science, journals and abstracts. Focus on key reporting tools.
By the end of this module, participants will be able to:
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Recognise the range of sources of climate science information and identify their merits and drawbacks.
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Understand how science data can be used as a tool to support good journalism.
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Know how to approach a variety of science sources to extract meaningful data.
Ponentes
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September 30
Jueves
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14:30
Module 3
3 Challenges of Climate Reporting: From misinformation and conspiracy theories to navigating spin and competing interests
By the end of this module, participants will be able to:
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Identify key misinformation challenges and threats to climate reporting.
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Categorise the most pervasive strains of climate crisis misinformation.
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Compare and analyse strategies journalists have employed to combat that misinformation and consider how to adapt these strategies to their own work.
Ponentes
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October 07
Jueves
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14:30
Module 4
Climate Reporting & Audiences: How to define and serve audiences of our climate reporting
By the end of this module, participants will be able to:
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Describe the central challenges news organisations face in communicating news and information to their audiences during the climate crisis.
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Define a solutions based approach to the reporting of the climate crisis.
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Discuss the storytelling and impact measurement opportunities available to news organisations when reporting climate stories.
Ponentes
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October 21
Jueves
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14:30
Module 5
Personal Project: Participants will present their story pitches to the group for coaching and discussion
By the end of this module, participants will be able to:
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Pitch climate crisis story ideas and design reporting treatments.
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Revise and improve their personal story idea using constructive facilitator and peer feedback.
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Create a timeline for delivering their story idea.
Ponentes
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October 28
Jueves
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14:30
Module 6
Storytelling Techniques : Packaging climate reporting, formats, engagement, data visualisations and case studies.
By the end of this module, participants will be able to:
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Describe the attributes and values of different climate science storytelling formats, tools and techniques.
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Evaluate storytelling techniques journalists have employed when reporting the climate crisis.
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Adopt a set of innovative storytelling principles and apply them to a personal reporting project.
Ponentes
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