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ANNUAL REPORT 2019 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 / i Staff Sunshine Menezes, Ph.D., Executive Director Katharine McDuffie, Program Director Karen Southern, Communications Director Margaret Hayden, Research Assistant Lisa Philo, Research Assistant

Student Employees Program and Interns Volunteers Jacob Arena Rebecca Ballard Katherine Canfield Cagney Croomer Jordanne Feldman Kristen DeMoranville Sean Grandy Joseph Fridman Asta Habtemichael Hannah Knighton Christina Hoenow Beatrice McConville Nyla Husain Valerie Puleo Colin Jones Elaine Shen Zak Kerrigan Melva Treviño-Peña Elise Mason Nadia Moss Andy Mui Gabriella Placido Julia Rei Aaron Schneidereit Victoria Treadaway Cassandra Servis Sarah Vican Benjamin Woods Metcalf Institute is an internationally recognized science communication program that trains researchers, journalists and science communi- cators in non-profit, government, academic, and private sectors through a wide range of activities that have benefitted nearly 2,500 participants and tens of millions of news consumers. The Institute was established with a modest endowment at the URI Foundation in 1997 and named in honor of Michael P. Metcalf, the late publisher of The Providence Journal, who was known for his integrity, vision, and high standards for journalism. Additional funding was provided by the Telaka Foundation in 1998. Metcalf Institute envisions broad and inclusive public engagement in environmental challenges, solutions, and science through effective commu- nication by news media, science communicators, and researchers.

METCALF INSTITUTE PHOTOS: GRETCHEN ERTL UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED DEAR FRIENDS, Accurate, reliable information about science is essential for making informed decisions. On the eve of the 2020 U.S. elections, we at Metcalf Institute feel a renewed sense of urgency in our mission to engage diverse audiences in informed conversations about science and the environment. In these pages you will see evidence of Metcalf Institute’s impacts through established programs like the Annual Science Immersion Workshop for Journalists and innova- tions like the new Career Development Program for early- career researchers and the second InclusiveSciComm Symposium, which sparked conversations across the country on how to make science communication more equitable and inclusive. The need for environmental communication is constantly evolving. To position Metcalf to meet this growing demand, we developed a new strategic plan this year. With insightful contributions from many stakeholders, the process highlighted three key strengths of our work: • Our trainings are globally recognized for their benefits and multiplier effects, • Our training model is scalable and widely adaptable, and • Our work to advance inclusive and equitable ap- proaches to science communication is encouraging new collaborations across the U.S. Building on this foundation of achievement, our new strategic plan will serve as a road map to strengthen our connections across URI and help position the uni- versity as a national model for science communication education, research, and practice. This work will fortify Metcalf Institute by providing greater financial stability and increased capacity. As a result, the new plan will galvanize our efforts to bring Metcalf Institute training to new audiences around the world. Thank you for taking the time to read about our work this year and our plans for the future.

Sunshine Menezes, Ph.D.

ANNUAL REPORT 2019 / 1 PROGRAMS

2 / METCALF INSTITUTE 2019 BY THE NUMBERS

Public program attendance: 656 Training program attendance: 789

Programs and Talks for Public Audiences Mapping Ocean Resources and Activities Northeast Regional Ocean Council youtube.com/metcalfinstitute Metcalf staff Reporting Local Climate Change Stories George Mason University and Climate Central Science Communication Training youtube.com/metcalfinstitute Building Public Engagement with Science Tiny Microbes Have Big Effects URI Cooperative Extension Science backgrounder Listen, Communicate, Engage & Collaborate: metcalfinstitute.org/resources A NEIWPCC Communication Workshop A Sea Change: How Climate Change is New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Shifting the Ocean Ecosystem Commission New England Science Writers Strategies for Engaging the Press Peter B. Lord Seminar on the Environment Superfund Research Program Conference Supported by grant #1638834 from the National Science Foundation Science Communication for Public Audiences URI Master Gardeners #SciEngage Virtual Discussion American Association for the Advancement of Effective and Inclusive Public Engagement for Science Freshwater Science: A Call to Action Society of Freshwater Science Annual Conference 22nd Annual Public Lecture Series youtube.com/metcalfinstitute InclusiveSciComm: A Symposium on Advancing Inclusive Science Communication The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking inclusivescicomm.org Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World (See feature box on page 5) Jeff Goodell, Author and Journalist The Water Infrastructure Crisis in the U.S. and a Roadmap for Reform Manny Teodoro, Texas A&M University From the Ice Sheet to Your Doorstep: The Expanding Impacts of Global Ice Loss Twila Moon, National Snow & Ice Data Center Floods and Community Resilience Eric Tate, University of Iowa Achieving Smarter Watersheds Branko Kerkez, University of Michigan

