Overview
Hear from professionals working at the intersection of the environment, science and communications in this panel. Our guests are experts working in various communications fields including environmental advocacy, environmental journalism, government and corporate communication. Topics covered will include panelists' career experiences and potential career paths for students.
Pizza will be served. Please scroll down and RSVP to help us order appropriately.
Panelists
 |
Bob Fesmire
Strategic communications manager, ABB
Specializing in making complex subjects understandable for the non-technical reader, Bob Fesmire has published articles and white papers on topics ranging from energy efficiency, renewables and grid technology to automation, robotics and the Internet of Things.
|
 |
Maggie Kash '05
Communications director, Sierra Club
Based in Washington, D.C., Hussman School alumna Maggie Kash directs the Sierra Club’s communications department, with a staff of 60 employees with expertise spanning from journalistic to visual communications to media relations.
|
 |
Since majoring in environmental studies as a Carolina undergraduate and earning a master's degree from the Hussman School, Sara Peach has gone on to publish work in National Geographic, HuffPost, Scientific American and elsewhere. She is a senior editor for Yale Climate Connections.
|
|
Bailey Stearns '12
U.S. EPA communications contractor, ORAU
Bailey Stearns, who earned a UNC-Chapel Hill bachelor's degree in environmental studies, conducts broad stakeholder outreach for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development.
|
 |
MODERATOR
Kate Sheppard
Senior lecturer, UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media
Senior enterprise editor and former energy and environment editor, HuffPost
An award-winning environmental journalist, Kate Sheppard is in her first year on the Hussman School faculty. Before HuffPost, she reported for Mother Jones, Grist and the American Prospect. Her work has been featured in “The Best American Science and Nature Writing.”
|
Environment and Science Communication at Carolina
This event is sponsored by the Environment and Science Communication program for students at UNC-Chapel Hill. Students in this program earn a bachelor's degree in environmental studies or environmental science and a master's degree in media and communication in as little as five years.
ESC students have completed internships at organizations including Sungevity, Popular Science, the Orange County Solid Waste Management Department and the UNC Institute for the Environment. They have studied at environmental field sites and worked on Hussman School reporting trips across North Carolina and internationally.