Science Reporting in a Changing Climate: How Can We Do Better?

Science Reporting in a Changing Climate: How Can We Do Better?

Please join us for a special event at the National Press Club on December 10, 2019.

Registration starts at 6pm and the panel at 6.40pm. The panel will be followed by a food and wine reception courtesy of our sponsors.

Registration link: register.

National Press Club

First Amendment Lounge

13th Floor, 529 14th Street NW,

Washington, DC 20045

This panel event has been organized by the Risk Policy and Law (RP&L) speciality group at the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA). The event coincides with the society's annual meeting in Arlington, VA (December 8-12, 2019). The organizers have brought together an exciting panel of expert reporters and academics to discuss science journalism, risk communication, and policymaking:

•          KENDRA PIERRE-LOUIS, Climate Reporter, The New York Times

•              FRANK SESNO, Director of George Washington School of Media and Public Affairs and Creator of Planetforward.org

•              NICK PIDGEON, Professor of Environmental Psychology and Director of the Understanding Risk Research Group, Cardiff University

•              HANK JENKINS-SMITH, Professor and Director of the National Institute for Risk and Resilience, University of Oklahoma.

Chairs: Dominic Balog-Way & Sweta Chakraborty, Risk Policy & Law Group, Society for Risk Analysis.

Sponsors

SRA’s Risk Policy and Law Speciality Group (RPLSG)

The National Institute for Risk and Resilience (NIRR), University of Oklahoma

SRA’s Risk Communication Speciality Group (RCSG)