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FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN SCIENCE JOURNALISM ::

November 9 & 10, 2007
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, UBC

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Richard Black
BBC News Environmental Correspondent
"News Websites: A Green Medium?"

Friday November 9, 1 - 2:30 pm
Room 104, UBC School of Journalism, 6388 Crescent Road

Richard Black covers environmental issues for BBC News website and for national and international radio.  While BBC World Service Richard reports on scientific and environmental affairs and has presented programs with a similar theme, such as the pioneering series “One Planet,” which he co-founded.  He has also covered major international events such as the 2006 UNFCCC meeting in Nairobi, the 2005 UN World Summit in New York and the 2002 UNAIDS Summit in Barcelona.  Richard has also contributed to the BBCs journalist training program.
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François Heinderyckx
Free University of Brussels
“European Media Audience Fragmentation: Implications for the European Public Sphere”

Friday, November 9
12:00-1:30 pm
Room 129, C.K. Choi Building, 1855 West Mall

Many originally thought that trans-European media would give rise to the beginnings of a European media audience which, in turn, might constitute the basis for a Europe-wide public sphere. Heinderyckx will discuss how, apart from traces of such trans-border communities in very limited segments, the contemporary media landscape in Europe has evolved instead towards multi-layered fragmentation, including that of regional and local media.
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Alanna Mitchell
Independent author and journalist
“Evidence of a System Switch: Reading the Vital Signs of the Global Ocean”

Thursday, November 8, 12:30-2:00 pm
Multipurpose Room, Liu Institute for Global Issues, 6476 NW Marine Drive

Mitchell has spent the past two years traveling around the world interviewing marine scientists about their work and taking part in scientific expeditions. Most recently, she went down 3,000 feet to the bottom of the ocean in a submersible. Based on this extensive field research, her talk will examine the most up-to-date science from around the world on the health of the global ocean.
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