Event Details

Underwater event focused on technology and storytelling about climate change hosted by Lancaster University’s Data Science Institute.

“Data + Climate Change + Critical Communication” is an extension of a 2020 UK Underwater event focused on technology and storytelling about climate change hosted by Lancaster University’s Data Science Institute.

This March 18, 2022 event launches a double special issue of Journalism Practice that emerged from the 2020 workshop and features global perspectives on issues of data journalism, storytelling, and mis- and dis-information, around climate change. The special issue is edited by Lancaster’s Robert E. Gutsche, Jr. and Juliet Pinto from Pennsylvania State University and will be published in March.

Articles featured during the event, include:

• Setting the Agenda to Tackle Environmental Issues with Data and Collaboration, by Mathias-Felipe de -Lima-Santos

• Reporting on the 2019 European Heatwaves and Climate Change: Journalists’ Attitudes, Motivations and Role Perceptions, by Nadine Strauß, James Painter, Joshua Ettinger, Marie Noëlle Doutreix, Anke Wonneberger, and Peter Walton

• Calm During the Storm: Micro-assemblage, Meteorology and Digital Community Building During Hurricane Harvey, by Marcus Funk

• The Potential of Interactivity and Gamification Within Immersive Journalism & Interactive Documentary (I-Docs) to Explore Climate Change Literacy and Inoculate Against Misinformation, by Lawrence Brannon, Lisa Gold, Johnny Magee, & Geoff Walton

For more information, visit www.ukunderwater.com or email r.gutschejr@lancaster.ac.uk.