Camera Crew Available for Interviews
Dear AMS Broadcast Conference Attendee, CBM and Sealholder,
This year we will continue our tradition of providing you with an on-site camera crew to do interviews with the experts on hand at the meeting. The camera crew will be available from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 3 August, allowing you to interview speakers giving presentations at the broadcast meeting and the 21 st Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting and the 17 th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction.
The camera crew will be available for you to conduct interviews throughout the day. Sign up for use of the camera crew will be on a first come, first served basis. In the morning and afternoon there will be a few open windows where you can interview any speaker of your choice (provided they are free). It will be up to you to coordinate with the speaker and then ensure that the time slot is still available.
In addition to the open interview windows, AMS has asked several experts to be available at specific times for interviews. A list of those experts and their available time is noted below. We are still securing other interview experts and will add those to the schedule as they are confirmed. If there is someone in particular you would like to interview, just let me know.
The interviews are booked in 10-minute intervals. We ask that you plan on about 5 minutes to carry out an interview with each speaker. Time limits will have to be adhered to, otherwise someone will get short-changed.
There is no cost for this service, but you must bring your own Beta tape. We will have some extra tapes on hand for purchase. You will need to pay for the tape before we release a tape to you.
This is a great opportunity to do an interview(s) for one or more of your science specials or a specific topic that might be of interest to your viewers either this summer or later in the year. You can take the tapes back to your station for future use. If you want to air them while you are in Washington DC you will have to work with your local affiliate to make that happen.
Sign up in advance by contacting Stephanie Kenitzer at (425) 432-2192 or Kenitzer@ametsoc.org before the conference or you can sign up at the registration desk on site.
INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES
Wednesday, 3 August 2005
These speakers will be available for several interviews during the times noted. To schedule an interview, contact Stephanie Kenitzer at (425) 432-2192 or Kenitzer@ametsoc.org You can also schedule interviews with the experts of your choice during the open periods on the schedule.
8:30 – 10:30 a.m. Open
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. David L. Johnson, Director, National Weather Service
Subject: Johnson will be available for interviews following his presentation on partnerships for environmental literacy and will discuss issues related to the National Weather Service’s partnership policy, tsunamis, and warnings in a GIS-based dissemination era. Johnson will also be prepared to discuss the weather news of the day.
11:00 – 11:30 a.m. Severe Weather
Joe Schaefer, Director, NOAA Storm Prediction Center
Subject: Dr. Schaefer is the director of NOAA s StormPredictionCenter and a walking encyclopedia on tornadoes and severe weather systems. He is giving a talk on Tuesday at 4 p.m. about clustering severe storms across the United States. Don’t miss this opportunity to interview one of the leading experts on severe weather.
11:30 – 12:00 Tornadoes
Dan McCarthy, NOAA Storm Prediction Center
Subject: McCarthy is an expert on severe weather systems including tornadoes. Interview him about tornado trends across the United States and tornado safety. Don’t miss his talk about the 2004 tornado season and the severe weather workshop on Tuesday starting at 10:30 a.m.
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break
1:00 – 1:30 p.m. UV Index
Jason Samenow, Climate Analyst, Environmental Protection
Agency/Drusilla Hufford, Director, Stratospheric Protection Division
Subject: Samenow is an expert on the Ultraviolet Index, celebrating its 11 year anniversary this year. Hufford led the effort to launch the UV Index in the United States in 1994 and manages the EPA division responsible for ozone layer protection and sun safety programs. Interview Samenow or Hufford on EPA's New UV Alert System, being
launched August 4, that will notify the public when the UV index is
unusually high.
1:30 – 2:00 p.m. Climate Variability and Climate Change
Ed O’Lenic, Senior Meteorologist, NOAA Climate Prediction
Subject: Interview O’Lenic on the subject of climate change, climate variability, long-range predictions. Some things to share with your viewers – what do we know, what new developments are there in climate prediction, what is the latest scientific consensus on climate change. O’Lenic is leading a short course on this topic on Monday, 1 August.
2:00 – 2:30 p.m. Heat/Health Warning System
Mark Tew, Meteorologist, NOAA National Weather Service
Subject: According to scientists, during the average summer in the United States there are at least 1,500 excess deaths attributed to heat. Earlier this year the National Weather Service outlined plans to expand the number of Heat/Health Watch Warning Systems (HHWWS) from the current 16 cities to each municipality with a population exceeding 500,000. Tew, the NWS’ public weather warning program leader, is available for interviews to discuss the dangers of heat and the new warning system.
2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Hurricane Outlooks
Gerry Bell, Meteorologist, NOAA Climate Prediction Center
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Richard A. "Chet" Wayland
US EPA Office of Air Quality Planning & Standards
Subject: The air that you breathe impacts you and your viewers every day. Over 159 million people in the United States live in areas designated as nonattainment for the ozone and PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). Find out the health impacts of poor air quality and how you can freely access year-round real-time and forecasted air quality information for your area. The U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) AIRNOW program is the national clearinghouse of air quality data and forecasts. Through our partnerships with meteorologists and air quality specialists from State and Local agencies, AIRNOW provides easy access to real-time and forecast air quality data for all 50 states and over 300 cities. Knowing if the air quality is “good” or “unhealthy” can make a difference to your viewers.
3:30 – 4:00 p.m. Open
4:00 – 4:30 p.m. Sky Watch 2005-2006
Kelly Beatty, Editor, Sky and Telescope Magazine
Subject: Beatty is editor of Night Sky magazine and Executive Editor of Sky & Telescope, both geared toward backyard stargazers. You can interview Beatty on most any subject related to astronomy, including the Perseid meteor shower (which peaks on the night of August 12th) and other major skywatching events in 2005-2006.
4:30 – 5 p.m. Open
Other experts available for Interviews:
The following speakers are also available for interviews. Please prior to the conference or at the conference to schedule an interview. In addition, please contact Stephanie Kenitzer at (425) 432-2192 or Kenitzer@ametsoc.org to ensure the camera crew is available for use.
Walt Lyons, AMS President
Subject: Dr. Lyons can address a variety of questions about the Society including our mission, upcoming events, the journals, policy issues and more.
Jillene Wahl, 34 th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology Program Chair
Subject: Talk with Jilene about the details of the conference; why this group meets each year; the value in coming to the Broadcast Conference and the highlights of this year s program.
John Toohey-Morales, AMS Professional Affairs Commissioner
Subject: Interview Toohey-Morales on the new CBM program, what it means to your viewers, why the changes and more.
Paul Kocin, The Weather Channel
Subject: Winter Weather. Kocin and Louis Uccellini are authors of the new AMS Northeast Snowstorms Book and experts on winter weather across the Northeast. Do an interview now and be ready when the snow flies in December.
See you in Washington, DC!
Stephanie Kenitzer
AMS Public Information Officer
425.432.2192
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