Presenter: Madison Kirby
Co-Presenter: Melanie Burke
Mentor: Mark Blaine, Journalism
Poster: 37
Major: Journalism
This poster draws parallels between Oregon and Alaska found in the reporting of Science and Memory, a climate change reporting project from the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon. Parallels such as the dusky geese migration, braided river systems, and salmon runs help localize the thinking and science behind climate change. Our line of inquiry followed questions about climate change in Cordova, Alaska, and their implications for our home base in Oregon. As journalists, our job is to report, but also to draw light to issues that the general public seems to know little about. With the ever-growing list of “climate-deniers” in the media and political world we found ourselves with a greater task at hand than we anticipated. Using a broad range of multimedia and multi-platform storytelling techniques and tools, we began a multiyear process of documenting attitudes and values in communities facing climate change.