Thursday, February 6, 2025
2 to 4 p.m., Reitz Union Auditorium
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Keynote
Benji Backer, “Making Climate Change Nonpartisan Again”
Benji Backer, author of The Conservative Environmentalist and founder of the American Conservation Coalition, works to depoliticize climate change and unify audiences around shared values and concerns such as protecting the places we call home. In 2025 he will launch the Nature is Nonpartisan movement devoted to restoring America’s cross-partisan environmental legacy.
Panel
Vocabulary of Trust: New insights into words, language and climate change with Benji Backer; Max Chesnes, environment and climate reporter at The Tampa Bay Times; Janet Coats, managing director of the Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology at the UF College of Journalism and Communications; and Dr. Sadie J. Ryan, professor of medical geography and co-director of the Florida Climate Institute at UF.
Journalists’ climate-reporting workshop
Join us at the UF College of Journalism and Communications for Thursday morning’s workshop, with hands-on sessions on climate databases, covering hurricanes and more. Trainers include Max Chesnes of the Tampa Bay Times; UF atmospheric scientist Dr. Esther Mullens; and climatologist Dr. Emily Powell of the Florida Climate Institute at Florida State University. The workshop is free and open to professional and student journalists and communicators.
For more information: Contact Cynthia Barnett with the College of Journalism and Communications at clbarnett@jou.ufl.edu or Carolyn Cox with the Florida Climate Institute at crcox@ufl.edu.
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