Digital Terrain: Navigating the New World of Environmental Storytelling

Event Date:

July 10, 2015

A One-Day Workshop and Pitchfest
from the Society of Environmental Journalists

July 10 — 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM EDT
City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism

The Amazon river flowing through the Amazon rainforest is captured in a screenshot from NASA’s globe software World Wind.

Today, environmental journalists are charting a new digital terrain, but this changing media landscape can be tough to navigate. Come explore emerging forms of environmental storytelling — online video and long-form narratives, data visualization, podcasting, social media, and more — at a day-long workshop sponsored by the Society of Environmental Journalists in New York City on July 10, 2015.

Join innovators from digital news sites, public radio, and more, plus top editors from the New York Times Magazine, Popular Science, MediaStorm and Nautilus, for this hands-on program, hosted by the cutting-edge Graduate School of Journalism at City University of New York.

The workshop will inspire new approaches to your stories and your beat, provide space for developing your new ideas, and offer immediate feedback from experts.

We’ll begin with lightning presentations by innovators in the field, then spend the bulk of the workshop in breakout brainstorming sessions led by expert facilitators who will help teams develop stories from inspiration to execution. Teams will then step up to the mic at a signature SEJ Pitchfest to sell their best story ideas to leading editors.

This workshop is designed for journalists, communicators, and students. Registration includes breakfast, lunch, and coffee breaks.

Seating is limited. Register now online or contact co-organizer Adam Glenn at adam@a2gmedia.com for more information.

Speakers include:

Kevin Berger, Nautilus
Jennifer Bogo, Popular Science
Joe Fuller, MediaStorm
Charles Homans, Deputy Digital Editor, New York Times Magazine
Flora Lichtman, Co-Director, New York Times Op-Docs series "Animated Life"
Brian Storm, MediaStorm
Ariana Tobin, WNYC'S "Note to Self"