Free Virtual Training: Collaborating with Media to Tell Your Story

The best environmental stories are grounded in trust, transparency and cooperation between journalists and communities. But working with the media can be intimidating and, at times, challenging. In this session, David and Savanna from Public Health Watch will provide strategies — including critical questions to ask journalists before going on the record — to ensure your stories are told accurately, powerfully and with dignity.

David Leffler is an Austin-based editor and senior staff writer for Public Health Watch, where he covers chemical pollution and other environmental health issues. His work has produced several award-winning enterprise investigations that have sparked regulatory action and changed environmental law in Texas. David is also the writer and host of Fumed, Public Health Watch’s investigative podcast series about environmental justice and government accountability. 

Savanna Strott covers environmental health for Public Health Watch. Based in Austin, her work in Channelview, Texas, pressed state regulators to finalize penalties for a chronic polluter and publicly release crucial air monitoring data. Savanna also serves as Public Health Watch’s project manager for FencelineData, a public database making environmental data accessible.

Tuesday • November 17 • 12:00 PM CT

FREE • Register here.

Can’t make it live? Register anyway and you’ll receive the recording.