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Knight Center for Specialized Journalism Seminar Fellowships
Climate Change, Its Sweeping Impact
May 27-30, 2008
Applications due April 15
This seminar will look at the potential for climate change and what it
may mean for the environment, public policy, foreign policy and other arenas. At Knight Center
seminars print, broadcast and online journalists receive in-depth training, meet like-minded
colleagues, get grounded in a new assignment or rekindle enthusiasm for a long-time beat. Seminars
are free of charge. This seminar is being held in collaboration with the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University and the Society of Environmental Journalists.
Confirmed Speakers:
- Brian Murray, director for economic analysis, Duke University Nicholas Institute
for Environmental Policy Solutions
Economic Impact of Climate Change
- Dr. Paul R. Epstein, associate director, Harvard Medical School Center for Heath
and the Global Environment
Climate Change, Health Problems and Healthy Solutions
- Walter Grazer, special adviser, National Religious Partnership for the Environment;
and Dan Misleh, executive director, Catholic Coalition on Climate Change
Religion and Climate Change
- Michelle Moore, senior vice president of policy and public affairs, U.S. Green
Building Council; and Cynthia Rosenzweig, senior research scientist, NASA Goddard
Institute for Space Studies
Building and Infrastructure
- Donald Brown, Associate Professor of Ethics, Science and Law at Penn State
University and director of the Collaborative Program on the Ethical Dimensions of
Climate Change
The Ethics of Climate Change
- Field trip to Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Laurel,
Md.
Climate Change and the Impact on Flora and Fauna
- Field trip to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Science Visualization Studio
with presentations from NASA scientists
- Jim Detjen, director, Knight Center for Environmental Journalism,
Michigan State University
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Other topics:
- Climate Science
- Government: Cities, States and Localities
View a preliminary
schedule for the seminar.
Knight Center fellowships cover all seminar costs, including
reference materials, hotel lodging and meals. Seminars are held at the University of Maryland, in
the metro Washington, D.C. area.
All applications must be received by April 15.
Learn How to Apply
The Knight Center is funded by the John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation and is a professional program of the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College
of Journalism. Participants stay in a hotel on the University of Maryland campus, located near
Washington, D.C. Applicants must work for independent news organizations or be independent freelance
or online journalists. The Knight Center seeks diversity among participants.
Contact the Knight Center at 301/405-4817, or e-mail us
at knight@umd.edu.
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