ANNUAL REPORT 2019 / 3 Science Training for Localized Impacts: Journalists Climate Change and Water 21st Annual Science Immersion The ten journalists who attended Metcalf’s 2019 Workshop for Journalists Annual Science Immersion Workshop have a new Clifton Adcock understanding of climate change impacts and water The Frontier resources. Robert M. Anthes Why focus on water? According to the United Nations, Community News Service water is the “primary medium through which we will feel Mohammed El-Said the effects of climate change.” In fact, more intense Daily News Egypt droughts, risks to water quality and quantity, sea level rise, and increased flooding are just some of the effects Corbin Hiar we are already seeing and expect to experience more E&E News frequently. Chloe Johnson Post and Courier Local news has a significant influence on a communi- ty’s ability to make informed decisions about environ- Debra Krol mental issues, whether planning for flood hazards or Freelance adopting policies to address water pollution. In an effort Ezra David Romero to support high-quality reporting on local environmental Capital Public Radio issues, Metcalf made a strategic decision this year to Molly Samuel select more Fellows from smaller news markets. WABE "My favorite part of the workshop was observing Christian von Preysing-Barry science and research first-hand,” said Robert Anthes, KRGV 2019 Annual Workshop alumnus and managing editor Kate Yoder of Community News Service. “The workshop energized Grist me, and I can localize [those examples] and share them with my readers." "I am incredibly thankful to have the experiences, connections and skills I now possess. The Metcalf team has created something wonderful." This year also marked a successful Fund a Fellow initiative, in which donors’ contributions paid the full $8000 cost for one Fellow to attend the workshop.

4 /METCALF INSTITUTE Working Towards Inclusive Science Communication

Breaking our own record, Metcalf Institute hosted This year’s symposium expanded to include 187 communication practitioners, educators, re- more concurrent sessions, two keynote speak- searchers, community organizers, journalists and ers, a poster session, guided self-care breaks trainers from across the U.S at the second and a live Story Collider mini-show that gave four InclusiveSciComm Symposium, September 27- symposium participants an opportunity to share 29, at the University of Rhode Island. their personal science stories. Participants at the three-day conference exchanged Symposium themes centered on new practices ideas and explored effective approaches to making and research, changing systems and structures, science communication more inclusive and and social responsibility and ethics under the equitable across a wide range of settings. large umbrella of science communication. “I loved the openness of the community that was created here as well as the diversity represent- ed,” said Ti’Era Worsley, PhD student in science education at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. “At every conference I am always conscious of who else looks like me, and which different perspectives and people are being represented and recognized. This space felt safe, where I could participate and express my thoughts and ideas and felt that people were genuinely interested in listening to me as well as open to sharing their ideas with me.”

Career Development Program “I loved the openness of the community Scientific Poster Design Workshop that was created here as well as the Introduction to Mentoring Undergraduate diversity represented.” Researchers – Ti’Era Worsley https://www.youtube.com/MetcalfInstitute University of North Carolina,Greensboro Creating an Individual Development Plan Summer Intensive on Science Communication

Developing a Great Soundbite Talk Workshop

ANNUAL REPORT 20182019 / 5 Career Development Program Scientific Poster Design Workshop Creating an Individual Development Plan Introduction to Mentoring Undergraduate Summer Intensive on Science Communication Researchers Developing a Great Soundbite Talk Workshop youtube.com/metcalfinstitute

"Metcalf training has given me the tools to make a larger impact during presentations and meetings and has helped me communicate difficult topics for public audiences." – Kayla Kurtz, URI Civil and Environmental Engineering

Preparing Researchers to Compete in the 21st Century Workforce

Most PhD graduates pursue careers outside of The Career Development Program builds academia, but employers in commercial industry, career readiness among post-doctoral fellows, government and non-profit have noted a lack graduate students, and senior-level under- of essential professional skills among science graduates at Rhode Island’s eight C-AIM member graduates entering the workforce. Research institutions (URI, , Roger shows that graduate students will most likely Williams University, Salve Regina University, succeed in their academic work when they Bryant University, Rhode Island School of Design, have access to a supportive and mentoring Rhode Island College and Providence College). network that emphasizes team leadership, time Through training, mentorship, and access to management, negotiating skills, and science extensive resources, participants can build communication. strategic skills to amplify their professional To help early-career researchers in Rhode success. Workshops, seminars and webinars Island build professional skills, Metcalf Institute are offered throughout the year, with two-day launched the Career Development Program “intensives” held during summer and January (CDP), supported by the Rhode Island break to accommodate busy students. The Consortium for Coastal Ecology Assessment initiative offers participants who attend a requisite Innovation and Modeling (RI C-AIM). number of programs an opportunity to add a CDP Certificate to their resumes, helping them demonstrate their job readiness.

