• Learn to effectively communicate complex climate change science to the media
• Discuss issues in climate change communication
• Create lasting collaborative networks

SUMMARY

The British Council USA, in partnership with American University and SeaWeb/COMPASS, was pleased to present an international workshop, "Communicating Climate Change: Science and Media Networking for the Future."  Participants joined prominent environmental journalists in Washington, DC from November 15-18, 2006.  SeaWeb/COMPASS led an intensive, hands-on media communication training that included modules on:

• What makes good news?
• Elements of a good story
• Interview "do's" and "don'ts"
• Live practice interviews
• Realities of working with the media
• Communicating with policy makers

Participants also heard from several prominent journalists from US and UK publications, including Michelle Nijhuis, contributing editor for High Country News and winner of the 2006 Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Writing from the American Geophysical Union, and Christopher Joyce, a correspondent on National Public Radio's (NPR) science desk whose work is heard on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and NPR's Radio Expeditions.  A tour of NPR studios provided a behind-the-scenes-view of science communication in action.

ABOUT THE PARTICIPANTS

Seven early career scientists each from the US and UK were selected.

	US Participants			UK Participants
	Matt Fitzpatrick University of Tennessee Neil Gordon Scripps Institution Susan Kaspari University of Maine Allegra LeGrande NASA/Columbia University Abraham Miller-Rushing Boston University Kimberly Schneider University of South Carolina Daniel Solis University of Miami			Geoffrey Darch University of East Anglia Elizabeth Kennett Hadley Centre Kate Larkin University of Southampton Krista McKinzey Our Dynamic Earth Pardeep Pall Oxford University Alexandra Thompson British Antarctic Survey Paul Young Cambridge University