Workshop 1: 101 Journalism on Sustainability

1. Welcome Session & Icebreaker

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2. Fireside Chat - State of Play: Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Asia Pacific

• Steve Howard, Chief Sustainability Officer, Temasek Holdings

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3. Lecture 1 - Introduction to climate change and sustainable development in journalism (Part I) ‍

• Jessica Cheam, Founder, Eco-Business and EB Impact

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4. Breakout Activity and Group Sharing - Sustainability and climate change in the local context

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5. Lecture 2 - Introduction to climate change and sustainable development in journalism (Part II) ‍

• Jessica Cheam, Founder, Eco-Business and EB Impact

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6. Lecture 3 - The role of media and the experience of climate change

• Prof Sonny Rosenthal, Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Studies at Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, NTU

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7. Breakout Activity -  The role of media in climate change and sustainable development‍

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8. Panel - Navigating Greenwashing in the Asian Context

• Speaker: Kavita Chandran, Journalism Trainer, Thomson Reuters Foundation
• Speaker: Phil Jacobson, Southeast Asia Senior Editor, Mongabay
• Speaker: Sam Geall, CEO, China Dialogue
• Moderator: Robin Hicks, Associate editor,  Eco-Business

Workshop 2: Finding your voice - Story-telling in multimedia formats

1. Lecture 1 - Targeting your audience in sustainability

• Fraser Morton, Executive Producer, Eco-Business

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2. Workshop - Writing / Multimedia Assignment

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3. Lecture 2 - Finding your voice, story-telling in multimedia formats

• Fraser Morton, Executive Producer, Eco-Business

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4. Panel - Finding the story angle and key takeaways

• Speaker: Jayaprakash Bojan, National geographic nature photographer of the year 2017, Professional Photographer/Filmmaker
• Speaker: Ramesh Bhushal, Nepal Editor, the thirdpole.net
• Speaker: David Paul Fogarty, Climate Change Editor, The Straits Times
• Speaker: Wai Mun Ng, Assistant Editor, Eco-Business\
• Speaker: Fraser Morton, Executive Producer, Eco-Business

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5. Lecture 3 - Uncovering the niche Topic / subject area

• Augustine Anthuvan, Executive Producer, Moderator at Large, Eco-Business

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6. Lecture 4 - Developing the beats

• Ms Hedwig Rasamah Alfred, Assistant Chair, Undergraduate Studies at Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, NTU

Workshop 3: Deepening Knowledge

1. Opening Lecture - Understanding technical reports

• Melissa Low Yu Xing, Research Fellow, National University Singapore Centre for NbS

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2. Lecture 2 - New values, misinformation and ethics

• Prof Ang Peng Hwa, Programme Director, Master of Media and Communication, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information NTU

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3. Lecture 3 - Governance and real life cases in sustainability and sustainable development reporting

• Prof Ang Peng Hwa, Programme Director, Master of Media and Communication, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information NTU

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4. Panel - Overcoming misinformation in climate change and sustainable development reporting

• Speaker: Keith Lin, Director, Public Affairs at Temasek
• Speaker: Nicole Han, Strategic Partner Development, Meta
• Speaker: Vaidehi Shah, Senior Communications Advisor at Climate Council

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5. Lecture 4 - Understanding solutions journalism

• Kavita Chandra, Media Consultant, Journalism Trainer, Thomas Reuters Foundation

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6. Breakout Activity - Reflections and future plans

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7. Closing Session and Sharing