How can journalist effectively report on climate change? How do they convey urgency to the reader? A conference this Friday hosted by the Center for Journalism Ethics hopes to answer those questions. The 2023 Journalism Ethics Conference: ETHICS, URGENCY & CLIMATE JOURNALISM kicks off at 9am, Friday, April 28th. It is free and open to the public.

Joining us on today’s A Public Affair are keynote speaker Justin Worland, and panelists Mario Ariza and Ros Donald.

Justin Worland is a Washington D.C.-based senior correspondent for TIME covering climate change and the intersection of policy, politics and society.

Mario Alejandro Ariza is an investigative reporter and a Dominican immigrant. His byline has appeared in publications such as the South Florida Sun Sentinel, The New Republic, and The Atlantic. He is the author of  Disposable City: Miami’s Future on the Shores of Climate Catastrophe.

Rosalind Donald is an assistant professor of Climate, Environmental Justice, Media, and Communication at American University. She researches how climate change communication can be made more just and effective, combining archival research, interviews, and document analysis to weave together the connections between histories of environmental injustice and today’s climate debate.

Photo used for SoundCloud by Malcolm Lightbody on Unsplash. Featured image by UW Journalism Ethics.

Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereMore Posts for Show: A Public Affair