2022 Annual Science Immersion Workshop for Journalists
2022 Theme: Flooding
The 2022 Annual Workshop explored flooding, a problem that has become increasingly common in coastal and inland settings. We discussed the ways that climate change is affecting the frequency and intensity of flood events, the consequences of flooding, and how communities are adapting. Climate change is a local story happening in the back yards of all news audiences.
The Annual Workshop is designed to help Fellows gain new insights, sources and resources to aid their reporting, expand peer networks with journalists from around the globe, and produce accurate and contextualized reporting on globally relevant environmental issues. Metcalf Fellows will gain a solid foundation in the fundamentals of research practice, climate science, and adaptation measures from leading researchers and policy makers.
The 2022 Workshop was conducted virtually due to ongoing public health concerns about the coronavirus. We met June 1-3 and June 6-10, 2022, during the afternoons of Eastern Daylight Time (approximately 12:30pm-5pm EDT).
The following journalists were part of the 2022 Metcalf Fellowship cohort:
Max Chesnes - Max Chesnes is the environment reporter for Treasure Coast Newspapers and the USA Today network, covering Lake Okeechobee, the St.… (...)
Leah Gerber - Leah Gerber is an award-winning environmental reporter, covering water and development, based in Waterloo Region in Ontario. She was one… (...)
Roshaun Higgins - Roshaun Higgins is an environmental reporter for the Times-Picayune New Orleans Advocate where he covers climate change, major weather events… (...)
Ayurella Horn-Muller - Ayurella Horn-Muller is an award-winning freelance journalist and correspondent at news and research nonprofit Climate Central. Her work has appeared… (...)
Emily Jones - Emily Jones covers climate change and climate solutions as part of a partnership between WABE in Atlanta and Grist. She… (...)
Tom Jones - Tom Jones is an award-winning television news and online journalist and investigative producer with NBC 5 Chicago’s Consumer Investigative team.… (...)
Richard Kayenda - Richard Kayenda is a general assignment reporter with The African Brief in Mzuzu, Malawi. Previously, he was a presenter at… (...)
Shalu Mehta - Shalu Mehta is a lead reporter for The Discourse and is passionate about community-driven, solutions-focused journalism. She is an immigrant… (...)
Caitlin Ochs - Caitlin Ochs is a freelance photojournalist and reporter based in New York. A regular contributor to Reuters, The New York Times, and Wall Street… (...)
Cassandra Profita - Cassandra Profita is an environment reporter and producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting. She produces radio and television stories on science… (...)
Matthew Rozsa - Matthew Rozsa is a staff writer at Salon covering science and health, and recently specializing in climate change. He also… (...)
Kezia Setyawan - Kezia Setyawan is a coastal reporter for WWNO and WRKF and is based out of Houma, Louisiana. Previous lives include… (...)
Dayvee Sutton - Dayvee Sutton is an investigative storyteller who travels the world uncovering the unseen in the most picturesque places. Her work… (...)
Christie Taylor - Christie Taylor is a producer for the public radio show Science Friday, where she produces weekly live and recorded interviews,… (...)
Sarah Vogelsong - Sarah Vogelsong is environment and energy reporter for the Virginia Mercury, a nonprofit news outlet focused on state-level policy in… (...)
Raquel Zaldívar - Raquel Zaldívar is a visual journalist at the Chicago Tribune where she shoots and edits photos and videos for daily… (...)
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