Over at RealClimate Mike points out that the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting just released Communicating on climate change: an essential resource for journalists, scientists, and educators.
Communicating on Climate Change was written by Bud Ward, a veteran environmental journalist and journalism educator. Ward started his environmental journalism career in 1974 as Managing Editor of The Bureau of National Affairs' (BNA) Environment Reporter. In 1982, after serving as Assistant Director of the U.S. Congress's National Commission on Air Quality for three years, he founded and edited The Environmental Forum, a magazine dedicated to environmental policy.
In 1988 Ward became founding editor of Environment Writer, a monthly newsletter for journalists covering natural resources and environmental issues. Ward, a co-founder and one of six Honorary Members of the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ), was also co-organizer of the National Science Foundation-funded workshops that informed this book.
Currently Ward is the Jury Coordinator for the Metcalf Institute's Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment, and Editor of The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media.
Communicating on Climate Change offers important tips and tools for covering one of the most complex issues of the day. The book reports on Metcalf's unprecedented series of workshops and features essays on major issues in climate science communication by participating climate researchers and journalists.
http://www.metcalfinstitute.org/dl/CommunicatingOnClimateChange.pdf
On a local note, Bud Ward will be presenting a lecture in the Teale Series on Nature and the Environment. His talk is at 4:00pm in the Konover Auditorium at the Dodd Center and is open to the public without charge. The title of his talk is
Bridging the Science/Journalism Gap in a Time of Epochal Change
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