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Bringing Home the Global Water Crisis: International Journalism 2.0
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October 27 - 28, 2010 | 11:00 PM UTC
A look at the water, sanitation and hygiene challenges faced by one the worlds fastest growing...
<span>Join us for a discussion of how news media collaboration and innovative online tools can bridge the foreign reporting gap.</span><br>
Dennis Dimick, executive editor for the environment at <em>National Geographic</em> and Jon Sawyer, founding director of the Pulitzer Center, discuss their joint collaboration with <em>PBS NewsHour</em> to raise the visibility of water and population issues. Response by John Briscoe, professor of environmental engineering at Harvard University and former senior water adviser, World Bank. Moderated by Stefanie Friedhoff, special projects manager at the Nieman Foundation.<br>
A wine and cheese reception will follow the discussion.<br>
Walter Lippmann House<br>
Nieman Foundation<br>
1 Francis Avenue<br>
Cambridge, MA
