Programa | Science in the Newsroom

Science in the Newsroom

04 Aug 2020 hasta 27 Aug 2020
Asia Pacific and South Asia
India

Building journalist skills for future health crises

Programa | Science in the Newsroom

Programa

This programme will be held on the same days for both regions, with two different set of timings.  All the training sessions will be conducted via online on Zoom platform.  

Asia Pacific training timing: 10:30 - 12:00 SGT

South Asia training time: 11:00 - 12:30 IST

Sessions

September 16
Jueves

  • 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: 

    • Understand the overall objectives and approach of the course including the Personal Project requirement.

    • Define the scope and scale of climate crisis reporting.

    • Better describe the core climate science that underpins climate reporting.

     

    Ponentes 

September 23
Jueves

  • 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: 

    • Recognise the range of sources of climate science information and identify their merits and drawbacks.

    • Understand how science data can be used as a tool to support good journalism.

    • Know how to approach a variety of science sources to extract meaningful data.

    Ponentes 

September 30
Jueves

  • 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: 

    • Identify key misinformation challenges and threats to climate reporting.

    • Categorise the most pervasive strains of climate crisis misinformation.

    • Compare and analyse strategies journalists have employed to combat that misinformation and consider how to adapt these strategies to their own work.

    Ponentes 

October 07
Jueves

  • 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: 

    • Describe the central challenges news organisations face in communicating news and information to their audiences during the climate crisis.

    • Define a solutions based approach to the reporting of the climate crisis.

    • Discuss the storytelling and impact measurement opportunities available to news organisations when reporting climate stories.

     

    Ponentes 

October 21
Jueves

  • 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: 

    • Pitch climate crisis story ideas and design reporting treatments.

    • Revise and improve their personal story idea using constructive facilitator and peer feedback.

    • Create a timeline for delivering their story idea.

    Ponentes 

October 28
Jueves

  • 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: 

    • Describe the attributes and values of different climate science storytelling formats, tools and techniques.

    • Evaluate storytelling techniques journalists have employed when reporting the climate crisis.

    • Adopt a set of innovative storytelling principles and apply them to a personal reporting project.

    Ponentes 

Science in the Newsroom

Contacto 

Shariff