The role of the media in the public's understanding of
environmental issues is one of the topics to be considered at
a one-day forum to be held in Dunedin next month.
The New Zealand Media and Environment Forum will bring
together politicians, scientists, journalists, environmental
activists and academics, including scientist Dr Jim Salinger,
Green Party co-leader Metiria Turei, Helen Bain of Forest and
Bird, and Brian Fallow of The New Zealand Herald.
Forum organiser, University of Otago department of politics
senior lecturer Dr Geoff Craig said the idea was that
dialogue between news media and environmental stakeholders
was necessary to enhance the quality of public debate and
understanding of environmental issues.
Panel discussions would encourage dialogue on topics ranging
from the science of climate change to environmental activism
and alternate environmental media.
Open to the public, the forum will be held at the Otago
Museum's Hutton Theatre on November 6.
- rebecca.fox@odt.co.nz
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