News Media Registration

Journalists may register online, or use a printer friendly version of the registration form, and mail or fax it to AGU using the contact information found at the bottom of this page. Journalists may also register on-site in the Fall Meeting Press Room.

See important Visa information if you are planning to attend Fall Meeting and are not a citizen or resident of the U.S.

For additional information, contact Harvey Leifert


Media Advisories

  • Advisory 1: News Media Registration Opens; Book Hotels Now; U.S. Visa Information for International Reporters
  • Advisory 2: News Media Field Trip
  • Advisory 3: Abstracts and sessions now online; Gore to speak; MBARI field trip update
  • Advisory 4: Preliminary press conference list, Field trip itinerary
  • Advisory 5: Final press conference list, MBARI field trip update

Who's Coming

News Media Registrants - updated daily

 * = confirmed for the field trip
 ** = wait listed for the field trip

 Abkemeier, Kristin - Freelance
*Aguilera, Mario - Scripps Institution of Oceanography
 Airhart, Marc - University of Texas at Austin
 Akuginow, Erna - Passport To Knowledge
 Alden, Andrew - About.com
*Aldhous, Peter - New Scientist
*Amos, Jonathan - BBC News Interactive
 Anatta - NOAA Public Affairs
 Aveling, Ronald - Exploratorium
 Bahouth, Brian - Capital Public Radio
 Bailey, Adriana Raudzen - CIRES
 Barlow, Jim - University of Oregon
 Baron, Nancy - COMPASS/SeaWeb
*Bela, James - Freelance
 Bentley, Molly - BBC World Service
*Berardelli, Phil - ScienceNOW
**Bergeron, Louis - Freelance
 Blumenberg, Sue - NASA Ames Research Center
 Boa, Susan - Joint Oceanographic Institutions
 Borok, Lisa - MBARI
**Bortman, Henry - Astrobiology Magazine
 Bowen, Mark - Freelance
 Brown, Emma - Freelance
 Brusa, Doug - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
 Bryner, Jeanna - LiveScience
 Buis, Alan - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
 Burnham, Robert - Arizona State University
 Cairns, Ann - Geological Society of America
*Carlowicz, Mike - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
 Chang, Alicia - Associated Press
 Chasteen, Stephanie - Exploratorium
 Chen, Allen - Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
 Ching, Carrie - California magazine
 Christie, Jim - Reuters
 Chui, Glennda - San Jose Mercury News
 Clark, Cindy - Scripps Institution of Oceanography
 Cole, Steve - NASA Goddard
 Cominsky, Lynn - American Astronomical Society
 Cook-Anderson, Gretchen - NASA Public Affairs
 Corsiglia, Jon - Joint Oceanographic Institutions
**Courtland, Rachel - UCSC Science Writing Program
 Cowen, Robert - Christian Science Monitor
*Cox, John - Freelance
 D'Agostino, Michelangelo - Freelance
*Dahlberg, Carrie Peyton - Sacramento Bee
 Doherty, Paul - Exploratorium
 Dusheck, Jennie - Freelance
 Dybas, Cheryl - National Science Foundation
 Eicher, David - Astronomy
*Engelhaupt, Erika - Environmental Science & Technology
 Enriquez, Alberto - Freelance
*Epatko, Larisa - Online NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
 Ericksen, Shelly - Freelance
 Fischer, Douglas - Oakland Tribune
 Fischmann, Rudy - Creative Differences Productions
 Fraknoi, Andrew - Astronomy Education Review
 Freedman, Wayne - KGO-TV
*Fromme, Alison - Freelance
 Fulton-Bennett, Kim - MBARI
 Gallon, Zhenya - NCAR/UCAR
 Garberson, Jeff - Freelance
 Gaughan, Richard - R&D Magazine
**Girardeau, Catherine - PodTech News
 Giuntini, Ron - KGO-TV
 Goldman, Jana - NOAA
 Goldsmith, Donald - Interstellar Media
**Gorder, Pam Frost - Ohio State University
 Gordon, Leslie - U.S. Geological Survey
 Gramling, Carolyn - Geotimes
**Grayson, Brittany - UCSC Science Writing Program
 Haines-Stiles, Geoff - Passport To Knowledge
*Hanna, Stephanie - U.S. Geological Survey
 Hanson, Brooks - Science
 Harris, David - Symmetry
 Harris, Richard - National Public Radio