6 / METCALF INSTITUTE Invited Speakers Cara Mitnick, URI Graduate Eric Tate, University of Iowa Vijay Limaye, NRDC School Pamela Templer, Heather Mannix, COMPASS Jose Amador, URI Natural Maxwell Meadows, URI Jim Martinez, New York Resources Science Geosciences Manny Teodoro, Institute of Technology Stephanie Anderson, URI Twila Moon, National Snow Texas A&M University Shayle Matsuda, Oceanography & Ice Data Center Presenters at the 2019 University of Hawaii Jitka Becanova, Kendall Moore, InclusiveSciComm Dale McCreedy, Discovery URI Oceanography URI Harrington School of Symposium Center at Murfree Spring Robert Boenish, Communication and Media Jennifer Adams, Heather Miceli, Environmental Defense Fund Jeffrey Morgan, University of Calgary Roger Williams University Karen Bordeleau, Brown University "Metcalf training has given me the tools to make a larger Kevin M. Alicea-Torres, Lupita D. Montoya, University Emerson College impact during presentations and meetings and has helped Jenna Morton-Aiken, University of Pennsylvania of Colorado Boulder Kaytee Canfield, Massachusetts Maritime Gastor Almonte, Brindha Muniappan, me communicate difficult topics for public audiences." URI Marine Affairs Academy The Story Collider Discovery Museum Alissa Cox, URI Natural Maya Morales-McDevitt, – Kayla Kurtz, Gaius J. Augustus, Multimedia Barbara Natalizio, Resources Science URI Oceanography URI Civil and Environmental Engineering Science Communication The Ronin Institute Cornelia Dean, Alycia Mosley Austin, Yasmine Bassil, Georgia Liz Neeley, Brown University URI Graduate School Institute of Technology The Story Collider Bryan M. Dewsbury, Nick Napoli, Northeast Jamie Bell, Center for the Shawntel Okonkwo, URI Biological Sciences Regional Ocean Council Advancement of Informal wokeSTEM Hugh Ducklow, Brian Nath, URI Research Science Education Anique Olivier-Mason, Columbia University and Economic Development Natalie Bennett, U.S. Global Brandeis University Matt Dunn, Neal Overstrom, RISD Change Research Program Christine Pennington, URI Oceanography Matthew Palasciano, Nichole Lynn Bennett, Santa Clara County Library Jason Dwyer, URI Chemistry URI Geosciences University of Texas Austin Gemima Philippe, AAAS Sam Dyson, Andrew Pershing, Gulf of Michael Cacciatore, Ana Maria Porras, Learning Design Consultant Maine Research Institute University of Georgia Cornell University Emmanuel Garcia, Soni Pradhanang, Sibrina Collins, Lawrence Amaris Alanis Ribeiro, North City University of New York URI Geosciences Technological University Park Village Nature Center Brian Gerber, URI Natural Paola Prado, Sehoya Cotner, Pilar Rivera, Resources Science Roger Williams University University of Minnesota One Sky Institute Anne Giblin, Marine Biological Rebecca Robinson, Liz Crocker, AAAS Alberto I. Roca, Laboratory/University URI Oceanography Disan Davis, Diverse Scholars of Chicago Anna Robuck, The Rockefeller University Virginia Schutte, Freelance Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone URI Oceanography Sam Dyson, Learning Science Communicator Joseph Goodwill, Betty Anne Rogers, Design Consultant Lilah Sloane, AAAS URI Engineering Warwick Sewer Authority Jeanne Garbarino, Lisette Torres-Gerald, Breea Govenar, Bianca Ross, URI Natural The Rockefeller University Nebraska Wesleyan University Rhode Island College Resources Science Xochitl Garcia, Robert Ulrich, University of Jasper Hobbs, New England Tatiana Rynearson, Science Friday Initiative California, Los Angeles Interstate Water Pollution URI Oceanography Nicolette Goularte, Evelyn Valdez-Ward, Control Commission Ricardo Sandoval-Palos, Stanford University University of California, Irvine Colin Jones, Public Broadcasting Service Deena Gould, Cristian Villa, Explora URI Oceanography Nina Santos, Arizona State University Jory Weintraub, Branko Kerkez, URI Oceanography Megan Hamilton, Duke University University of Michigan Laura Schifman, Utah State University Andrea Wilson, Alex Kuffner, Boston University Kirsten Hecht, Casa Guadalupe Center The Providence Journal Emily Shumchenia, North- University of Florida Michael Winikoff, Najih Lazar, URI Coastal east Regional Ocean Council Jameela Jafri, University of Minnesota Resources Center Lilah Sloane, AAAS Project Exploration Lakisha Witzel, UCSF Rainer Lohmann, Sean Sublette, Climate Manish Jain, Science & Health Education URI Oceanography Central’s Climate Matters Dreams Foundation Partnership Edward Maibach, Coleen Suckling, Laura Kiesel, Independent Ti’Era Worsley, University of George Mason University URI Fisheries, Animal and Researcher and Reporter North Carolina, Greensboro Kumal Mankodiya, URI Veterinary Sciences Won Jung Kim, Mohamed Yakub, SciLine Engineering Edna Tan, University of Michigan State University Ariel Zych, Science Friday Catalina Martinez, NOAA North Carolina Greensboro Ben Koo, UCSF Science & Initiative Office of Ocean Exploration Barbara Tannenbaum, Health Education Partnership & Research Brown University Persephone Lewis, University of California, San Diego

