Reporting on connections between climate change, extreme weather and public health.

Abstract:

As a journalist who has covered climate change, natural hazards and other sciences for more than 30 years, Seth Borenstein, science writer at The Associated Press will serve as moderator of the panel. His reporting has often explored the connection between climate change, natural hazards, public health, biology and other impacts of global warming. The Associated Press is the world's largest news organization. He is the winner of numerous journalism awards, including the National Journalism Award for environment reporting in 2007 from the Scripps Foundation and the Outstanding Beat Reporting award from the Society of Environmental Journalists in 2008 and 2004. He was part of an AP Gulf of Mexico oil spill reporting team that won the 2010 George Polk Award for Environment Reporting and a special merit award as part of the 2011 Grantham environment reporting prizes. He was part of a team of finalists for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Columbia space shuttle disaster. A science and environmental journalist for more than 30 years, covering everything from hurricanes to space shuttle launches, Borenstein has also worked for Knight Ridder Newspapers' Washington Bureau, The Orlando Sentinel, and the Sun-Sentinel in Fort Lauderdale. He is the co-author of three out-of-print books, two on hurricanes and one on popular science. He has flown in zero gravity and once tried out for Florida Marlins (unsuccessfully). He also is a journalism instructor at the New York University’s Washington DC campus.