Agenda for Climate Changes Everything
Columbia Journalism School — September 21 & 22
AGENDA
Day One
September 21, 2023
8:30 AM
REGISTRATION & NETWORKING BREAKFAST
9:30 AM
WELCOME REMARKS
Kyle Pope, Editor & Publisher, Columbia Journalism Review
9:35AM
OPENING REMARKS
Stephanie Abrams, The Weather Channel & Zinhle Essamuah, NBC News
9:45 AM
THE STATE OF CLIMATE JOURNALISM: ISSUING A CALL TO ACTION
Ben Tracy, Senior National and Environmental Correspondent, CBS News; Sophie Huet, Global Editor-in-chief, Agence France-Presse; Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, Climate Collaborations Editor, Global Climate Desk, Associated Press; Omaya Sosa Pascual, Co-Founder and Special Projects Editor, Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism
Moderator: Mark Hertsgaard, Executive Director, Covering Climate Now
10:45 AM
THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM
Fara Warner, Director of Climate, Solutions Journalism Network
11:00 AM
NETWORKING BREAK
11:15 AM
AN INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTIANA FIGUERES
Christiana Figueres, Co-founder, Global Optimism and former Executive Secretary, UNFCCC, interviewed by Zinhle Essamuah, Anchor, NBC News
12:00 PM
HOW LOCAL TV NEWS CAN BREAK ITS CLIMATE SILENCE
David Schechter, National Environmental Correspondent, CBS News and Stations
12:15 PM
NETWORKING LUNCH
1:15 PM
TELLING THE WHOLE STORY: CENTERING JUSTICE
Manka Behl, Principal Correspondent, The Times of India; Antonia Gonzales, Managing News Editor, New Mexico’s Koahnic Broadcasting Corporation; Duncan Lukoye; Multimedia Editorial Advisor & Correspondent, Kenya-based DIRAJ & Voice of America; Camille Alexandra Padilla Dalmau, Founder, Puerto Rico’s 9 Millones
Moderator: Ezra David Romero, Climate Reporter, San Francisco’s KQED
2:15 PM
WHO TELLS THE CLIMATE STORY IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE STORY ITSELF
Lucia Priselac, Director, The Uproot Project & Paola Rosa-Aquino, freelance journalist and Uproot Project Board of Directors
2:30 PM
NETWORKING BREAK
2:45 PM
FOSSIL FUELS: NAVIGATING EDITORIAL AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS
Melissa Bell, Publisher and Co-founder, Vox; Amy Westervelt, Founder, Critical Frequency Moderator: Rachel White, EVP, Philanthropy and Business Development, Guardian US and President, theguardian.org
3:45 PM
ELEVATING CLIMATE CHANGE FOR BETTER WEATHER REPORTS
Audrey Cerdan, Weather & Climate Editor, France Télévisions
4:00 PM
TOWN HALL: CREATING A BLUEPRINT FOR MEDIA TRANSFORMATION
Facilitated by Angela K. Evans, Climate Network Manager, Solutions Journalism Network & Mekdela Maskal, Engagement Director, Covering Climate Now
5:15 PM
CLOSING REMARKS
5:30 PM
DAY ONE CONCLUDES
6:00 PM
COCKTAIL RECEPTION
Hosted by The Weather Channel & Pattrn
Day Two
September 22, 2023
8:00 AM
REGISTRATION & NETWORKING BREAKFAST
With experts from Columbia Climate School
9:00 AM
OPENING REMARKS
Stephanie Abrams, The Weather Channel & Zinhle Essamuah, Anchor, NBC News
9:05 AM
TRANSFORMING THE NEWSROOM TO BETTER COVER CLIMATE
Ariel Rodriguez, Meteorologist and Environmental/Climate Reporter, Telemundo 51 Miami & Steve MacLaughlin, Meteorologist, WTVJ, NBC 6 South Florida
9:15 AM
AN INTERVIEW WITH ALI ZAIDI
Ali Zaidi, White House National Climate Advisor, interviewed by Stephanie Abrams, The Weather Channel
10:00 AM
CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE 2024 ELECTIONS
Alejandro Alba, Senior Correspondent, NowThis; Amy Goodman, Founder, Democracy Now!; Vanessa Hauc, News Anchor & Director of Planeta Tierra, Telemundo; Al Ortiz, former CBS News executive and VP of standards
Moderator: Justin Worland, Senior Correspondent, TIME
11:00 AM
BETTER TOGETHER: COLLABORATION FOR MAXIMUM IMPACT
Ben Winslow, Senior Reporter, FOX 13 News Utah and Great Salt Lake Collaborative & Amy Maestas, Director of Collaboratives, Solutions Journalism Network
11:15 AM
SHORT BREAK
11:30 AM
ATTENDEE WORKING GROUPS: CREATING A BLUEPRINT FOR MEDIA TRANSFORMATION
12:30 PM
CLOSING REMARKS
12:45 PM
CONFERENCE CONCLUDES
Conference Location
Columbia Journalism School
2950 Broadway New York, NY