ANNUAL REPORT 2019 / 7 STRATEGIC PLAN

Metcalf Institute’s demonstrated ability to connect, attract and engage audiences, together with our collaborative approach to training, expands global dialogues with profound implications for society and the natural environment. The timing for new growth is critical.

• We urgently need substantive and equitable solutions to the disruptions posed by environmental change. • Misinformation about science and the environment is rampant, impeding productive dialogue. • News consumers face daily information overload and struggle to discern fact from spin. • Most journalists lack science training, and many newsrooms have eliminated dedicated science and environment reporters. • Scientists and engineers are increasingly encouraged to engage directly with public audiences but lack training in effective and inclusive communication with public audiences. • Demand has grown for science communication training during post-secondary education. • URI has world-class expertise in environmental science across the Colleges of the Environment and Life Sciences, Engineering, Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Oceanography, and in its Land Grant and Sea Grant programs. • URI CELS and the College of Arts and Sciences’ Harrington School of Communication and Media are actively investing in efforts to integrate real-world science communication challenges and skill-building across the curriculum in ways that will leverage and complement interdisciplinary expertise.

8 / METCALF INSTITUTE "This new strategic plan positions Metcalf Institute to leverage new opportunities and meet the growing needs of scientists, journalists, and public audiences in our rapidly changing world." – Michael Oppenheimer Princeton University

Strategic Goals, 2020-2023 • Collaborate across URI to position the university as a national leader in science communication education, research, and practice. Align resources and networks, leverage expertise, and build capacity for coordinating science communication efforts that connect and engage URI and Metcalf Institute constituencies.

• Engage new audiences and partners to expand effective, inclusive communication and action on urgent environmental issues. Increase Metcalf staff capacity to create innovative opportunities such as train-the-trainer programs, workshops for private sector professionals, and international partnerships.

• Diversify revenue streams to build capacity for greater impact. Update business model to expand fee-based training and secure funding streams for Metcalf Institute Affiliated Faculty.

ANNUAL REPORT 2019 / 9 Metcalf Institute programs have an exceptional multiplier effect: the work of our trainees and program participants appears in news outlets, classrooms, and public settings around the globe. Here’s what Metcalf alumni, participants, speakers and advisory board members have been up to this year.

Rob Anthes won first place for shedding light on how in the environmental report- changes to China’s recycling ing (non-daily) category of policies impacted what Skagit the Society for Professional County residents could keep Journalists Keystone State out of the region’s landfill. Professional Chapter 2019 This year she received the Spotlight Contest. In July, he second-place Dolly Connel- was promoted to managing ly Award for Excellence in editor at Community News Environmental Journalism for Service. AWJ 2019 coverage of a small town working to rebuild out- Tony Briscoe was among side its long-time place on the map in the Skagit the journalists awarded the River floodplain, where it frequently endures soggy Connected Coastlines grant, winters. Both awards are from the Pacific North- which aims to examine how west Newspaper Association. AWJ 2017 coastal communities are coping with climate change, from The Pulitzer Center. The project will include a feature series chronicling the conse- quences of global warming to the industries and ecology of each of the Great Lakes. AWJ 2018 Jeff Burnside just signed a book deal and a companion documentary film now in production. The story features Cashup Davis, a charismatic homesteader to the Palouse region of Washington State in 1877. AWJ 2001 Emily Coren’s textbook chapter, co-written by Debra Safer from Stanford University, will be Cally Carswell is co-hosting a new podcast published soon. The chapter is titled Solutions called Hot and Dry on the impacts of climate Stories: An Innovative Strategy for Managing change on New Mexico and, in the words of Negative Physical and Mental Health Impacts Caswell and cohost Collin Haffey, “what the hell from Extreme Weather Events in the Springer we should do about it.” AWJ 2014; CCSJ 2015 textbook Climate Change, Natural Hazards and Kimberly Cauvel received the second-place Adaptation Option: Handling the Impacts of a Debbie Lowman Award for Distinguished Re- Changing Climate. It summarizes four years of porting of Consumer Affairs in December 2018 research into how to effectively create climate stories that propel cultural sustainability transi- tions. CCSJ 2016 David Martin Davies is the host of a new show ALUMNI UPDATES titled The Reality at the Border on Texas Public NEWS & Radio. AWJ 2018 Elizabeth Dunbar was selected as a 2019 member UPDATES of the Online News Association Women’s Leadership Accelerator for her reporting work for Minnesota Public Radio. CCSJ 2014

