[Sci-tech-public] TOMORROW! Wed. Feb. 23 HKS seminar: Electric Cars & the Media

[Cristine Russell]

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From: Cristine Russell <cristine_russell at hks.harvard.edu>
Date: Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 2:45 PM
Subject: Wed. Feb. 23 HKS seminar: Electric Cars & the Media
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HKS Clean Energy & the Media Seminar

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THE LONG ROAD TO ELECTRIC CARS:

*Green Hope or Media Hype?*


Wednesday, February 23, 1:00-2:30 p.m.

Harvard Kennedy School, Bell Hall, Belfer Building, 5th floor

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Take a ride with two distinguished reporters
*Alan Boyle, Science Editor, MSNBC.com**
*Bryan Walsh, Time Magazine environment reporter

Moderator:  Henry Lee, Director of the Environment and Natural Resources
Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Discussant: *Venky Narayanamurti**,** **Professor of Technology and Public
Policy, Harvard University & Director of Science, Technology and Public
Policy Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.*

Co-sponsored by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and
the

Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy.

Open to the community on a first-come, first-serve basis. Light lunch
provided.

*The Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf have electrified the automotive industry,
winning media kudos for their design and potential converts among consumers
seeking a clean energy choice amidst concerns about climate change and
volatile gas prices. Yet, is the American public ready to swallow higher
sticker prices, charging challenges, and technological uncertainty to jump
on the electric car bandwagon? How does media coverage of fuel-efficient and
electric vehicles impact public opinion at a pivotal moment when new
policies are being formed? Do journalists have the depth of knowledge and
analytical power to bridge the divide between technology, government and
business?**
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Upcoming HKS Clean Energy & the Media Seminar:


Wednesday, March 23, 1:00-2:30 p.m. "The Seesaw Coverage of Nuclear Power:
Promise or Peril?”Bell  Hall, Belfer Bldg., 5th Floor
Ned Potter, ABC News science correspondent, and Matthew Wald, New York
Times science
reporter

For more information, contact Cristine_Russell at hks.harvard.edu


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CRISTINE RUSSELL
Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard
Kennedy School
President, Council for the Advancement of Science Writing
Contributing Editor, Columbia Journalism Review
Correspondent, TheAtlantic.com
203.912.7650 (cell)



-- 
CRISTINE RUSSELL
Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard
Kennedy School
President, Council for the Advancement of Science Writing
Contributing Editor, Columbia Journalism Review
Correspondent, TheAtlantic.com
203.912.7650 (cell)
Twitter: @russellcris Skype: cristinerussell
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