Monday, June 8, 2015
Washington, DC
#disastertalk
Agenda and panelists and videos
01:15 Registration
01:30 Introduction and Welcome (see video for Panel 1)
Nancy Kinner, Center for Spills and Environmental Hazards, University of New Hampshire
01:45 A Responder’s World
RADM(ret) Mary Landry, U.S. Coast Guard Incident Management & Preparedness
02:00 A Journalist’s World
Mark Schleifstein, New Orleans Times-Picayune
02:15 Panel 1: Federal Agency Communication Strategy for Environmental Disaster Response video
Federal agencies have developed an interagency strategy to communicate information during environmental response. The panel will discuss the potential impacts of this strategy on information dissemination.
Representatives from media
- Mark Schleifstein, New Orleans Times-Picayune
- Tim Wheeler, Baltimore Sun
- Seth Borenstein, AP
Representatives from federal agencies
- CPT Howard Wright, U.S. Coast Guard Public Affairs
- Dave Westerholm, NOAA Office of Response & Restoration
- Dana Tulis, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
03:15 Break
03:30 Panel 2: Digital Media Journalism During Environmental Disaster Response video
The panel will discuss how the rapidly changing communication environment is impacting information dissemination and journalism during a response. For example, what is different if a journalist is not reporting in traditional printed formats.
Representatives from media
- Kevin Enochs, Voice of America
- Elizabeth Shogren, High Country News
- Kate Sheppard, Huffington Post
Representatives from federal agencies
- Ciaran Clayton, NOAA Communications
- Debbie Payton, NOAA ORR Emergency Response Division
- Capt Howard Wright, U.S. Coast Guard Public Affairs
04:30 Panel 3: The Path Forward – Addressing Specific Challenges with Action video
The panel will discuss how federal agencies and journalists can work together to develop in the coming year to identify strategies/actions to improve communication during environmental response.
Representatives from media
- Justin Kenney, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Communications
- David Heath, Center for Public Integrity
- Tim Wheeler, Baltimore Sun and Society of Environmental Journalists
Representatives from federal agencies
- Jeff Dillen, NOAA General Counsel Office
- Capt. Howard Wright, U.S. Coast Guard Public Affairs
- Dave Westerholm, NOAA ORR
- Dana Tulis, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
05:30 Adjourn
Date:
Monday, June 8, 2015 - in conjunction with Capitol Hill Oceans Week
Time:
1:30 – 5:30 pm ET
Venue:
U.S. Department of Commerce
1401 Constitution Ave NW, Room 1894 (Commerce Library)
Washington, DC
The building is undergoing significant construction, so the best entrance is in the middle of the building on 14th Street NW between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues NW.
Directions
Local metros: Blue line to Federal Triangle station (this station is directly across the street)
Red line (2 blocks walking distance to the Commerce bldg)
Logistics:
Our NOAA host for this event: Ciaran Clayton. She will have a designated person to escort guests from security to the venue location (room 1894).
Please allow extra time to go through security.
