Leading climate journalists from the Nordic countries and abroad will share best practices and discuss strategies for climate journalism in a time where the consequences of climate change are dire and rapidly growing, but international collaboration to mitigate and adapt to the changes are under attack and other global conflicts dominate the news.
There will be plenary sessions with keynotes and discussions, and hands-on workshops for journalists who want to improve their knowledge and skills.
The conference is primarily aimed at working journalists, as it also seeks to strengthen networks between reporters interested in the climate beat.
There are limited spaces available.
The conference is supported by the Fritt Ord Foundation and Klimastiftelsen Umeo.
Information about registration coming soon.
Program
Thursday 28 August
Morning session
- 08:30: Coffee, snack and mingling
- 09:00: Welcome by OsloMet Rector Christen Krogh
- 09.15: Keynote: Arjit Niranjan, Europe’s Environment Correspondent, The Guardian (TBC): "How to make space for climate journalism in your newsroom and practice in a time where military conflicts and new global power struggles set the news agenda?"
- 10.00: Coffee and mingling
- 10.15 Panel debates with QA: "What can we learn from countries and contexts with long experience in doing climate journalism under pressure?" A conversation between international journalists and experts from Tunisia, Pakistan, Greenland, Turkey, Sweden.
- 12.00: Lunch
Afternoon session
Parallel hands-on workshops with skill training
13:00–15:00
- Climate and artificial intelligence: AI tools which improve your climate journalism, with Henrik Brattli Vold, IJ
- Breaking Climate: How to cover climate stories as breaking news, with Ine Schwebs, VG/Panorama
- Visual/multimedia climate journalism: Sharing tools and learning from practice, with Agnes Walton, IJ, and photojournalists from photo.circle Nepal (TBC) and Pathshalainstitute Bangladesh (TBC)
Panel debate with QA
15:30–16:30
"What are the strategies for climate journalism in the Nordic countries’ newsrooms? How to strengthen the climate expertise/tool box/leverage in your newsroom?" Panel with nordic journalists and editors:
- Astrid Rommetveit, NRK (N)
- Marie Sæhl, Information (DK)
- Hanna Nikkanen, Long Play (FL)
Award Ceremony
At 18:00 there will be an award ceremony for the the "Klimapress" price – a new Nordic prize in climate and environmental journalism.
The ceremony is held at Pressens hus and there will be dinner and mingling.
The purpose of the prize is to highlight the best of our climate and environmental journalism, and inspire investment in climate and environmental issues among Nordic journalists.
Friday 29 August
Morning session
Coffee, snacks and mingling from 08.30.
Towards the UNFCCC COP30
09:00–10:30
We take a look ahead towards the UNFCCC COP30 in Brazil in November. Ten years since the Paris climate agreement, and one year since the 1,5 threshold of global warming was passed. What’s at stake in the upcoming international climate summit and what’s in it for journalists?
Keynotes:
- Karla Mendes. Award-winning Brazilian journalist, Investigative reporter at Mongabay, fellow of the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Investigations Network and 2nd vice president, Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ).
- Ricardo Garcia. Journalist, writer and environmental analyst from Portugal, born in Brazil, author of several books, including Sobre a Terra, a handbook on environmental issues for journalists, teachers, students and the general public.
We will have a coffe break at the end of the session.
Panel debate with QA
11.00–12:00
How to engage your audiences in climate journalism? What does research and practice tell us?
- Katherine Dunne, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism’s Climate network (TBC)
- Hans Cosson Eide, head of climate department, NRK
Lunch
12:00–13:00
Lunch and mingling
Afternoon session
Parallel hands-on workshops with skill training
13.00–15.00
- Cross border: how to succeed in cross border journalism on climate/ environmental issues? (TBC)
- How to cover climate and environment in local news, with Atle Anderson BT (TBC)
- It’s in the wrapping: How to tell the climate story, with Torsten Schäfer
- Reflections about covering nature and the environment, with Århus University
Moving forward
15.00–16.00
Moving forward: How can we collaborate/exchange knowledge about/promote climate journalism?
