———————– ** Fresh Green Beans ** ———————– Grown in Kansas. Eaten Worldwide.

Artist: Nils Udo, GreenMuseum.org

1/24/08, Week 2: History of Environmental Journalism
An overview of environmental reportage across platforms: from Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring to Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth.” How do we think like a scientist and a journalist? What are the challenges for both parties? What kind of baseline environmental literacy is required? Jeff McIntire Strausberg, blogger for TreeHugger, creator of Sustainablog, and editor of a new environmental blog will join us to discuss the ways in which the climate change debate shaped reportage. Additionally, there will be an in-class discussion on framing environmental issues with CEBC Post Doctoral Researcher Claudia Bode.

Week 2 Assignment:
Reading/Viewing: Thinking Like a Scientist and a Journalist
Scientists: Review basic information on journalism, investigative reporting, writing, sourcing, blogging and videography.
1) How Scientists Can Work Effectively with Media (listen to the audio & look at the PPT)
2) Just the Facts: Sources of Stats and Data
3) Writing Tools: Words & Pictures
4) Video Production Tips
Yale Climate Media Forum
5) Tips & Guides: Investigative Reporting
Columbia University’s New Media Training
Journalists: Review basic information on science reporting, peer reviews, and deciphering complex language.
1) How Scientists Can Work Effectively with Media (listen to the audio & look at the PPT)
2) Pseudo-Science Debunked
3) Explanation of Peer Reviewed Materials
4) Scientific Integrity
5) The Multiple Meanings of Public Understanding, Matthew Nisbet
Journalists & Scientists:
6) What Does It Mean to be Scientifically Literate in the 21^st Century?
7) Digital Storytelling
8 ) Photo ethics
9) Advice for Beginning Science Writers
10) The Beat’s Basics
11) Funny Science Guide

1/24 Email Learning Contract by 5pm.

In lieu of Blog Post: Green Mapping
1) Join the Sundance Ecommunity and add a local green marker to Kansas or Missouri on the Sundance Channel Ecommunity Map.
Email your marker information to John and me by Wed 1/30 at 5pm so you can get credit for your work.
AND
Look at the Blogroll and start to source/email your entries. Two entries are required by Wednesday 4/30 at 5pm. Make sure to email your entries to John and me so you get credit for your work.