10 / METCALF INSTITUTE PHOTOS: GRETCHEN ERTL; COURTESY ALUMNI Rachel Ehrenberg has a new job as associate editor at Knowable, a new science magazine published by Annual Reviews. AWJ 2005 Kathie Florsheim joined Hera, an artist-run gallery in Wakefield, RI, where she will be showing personal and documentary work. “I want to clarify the link between my personal work that explores light manipulating space over water with my documentary work that details land use along the coast,” she writes. “My coastal documentary work is a warning and an expression of fear while my personal work celebrates what I value along the coast and am trying to protect.” PBLS 2012, 2013 and 2015; SCW 2015 Christy George was selected to co-chair the Society of Environmental Journalists’ next annual conference, to be held in Boise, ID, in September 2020. CCSJ 2015

Cheryl Hatch has an essay being published in Amy Martin finished out Season 2 of her a collection, Rhet Ops: Rhetoric and Writing From podcast Threshold, which was supported and About War, by University of Pittsburgh Press by The Pulitzer Center and focused on the in October. She collaborated with her colleague effects of climate change in the arctic. The Dr. Alexis Hart, a Navy veteran and an associate team’s reporting won an Overseas Press professor and director of writing at Allegheny Club Award as well as a National Edward R. College. The essay, Changing Technologies and Murrow Award. CCSJ 2016 Writing From and About War, is an innovative writing and research collaboration featuring aca- demic and practitioner perspectives. Hatch writes Elliott Kennerson from her perspective as a former war correspon- moved to Colorado, dent and the daughter of a career solider and opened a media consult- veteran. AWJ 2006 ing business, and won Tom Henry moderated and his third Regional Emmy spoke on a panel on toxics in for an episode of KQED’s the Great Lakes during 2019 Deep Look about black Capitol Hill Ocean Week, widow spiders. sponsored by the National AWJ 2007 Marine Sanctuary Foundation Debra Krol was awarded Best Beat Reporting, in Washington. CCSJ 2014 Environmental, by the Native American Jour- Lindsey Hoshaw started a nalists Association. She also began a one-year new job as a science writer at reporting fellowship at The Arizona Republic as Verily Life Sciences. PBLS 2012 a Pulliam Environmental Fellow. AWJ 2019 Jennifer Kay started a new job as a reporter for Bloomberg News BNA in Miami. AWJ 2013 Jason Margolis was promot- ed to senior editor at Public Radio International’s show, The World. AWJ 2017

ANNUAL REPORT 2019 / 11 Rabiah Mayas is now the Meera Subramanian was Ruth D. and Ken M. Davee elected president of the Vice President of Education Society of Environmental and Guest Experience at the Journalists in December. She Museum of Science and spent the year as the Barron Industry, Chicago. ISCS 2018 Visiting Professor in the Sonia Narang was recently Environment & the Humanities selected for a travel fellowship at Princeton University, to attend the World Confer- focusing on climate change. ence of Science Journalists. AWJ 2015 AWJ 2012; CCSJ 2015 Jacopo Pasotti held a Maurice Tamman won the brainstorming workshop 2019 Nina Mason Pulliam as a part of the Newsroom Award for Outstanding Summit 2019 in November Environmental Reporting for called, Climate Change in the his Reuters series, Ocean Newsrooms: A “Work Storm” Shock. The series illuminates for Editors, including his pre- the deep interconnections sentation on how newsrooms between human communities can improve coverage of the and underwater ecosystems, current climate crisis. AWJ 2011 making clear just how much we have to lose as climate change, overfishing, and an unsustain- Ezra David Romero able approach to aquaculture take their toll on the produced a podcast about world’s oceans. AWJ 2017 what the world can learn from how the climate crisis is Brett Walton received the Sierra Club’s changing Lake Tahoe. This Distinguished Service Award for reporting on project features eight episodes water issues at the end of 2018. CCSJ 2013 with digital stories, photos, Tegan Wendland was videos, and a live podcast honored with a regional Edward taping. AWJ 2019 R. Murrow Award for her piece Melissa Ross, host and New Orleans: Ready or Not? producer for WJCT-FM, led for WWNO, New Orleans the creation and launch of a Public Radio. AWJ 2017 digital magazine called ADAPT Meaghan Wims has been Florida about the effects of sea named level rise. AWJ 2018 Director Elizabeth Rush’s book Rising: of Public Affairs for Dispatches from the New Duffy & Shanley, the American Shore was named a Providence-based finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction. communications agency, CCSJ 2015 where she specializes in the areas of renewable energy, Randy Showstack was recently elected blue economy issues, tech- president of the Washington, D.C., Chapter of the nology and innovation, and stakeholder engage- Society of Professional Journalists. AWJ 2000 ment. AWJ 2000 Matt Smith accepted a new job as health Christine Woodside wrote a three-part series on communicator specialist at the Centers for sewage overflows into Long Island Sound focusing Disease Control’s National Center for Emerging on one plant in Bridgeport, Connecticut, which and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. AWJ 2012 is gaining traction with many outlets. AWJ 1999; SSJ 2010; PBLS 2015; CCSJ 2016

