The Society of Environmental Journalists and the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting welcomed 18 news executives to the Stanford University campus for a symposium and roundtable on covering climate change Weds. Sept. 5, 2007, as a special pre-conference event.
Stay tuned for an edited video of presentations and conversations to be posted in a few weeks. “Bud”Ward, an honorary and founding member of SEJ, was chief organizer for the day. Len Downie, Executive Editor of the Washington Post couldn't stick around for the evening program. But before he left the building, Mr. Downie filled out an SEJ member application and paid his dues with a smile and a cash advance. Other guests included...
Attendees for the SEJ/Metcalf roundtable on covering climate change:
Caesar Andrews, Executive Editor, Detroit Free Press
David Boardman, Executive Editor, The Seattle Times
Jeanne Carstensen, Managing Editor, Salon.com
Bob Cohn, Executive Editor, Wired
John Diaz, Editorial Page Editor, The San Francisco Chronicle
Leonard Downie, Jr., Executive Editor, The Washington Post
Susan Goldberg, Editor, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH
Bennie Ivory, Executive Editor, The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY
Martin Kaiser, Editor and Senior Vice President, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Donald Kennedy, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief, Science
Glenn Kramon, Assistant Managing Editor, The New York Times
David Ledford, Editor, The News Journal, Wilmington, DE
Rick Rodriguez, Executive Editor and Senior Vice President, The Sacramento Bee
Frank Scandale, The Record, Bergen County, N.J.
Carolyn Washburn, Vice President and Editor, The Des Moines Register
Anne Thompson, Chief Environmental Affairs Correspondent, NBC News
Leo Wolinsky, Managing Editor, The Los Angeles Times
Dave Zeeck, Executive Editor and Senior VP for News, The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA
Presenters included Buzz Thompson, Jr., Jon Krosnick, Steve Schneider, Amory Lovins, Lonnie Thompson, Ben Santer, Terry Root, Ken Caldeira, Michael Greenstone and Jim Sweeney.
Forgot to ID that last photo (and to give my post a title! d'oh!)
That's SEJ President Tim Wheeler on the left and Bud Ward on the right. Caesar Andrews in the foreground. Buzz Thompson of Stanford's Woods Institute is off camera on the far left. -- Beth Parke
Posted by: Beth Parke | September 06, 2007 at 05:00 PM