InquireFirst heads to Stanford University to direct Jack F. Ealy Science Journalism Workshop
PALO ALTO, Calif. – InquireFirst is on the way to Stanford University where we’ll be directing the 2018 Jack F. Ealy Science Journalism Workshop on environment, energy and earth science in collaboration with Mexico City-based Fundación Ealy Ortiz.
We’re expecting 25 journalists from Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Paraguay, the Dominican Republic, the U.S. and Spain at our June 17-21 advanced science journalism program. These seasoned journalists will hear from leading scientists and researchers on the critical issues facing our region and collaborations in scientific communities across the Western Hemisphere to explore possible solutions.
Among the experts who will be meeting with journalists are Robert B. Jackson, chair of the Earth System Science Department at Stanford, and Arun Majumdar, co-director of the Precourt Institute of Energy, who previously served as vice president for energy at Google.
The final day of the workshop, which will be held in San Francisco, Calif., will focus on the art of science writing. Andrew Revkin, strategic adviser for science and environmental journalism at The National Geographic Society, will talk with journalists, as will other prominent science journalists such as Lynne Friedmann, former editor of ScienceWriters magazine.
Rosalind Reid, executive director of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing, will discuss ways of strengthening science journalism in the Americas through international networking and new opportunities.
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This graphic accompanied a story written by Gabriela Salido, managing editor of El Sol de Hermosillo, who attended the InquireFirst Zika/vector-borne disease workshop in Costa Rica. Graphic published courtesy of Organización Editorial Mexicana (OEM).
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InquireFirst Executive Director S. Lynne Walker will organize and instruct journalism symposiums in 2018 on investigative reporting and safety protocols, digital storytelling and science, health and environment coverage in Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. The symposiums will be presented in Spanish.
June 17-21, 2018
Palo Alto and San Francisco, California
Jack F. Ealy Science Journalism Workshop, Latin American edition
The Jack F. Ealy Science Journalism workshop will return to the Bay Area for the second consecutive year to offer advanced training on environment, energy and Earth sciences to Latin American and Caribbean reporters and editors.
InquireFirst will organize and direct the 2018 Jack F. Ealy Science Journalism Workshop at Stanford University in collaboration with Mexico City-based Fundación Ealy Ortiz.
Some 25 journalists from Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Paraguay, the Dominican Republic, the U.S. and Spain will attend the June 17-21 program. Journalists will hear from leading scientists and researchers who will discuss ways in which they are working across international borders to find solutions to the critical health and environmental issues facing the region.
The final day of the workshop, which will be held in San Francisco, Calif., will focus on the art of science writing, with prominent U.S. and Latin American science and environmental journalists leading hands-on, interactive sessions.
A key goal of the workshop will be encountering ways to strengthen science journalism in the Americas through international networking and new reporting opportunities.
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San José, Costa Rica
Regional Science Journalism Workshop
Forty science journalists from 12 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean will make a field visit to one of Costa Rica’s tropical rain forests during a professional journalism workshop organized and directed by InquireFirst.
Journalists will hike the paths of La Selva Biological Station, one of the most important sites in the world for research on tropical rain forests. La Selva is comprised of 3,900 acres of tropical wet forests in northern Costa Rica and averages over 13 feet of rainfall a year. More than 240 scientific papers are published yearly from research conducted at the site.
During the five-day workshop titled, “Informing the public about the risks and prevention of an epidemic,” Latin American scientists and researchers will meet with journalists to discuss advances in research on the Zika virus as well as clinical trials to develop a vaccine.
The workshop will place a special emphasis on techniques for interviewing scientists to more effectively explain complex scientific information to the public.
During interactive sessions, prominent U.S. and Latin American journalists will work with reporters and editors on preparing for interviews, asking difficult questions and telling the story of Zika and other vector-borne diseases in a convincing and compelling way.
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