12 / METCALF INSTITUTE Bina Venkataraman has had a banner year. Venkataraman has maintained her ties with In addition to teaching in the program on science, Metcalf over the years, joining the Advisory Board technology, and society at MIT, serving as director this year in time to provide insights on our strate- of Global Policy Initiatives at the Broad Institute gic planning process. of Harvard and MIT, and fulfilling her fellowship at “I’m grateful for the role that Metcalf played in my New America, Venkataraman published her first career in journalism,” she told us. “In particular book, The Optimist’s Telescope: Thinking Ahead supporting one of my early posts on the Globe’s in a Reckless Age (Riverhead) this year. health and science desk.” Arianna Huffington calls it a “wise, eye-opening, So, how does an accomplished journalist, author and hopeful book” that “shows us the ways we and presidential advisor go that extra mile to can think more clearly and strategically about the deliver her message? Venkataraman gave a TED future - in our communities, our families, and in Talk in August titled, The Power to Think Ahead our own lives.” in a Reckless Age, pressing for us to plan for the Venkataraman first engaged with Metcalf Institute future we now predict. when she was accepted as an Environmental Re- Her term on the Metcalf board was short-lived, porting Fellow in 2008. After her science immer- however. She recently accepted a new post as sion training at URI, she reported at The Boston editorial page editor at , which Globe to complete the 10-month fellowship in precludes her participation on regional boards. 2009. Metcalf Institute extends congratulations to Bina She later served as senior advisor for climate and all our alumni, participants and board mem- change innovation, health care and science bers for their hard work and accomplishments in education in the Obama administration. 2019. ERF 2008

Program Key AWJ: Annual Science Immersion Workshop ISCS: InclusiveSciComm Symposium for Journalists PBLS: Peter B. Lord Seminar on the Environment CCSJ: Climate Change Seminars for Journalists SCW: Science Communication Workshop ERF: Environmental Reporting Fellowships SSJ: Science Seminar for Journalists

ANNUAL REPORT 2019 / 13 ADVISORY New Board Member BOARD Brings Unique National Media Perspective Ricardo Sandoval-Palos, Metcalf Advisory Board member, award-winning investigative journalist and editor, and PBS Public Editor and ombudsman, has been helping Metcalf since his early days at The Sac- ramento Bee when he served as a Metcalf fellowship mentor. Sandoval-Palos has had an exciting career, work- ing for InsideClimate News, 100Reporters, NPR’s Morning Edition, and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, as well as for traditional Board Chair newspapers including The Dallas Morning News, The Fraser A. Lang San Jose Mercury News, and The San Francisco Publishing Consultant Examiner. Board Vice Chair Advisory Board members bring expertise and coun- Austin Becker, Ph.D. sel that help advance strategic planning, program University of Rhode Island innovation and fund development for Metcalf Institute. Board Secretary “The Metcalf board is a team of diverse voices from Annie Sherman Luke journalism, STEM fields, law, business, and devel- Freelance Writer/Editor opment whose common goal is advancing engaging Science Co-director story-telling about science for global audiences,” said Rebecca Robinson, Ph.D. Sandoval-Palos. University of Rhode Island So, why is he serving on the board now? Cornelia Dean “For journalists, there has never been a more crucial time to get it right,” he said. “In this time of climate Jennifer Francis, Ph.D. change and challenges to our environmental well Woods Hole Research Center being, there’s never been a more critical need for scientists, researchers and academics to tell resonant Gail A. Ginnetty stories about their work.” Non-profit Consultant John Kirby, Ph.D., ex officio University of Rhode Island Christopher Little Pierce Atwood, retired Lucy Metcalf, ex officio Kendall Moore University of Rhode Island Michael Oppenheimer, Ph.D. Princeton University Ricardo Sandoval-Palos PBS Manuela Zoninsein modeDurable

