Environmental Journalism in the Andes
Pre-Symposium Workshop for Journalists
Third International Symposium on
Sustainable Mountain Development
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday, December 9, 1998

 

Introduction and Welcome

Ms. Lucia Lemos, Head, Department of Professional Training, CIESPAL, Quito, Ecuador.

Dr. Lee B. Becker, Director, James M. Cox Jr. Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research, University of Georgia, U.S.A.

Topic Overview I: Journalism and Science: Conflicting Orientations, Common Goals?

Dr. Lee B. Becker, Director, James M. Cox Jr. Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research, University of Georgia, U.S.A.

Topic Overview II: Basic Issues in Environmental Journalism

Dr. William Griswold, Professor, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia, U.S.A.

Coffee Break

Topic Overview III: A Chilean Case Study of Cooperation between Journalists and Scientists

Prof. Francisco Ferrando, Director of the School of Geography, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.

Lunch

Review of Symposium Program and Opportunities for Journalists

Dr. Fausto Sarmiento, Associate Director, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Georgia, U.S.A.

Topic Overview IV: The Need of Communication to the Public about Sustainability

Dr. Hugo Romero, Professor, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.

Topic Overview V: Geographers' Need for Information Dissemination

Dr. Bruno Messerli, President, International Geographical Union, Bern, Switzerland.

Coffee Break

Topic Overview VI: Protected Areas and the Role of the Media

Dr. Lawrence Hamilton, Vice Chair Mountains, World Commission of Protected Areas, Vermont, U.S.A.

Summary Session: Finding Solutions to Identified Problems

Dr. William Griswold, Professor, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia, U.S.A.

Evaluation of the Workshop

Dr. Lee B. Becker, Director, James M. Cox Jr. Center for International Mass Communication Training and Research, University of Georgia, U.S.A., distributed a questionnaire and asked participants to evaluate the workshop.