Workshop

Agenda

Workshop 1: 101 Journalism on Sustainability

  1. Welcome Session & Icebreaker

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  1. Fireside Chat - State of Play: Climate Change and Sustainable Development in Asia Pacific
  • Steve Howard, Chief Sustainability Officer, Temasek Holdings

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

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  1. 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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  1. 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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  1. Breakout Activity -  The role of media in climate change and sustainable development‍

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  1. 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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  1. Workshop - Writing / Multimedia Assignment

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  1. Lecture 2 - Finding your voice, story-telling in multimedia formats
  • Fraser Morton, Executive Producer, Eco-Business

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  1. 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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  1. Lecture 3 - Uncovering the niche Topic / subject area
  • Augustine Anthuvan, Executive Producer, Moderator at Large, Eco-Business

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  1. 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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  1. 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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  1. 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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  1. 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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  1. Lecture 4 - Understanding solutions journalism
  • Kavita Chandra, Media Consultant, Journalism Trainer, Thomas Reuters Foundation

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  1. Breakout Activity - Reflections and future plans

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  1. Closing Session and Sharing