14 / METCALF INSTITUTE FINANCIALS Metcalf Institute is funded through a combination of public and private foundation grants, donations, endowment interest and URI support. Public funds are managed by the URI Division of Research and Economic Development, and private funds are managed by the URI Foundation & Alumni Engagement, a 501(c)(3) organization.

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10% Total Expenses FY19 $1M 12% $522,048 1998 2008 2019 18% 17% 3% 4% 5% n Training journalists and n Inclusive SciComm developing science resources Symposium 30% 15% n Managing and building n Training scientists Total Metcalf Institute and other science Income n Integrating Metcalf Institute communicators FY19 n $543,508 with URI educational activities Fundraising 16% and promotion n URI overhead 27%

Leeson Lecture Advances n URI support n Other Understanding of n Federal grants n Fee for service Environmental Issues n Unrestricted donations n Foundation grants Rob Leeson, one of Metcalf’s longest- n Endowment interest serving volunteer advisors, was recognized by his many friends and family in June for his seemingly limitless efforts to promote the work of the Institute and to advance understanding and protection of our environment. Generous donors came together in 2019 to fund the establishment of the Leeson Lecture, an annual public lecture on the environment hosted by Metcalf that will advance his legacy. Metcalf Institute is deeply grateful for this support and for Rob’s advocacy during his years of dedicated service.

ANNUAL REPORT 2019 / 15 DONORS Metcalf Institute is grateful for the donors and program funders for their generous support in Fiscal Year 2019 (July 2018-June 2019). Donors contributed to Metcalf’s Annual Fund except where noted. In addition to those acknowledged below, we also thank our generous anonymous donors.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard I. Abramsv Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge T. Gerry, Jr. Ms. Susan Marcusv Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Aldrich Ms. Gail A. Ginnettyv Ms. Catalina Martinez and c Mr. and Mrs. James V. Aukerman Dr. Ives Goddard Mr. James Roche Mr. Frank W. Baker, Jr. Ms. Izzy H. Goff Mrs. Louise S. Mauran c c Mr. and Mrs. Norman D. Baker, Jr. Ms. Sharon Gold Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin W. McCleary c c Ms. Lumina Greenway Mr. and Mrs. Marco Menezes Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Ballard c Mr. David H. Baron Mr. and Mrs. Topher Hamblett Dr. Sunshine Menezesv c Dr. and Mrs. Austin H. Becker Dr. Susan L. Hammen-Winn Mrs. Charlotte S. Metcalfv Mr. Allen Best Mr. and Mrs. J. William Harsch Ms. Teresa D. Metcalf c Ms. Karen A. Bordeleau Dr. and Mrs. Charles F. Hickox Mrs. Vera M. Metcalf c Mr. and Mrs. James W. Bowersv Mr. Jesse Hirsch* Mr. and Mrs. Russ Milham c c Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Brainard, II Mr. and Mrs. Franklin A. Holz Ms. Deirdre C. Millones Horst Engineering Ms. Amy Moses Mr. and Mrs. John W. Braitmayer c Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hough Mr. and Mrs. Raymond F. Murphy, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James F. Brayton c Mr. David A. Brown Mr. John I. Howell, Jr. The Murray Family Charitable c Foundation Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott Burns Ms. Janet W. Innis c c Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Nadler, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Cabot Institutional Investor^ c c Ms. Jane A. Nash and v Dr. Josephine M. Carubia and Dr. Lloyd Irland Mr. Raymond B. Langton, III c Mr. Vincent M. Colapietro c Ms. Mari N. Jensen* New England Interstate Water Ms. Marti L. Cavanagh Ms. Elena L. Jestings Pollution Control Commissionc Ms. Liz Chace Dr. Kenneth A. Kemp Ms. Dane A. Nichols c Ms. Caitlin M. Chaffee Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kilgussv c Ms. Hellen O’Malley Mr. Matthew Chin* Dr. and Mrs. John D. Kirby Mr. and Mrs. James W. O’Neill Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Cimilluca Mr. and Mrs. Fraser A. Lang Dr. Michael Oppenheimer c Ms. Pamela S. Connell Ms. Katharine W. Larsenv c Mr. Thomas P. Palmer and Conservation Law Foundation Mrs. Camilla W. Lee Ms. Dominique Alfandre Ms. Susan Coughlin and Mr. Benjamin D. Leeson Mr. and Mrs. Gordon L. Parker, Jr. Mr. Samuel B. Slade c c Ms. Hope Leeson Drs. Kelly and Michael Pennell Ms. Trudy Coxe and c c Ms. Margaret H. Leeson Ms. Molly Peterson* Mr. James P. Gaffney c Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leeson, Jr.v Mr. Timothy S. Philbrick Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Cryan c c Mr. Robert Leeson, III Ms. Betty Sue Reed Mr. Peter S. Damon c Mr. William Leeson and Ms. Alexandra C. Reynolds Mr. and Mrs. Murray S. Danforth, III c c Ms. Heather Karlsonc Dr. Nedra Reynolds Ms. Cornelia Dean c Lincoln Financial Foundation^ Ms. Anne B. Richardson Ms. Elizabeth Devitt* c Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lisle Mr. and Mrs. Craig Richardson Mrs. Eleanor F. Owens Earle c Mr. and Mrs. Christopher H. Littlev Mr. and Mrs. Jackson W. Robinsonv Mrs. Mary S. Eddy c c Ms. Jessica Lockhart* Dr. Rebecca Robinson and Mrs. Barbara T. Fahey c Mr. John Garnet Lord Mr. Dennis Grahamv Mr. and Mrs. James Farrellv c Mrs. Mary Ann Lord The Rev. and Mrs. Hays H. Rockwell Mr. Robert M. Fetzer and v Ms. Eileen C. Sadasiv Ms. Rosanne Zimmerman Mr. and Mrs. Derek Luke Mr. Rich Salit* Dr. Jennifer and Mr. Peter Francisv Ms. Elizabeth Marcotte and Mr. Lloyd c Feinberg Mr. and Mrs. William G. Saltonstall Ms. Christy George* c * Metcalf Institute alumni ^ Matching gift Gift to the Michael P. Metcalf Institute Endowment Fund v Gifts to Metcalf Institute’s Annual Fund and the Metcalf Institute Endowment Fund c

