Building audience with local climate-health stories | AHCJ Webinar

Climate change is often covered as a vast, global crisis, defined by melting ice sheets, stalled international agreements and the persistent grip of fossil fuels. What gets far less attention are the local stories unfolding across the country: clinics adapting to wildfire, counties redesigning emergency response plans for extreme heat, public health responses to vector-borne diseases and more. These stories reveal what’s working, who’s innovating and where communities are making progress in protecting public health. For health journalists, this gap is an opportunity — you just need to know where to look. In this webinar, we’ll explore strategies, tools and reporting pathways that can help you find compelling, community-driven stories at the intersection of climate change and public health. Moderators: Katie Burke AHCJ Environmental Health Beat Leader Joanne Kenen Journalist-in-Residence, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Contributing writer, POLITICO Magazine Speakers: Jenae Barnes Health and environment reporter, Capital B Gary Keerti Gopal Health and justice reporter, Inside Climate News Matthew Tejada, Ph.D. Senior vice president, environmental health, Natural Resources Defense Council To learn more, visit healthjournalism.org