If anyone is going to a seminar called Climate Science in the Media I'd be interested to have a report on the proceedings. Details of the meeting, which are shown below, were apparently distributed by email only:
We would like to invite you and your scientists to our Climate Science in the Media workshop on Wednesday 31 March 2010 at the Royal Institution from 12.30pm to 5pm with drinks afterwards. The event is supported by the Natural Environment Research Council.
Climate science has never been as prominent in the news as over the past three months. It is paramount that the evidence is communicated correctly, and that scientists and journalists recognise the benefits of working effectively together. This will be an opportunity to discuss the challenges posed by the ongoing coverage of climate change in the media, and to hear from national news journalists as well as other scientists with experience of media. People speaking at the event so far include:
- Alok Jha (Guardian)
- Tom Clarke (Channel 4)
- Richard Black (BBC Online)
- Fred Pearce (Freelance)
- Mary Hockaday (BBC Multimedia Newsroom)
- Peter Stott (Met Office)
- Brian Hoskins (Imperial)
- Mark Maslin (UCL)
- Bob Ward (Grantham, LSE)
- Bob Watson (CSA, Defra) - TBC
- Alan Thorpe (NERC)
This event is specifically geared towards scientists working in the field of climate change, so please encourage your climate science colleagues to attend. Press officers working with such scientists are also welcome, but if you register please try to bring some of your scientists with you.
If you wish to attend please send your name, job title, institutional e-mail address and phone number to introduction@sciencemediacentre.org. We can't reserve places without names and I would ask only for the names and addresses of confirmed attendees.