Storyteller to Mediator: A New Path for Solutions-Focused Journalists?

Speakers

• Andrew Revkin (Moderator) Columbia University Earth Institute
• Jill Baron (Speaker ) US Geological Survey
• Samantha McCann (Speaker ) Vice President, Solutions Journalism Network
• Camille Morse Nicholson (Speaker ) Program Manager, Rural Climate Dialogues, Jefferson Center
• Andrew Rockway (Speaker ) Program Director, Jefferson Center

Description

At a variety of institutions aiming to foster progress on tough issues, a shift is underway from telling a convincing story to shaping a better conversation. Should media follow suit? The idea: Rather than report on a meeting, hold the meeting — and another, and another, fostering trust and crosstalk and generating stories. This brainstorming Craft Session features practitioners from the “Your Voice Ohio” newsroom and “Rural Climate Dialogues” project, along with the U.S. Geological Survey’s John Wesley Powell Center — where scientists are led through mediations aimed at breaking deadlocStoryteller to Mediator — A New Path for Solutions-Focused Journalists?ks on research frontiers. The discussion will include insights from the Solutions Journalism Network and be led by Andy Revkin, who’s building a new initiative on communication and sustainability at Columbia University’s Earth Institute.

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