[Sci-tech-public] This Wed: HKS Nuclear Power & the Media in wake of Japan Crisis

[Cristine Russell]

HKS Clean Energy & the Media Seminar



*In the Shadow of the Japan Crisis:**
The Seesaw Coverage of Nuclear Power*


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

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

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Join the discussion with distinguished reporters
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*Matthew Wald, *New York Times* National Energy Reporter
*Ned Potter, ABC News**, Science Correspondent*

Discussant:  Matthew Bunn, Co-Director, Managing the Atom Project,
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Moderator: *Cristine Russell, Senior Fellow, Belfer**Environment and Natural
Resources Program *

*Co-sponsored by the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and
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*Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy*

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*Open to the community on a first-come, first-serve basis*

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As nations consider nuclear power to meet the world's growing energy
appetite, the media play a unique role in shaping public perception of
safety and economics.  The unfolding Japan nuclear energy crisis presents a
new challenge to the media, as they struggle to sort through confusing, and
often conflicting, information about damage to the crippled plant and the
threat to public safety. The disaster has reignited the American public
debate about the future of nuclear power at a time when advocates had hoped
for a renaissance of this technology. The Japan accident also provides a
powerful reminder of the 1979 Three Mile Island accident, the worst in
American history.

How much does media coverage influence public acceptance of nuclear power?
How well are the media covering the story?

Contact:
Cristine Russell, 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 at hks.harvard.edu>
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