Two Mongabay.com and UMASS Journalism Department EJ Events

Please join us for two environmental journalism-related programs on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at UMASS Amherst; all are invited. (Note: this event was slated for Feb 9 but was rescheduled to 3/23 due to a blizzard.)

In partnership with the UMASS Journalism Department, editors of global conservation news service Mongabay.com will talk about trends they're tracking and writing about, and also discuss the challenges of working in the media (and in a sector concerned with environmental science/trends/policy) at a time when the new U.S. Administration is not supportive of these things:

The Changing Landscape: Environmental Journalism in the Age of Trump

Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 4:00 p.m.

Ziff Gallery, S414 Integrative Learning Center, 4th Fl. (located in the center of the UMASS campus, between the campus pond and Campus Center, map)

Editors for global conservation news service Mongabay.com, which has been publishing since 1999 and now reaches 2 million readers per month in nine languages, will share how they developed careers covering this beat, how they see the media landscape changing during this pivotal period, and the role of nonprofit and entrepreneurial journalism in 2017 and beyond. Panelists:

• Rebecca Kessler, contributing editor
• Glenn Scherer, contributing editor
• Mike Gaworecki, staff writer and editor
• Erik Hoffner, editor and content strategist

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Then in partnership with the School of Earth & Sustainability at UMASS, the Mongabay team will host a live podcast recording with researchers from Harvard University's Long Term Ecological Research program:

Changes to the Land: Discussion & Live Podcast Taping w/ Harvard Forest & Mongabay

Thursday, March 23, 2017 at 7:00 p.m.

S240 Integrative Learning Center (directions above)

Harvard Forest scientists will discuss with Mongabay.com editors their landmark report "Changes to the Land," about forest fragmentation, climate change, and more in the Bay State (and the wider region), plus science communication, what changes at the Long Term Ecological Research program (LTER) they're seeing, and more, to air on the Mongabay Newscast, the outlet's biweekly podcast. Come hear this discussion and query the panel about climate change and other changes to the land, regionally to globally. Panelists:

• Jonathan R Thompson, Senior Ecologist  Harvard Forest, Harvard University
• David Foster, Director of Harvard Forest LTER, Harvard University
• Mike Gaworecki, Mongabay Newscast Host
• Glenn Scherer, contributing editor, Mongabay.com

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The Mongabay team will also be available on the 23rd and 24th to drop in on classes and meet with 5 Colleges students, staff, and community members interested in, or working in environmental publishing.

Contact Erik Hoffner to learn more about these events or to arrange a meeting, erik@mongabay.com or 413-429-5296