16 / METCALF INSTITUTE Ms. Anne Mimi Sammis Tribute Gifts in Honor of Mr. Ricardo Sandoval-Palos c Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Cryan Mr. and Mrs. Mark Schleifstein* c Mr. and Mrs. Fraser A. Lang Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schurman Mr. Robert Leeson, Jr. Ms. Barinetta Scott c Mr. George Lord and Family Mr. and Mrs. John W. Scott Mr. John Garnet Lord Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Sharpe, Jr. Mr. Evan Maze Ms. Sarah A. Sharpe Ms. Ann Rabuse The Sharpe Family Foundationv Ms. Kate Siber* Gifts in Memoriam Mr. and Mrs. Ian Silversmith Mr. Peter B. Lord Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood T. Small Funders and Sponsors Ms. Holly L. Smith c Burroughs Wellcome Fund Dr. and Mrs. Peter J. Snyder The Govenar Family Fund of Mrs. Judith G. Staples Communities Foundation of Texas c Mr. Frederick W. Stolle, Jr. and The Kavli Foundation c Ms. Esther Solondz Dr. Amelia Moore Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Stone National Park Service Mr. and Mrs. Prentice K. Stout c National Science Foundation Dr. Cynthia L. Suchman c Northeast Louis Stokes Alliance for Mr. and Mrs. William H. Taft, IV Minority Participation Mr. Peter Thomson* and Ms. Edith Buhs Rhode Island College c Mr. and Mrs. W. Nicholas Thorndike Rhode Island Consortium for Coastal Ms. Pamela M. Thyev Ecology Assessment Innovation c & Modeling Rhode Island NSF v Dr. and Mrs. Peter Trafton Experimental Program to Stimulate Ms. Bina Venkataraman* Competitive Research Ms. Chelsea T. Wald* University of Oregon Media Center for Watkins Burnham Fund Science and Technology Dr. Thompson Webb, III URI College of Engineering Minority Student Recruitment and Retention Mr. Lucas Wegmann Office Dr. and Mrs. Barry M. Wepman c URI College of the Environment and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Whitcomb Life Sciences c Widgeon Point Charitable URI Division of Research and Foundation Economic Development Mr. and Mrs. James P. Wilson URI Graduate School c Mr. Skip Wilson URI Graduate School of Oceanography c Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Woodcock URI Harrington School of Communication c Ms. Christine Woodside* and and Media Mr. Nat Eddy c Mr. Dominick Yanchunas* Dr. and Mrs. James A. Yoder Ms. Manuela Zoninsein* and Mr. Andy Dunn c

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