Workshop In Baltimore To Focus On News And Terrorism: Communicating In A Crisis

Main Category: Bio-terrorism / Terrorism
Also Included In: Public Health;  IT / Internet / E-mail;  Conferences
Article Date: 18 Sep 2009 - 4:00 PDT

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This workshop will focus on effectively communicating information during a terrorism attack. Journalists, government officials, emergency managers, science/engineering/health experts, and others will participate in a tabletop terrorism scenario exercise designed specifically for Baltimore. This will be the 17th such workshop in a nationwide series and the first during the Obama administration. The project is a joint effort of the National Academy of Engineering, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and the Radio-Television News Directors Foundation.

DETAILS: The workshop will run from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on September 23, 2009 at the Radisson Plaza Lord Baltimore, 20 West Baltimore St. For more information, click here.

PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE:

• Charles M. Vest, president, National Academy of Engineering, Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Janet Napolitano, secretary, Department of Homeland Security
  
  
• Aaron Brown (moderator), former ABC News and CNN anchor

Source:
Randy Atkins
National Academy of Sciences