WIND ENERGY COVERAGE: WHICH WAY DOES THE MEDIA WIND BLOW?
Wednesday, February 2, 12-1:30 p.m. Harvard Kennedy School, Bell Hall, Belfer Building, 5th floor First in a spring series on Clean Energy & the Media Join a conversation with two distinguished environment reporters Beth Daley of The Boston Globe & Elizabeth Rosenthal of The New York Times Discussant: Henry Lee, Director of the Environment and Natural Resources Program,Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Moderator: Alex Jones, Director of the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy Co-sponsored by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. Open to the community on a first-come, first-serve basis. Light lunch provided. >From Massachusetts’ Cape Wind to the nation’s Capitol, the future of wind energy as a source of clean electric power is high on the American agenda and the international energy front as well. But how well has the media covered it, and how well does the public understand the challenges wind faces in becoming a significant energy player? In recent years, the promise of renewable energy has been promoted across the political, environmental, and business landscape, as concerns about American reliance on fossil fuels have mounted. At a pivotal moment when climate change reaches a tipping point, and new energy policies are being formed, the media play a vital role in helping shape the public debate. Yet clean energy is a complex and important story at a time when the media is stretched thin, newsrooms are cutting back, and advocacy blogs increasingly dominate the online universe. Informing the public with critical and strong reportage about energy is imperative, but is the news media up to the task?* * Upcoming HKS Clean Energy & the Media Seminars: Wednesday, February 23, 1:00-2:30 p.m."The Long Road to Electric Cars: Green Hope or Media Hype?"Bell Hall, Belfer Bldg., 5th Floor Alan Boyle, msnbc.com science editor, and Bryan Walsh, Time Magazine environment reporter Wednesday, March 23, 1:00-2:30 p.m. "The Seesaw Coverage of Nuclear Power: Promise or Peril?”Bell Hall, Belfer Bldg., 5th Floor Ned Potter, ABC News science correspondent, and Matthew Wald, New York Times science reporter For more information, contact [email protected]
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