Sustainability and journalism

Green issues have conquered the agenda and the media have expanded their reporting on the environment and sustainability – be it with new programs, series, special pages or entire magazines. This increases the need for journalists to acquire new specialist knowledge and become familiar with the best research sources – as well as the green media market, its providers, locations and rules of the game. However, there is a lack of appropriate further training.

Program

June 8, 2013
2.30 p.m. – Welcome and introduction Klaus Wiegandt, Dr. Torsten Schäfer
2.45 p.m. – Lecture: The great transformation – the path to sustainable development Prof. Dr. Harald Welzer
15.45 – Questions and discussion
16.35 – Lecture: The Earth System Dr. Hannes Petrischak
5.40 p.m. – Lecture: Consumption and production – key problems on the path to sustainable development Klaus Wiegandt
6.30 p.m. – Questions and discussion
6.45 p. m.– Dinner
19.45 – Lecture: Forestry as an example of sustainable management Ecological, economic and social aspects (forest excursion) Stefan Mörsdorf
09.00 a.m. – Lecture: Climate change as a central sustainability issue Prof. Dr. Hartmut Graßl
09.45 a.m. – Questions and discussion
10.35 a.m. – Lecture: 20 years of RIO: Review and outlook on the thematic agenda for RIO 20+ Bernhard Pötter
11.15 a.m. – Questions and discussion
11.55 a.m. – Lecture: Sustainability, environmental journalism and the new green society Dr. Torsten Schäfer
12.20 p.m. – Lecture Questions and discussion
12.30 p.m. – Lunch
1.30 p.m. – Lecture: Sustainability and journalistic research: searching, finding, selling Dr. Torsten Schäfer
14.15 – Questions and discussion
2.50 p.m. – The regional perspective: Collection of topic ideas in the group
3.45 p.m. – Final discussion on sustainability – how to report?
16.30 – Evaluation and conclusion
5.00 p.m. – End of the event