 Harris, Scott - U.S. Geological Survey
 Hart, Ian - Pacific Institute
 Hayden, Thomas - Freelance
 Henson, Bob - UCAR Communications
 Hill, Richard - The Oregonian
*Hirsch, David - NHK Television
 Hobbs, Jerry - American Institute of Physics
 Hoffman, Ian - Bay Area News Group
*Hoffman, Sarah - Freelance
 Hosansky, David - National Center for Atmospheric Research
*Hotz, Robert Lee - Los Angeles Times
 Hurst, Anna - Universe in the Classroom
 Inman, Mason - Freelance
 Irion, Robert - Freelance
 Ishimaru, Hether - KGO-TV
 Jackson, Justin - This Week In Science - KDVS-FM
*Jha, Alok - The Guardian
 Johnson, Christina - California Sea Grant
 Johnson, Jr., John - Los Angeles Times
 Johnson, Tara Hicks - SOEST - Univ. of Hawaii
 Kanellos, Michael - CNET Networks News.com
 Katsnelson, Alla - UCSC Science Writing Program
 Kay, Jane - San Francisco Chronicle
 Kerr, Dick - Science
*Kloeppel, Jim - University of Illinois
 Kostel, Ken - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
 Kreider, Kalee - Office of Al & Tipper Gore
 Kusek, Kristin - Freelance / WHOI Oceanus
 LaMacchia, Diane - Earth Images Foundation
 Lau, Edie - Sacramento Bee
 Lee, Brian - UCSC Science Writing Program
*Lesle, Timothy - Freelance
 Levy, Dawn - Stanford News Service
 Light, Nancy - Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
 Limaye, Sanjay - American Astronomical Society
  *Lindsey, Emily - Freelance
*Ling, Frank - KALX
 Lloyd, Erica - Freelance
 Lorditch, Emilie - Discoveries & Breakthroughs
 Louie, David - KGO-TV
 Love, Randy - Creative Differences Productions
*Lovett, Rick - Freelance
 Lubick, Naomi - Environmental Science & Technology
 Lussier, Paul - Discovery Channel
*Lyons, Julie Sevrens - San Jose Mercury News
 Mackenzie, Dana - Freelance
 Mallau, Lillemor - Tivoli Entertainment
 Martinez, Carolina - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
 Mason, Betsy - Contra Costa Times
 McDonald, Kim - University of California, San Diego
*McGrath, Matt - BBC World Service Radio
*Mehta, Aalok - National Geographic News
 Mejia, Robin - Freelance
 Miller, Mary - Exploratorium
*Miller, Ryder - Freelance
*Molnia, Bruce - Freelance
 Monastersky, Rich - Chronicle of Higher Education
 Mooney, Chris - Seed
 Morin, Veronique - Freelance
 Morrison, Lorne - KGO-TV
**Nash, J. Madeleine - Time
 Null, Jan - Freelance
 O'Hanlon, Larry - Discovery Channel News
 Olson, Randy - Prairie Starfish Productions
 Oskin, Becky - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 Papadopoulos, Andy - Creative Differences Productions
*Perkins, Sid - Science News
 Perlman, David - San Francisco Chronicle
 Petit, Charles - Knight Science Journalism Tracker
 Plait, Phil - Bad Astronomy
 Porter, Iana - National Geographic Television
 Powell, Hugh - Freelance
 Prose, Doug - Earth Images Foundation
 Rademacher, Horst - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
 Rambo, William - U.S. Geological Survey
 Rankin, Moira - Soundprint
*Reed, Christina - Freelance
*Reilly, Michael - New Scientist
 Renfrow, Stephanie - National Snow and Ice Data Center
 Robertson, Donald - Freelance
 Rogers, Adam - Wired
 Rohrer, Thomas - Freelance
*Rosenthal, Anne - Freelance
 Rosner, Hillary - Freelance
 Rouda, Saul - Creative Differences Productions
 Rowan, Linda - Geotimes
 Rozell, Ned - University of Alaska Geophysical Institute
 Russomanno, Tony - CBS 5 San Francisco
 Salazar, Jorge - Earth & Sky Radio
 Salvo, Judy - U.S. Geological Survey
 Sanchez-Correa, Marc - KGO-TV
 Sanders, Robert - UC Berkeley
 Sanford, Kirsten - This Week In Science - KDVS-FM
 Sasso, Anne - Freelance
**Satyanarayana, Megha - UCSC Science Communication Program
 Schilling, Ed - NASA Ames Research Center
 Schmidt, Laurie - Freelance
**Shaffer, Catherine - Freelance
 Sharoff, Jessica - Joint Oceanographic Institutions
*Shreeve, Jamie - National Geographic Magazine
 Shwartz, Mark - Stanford News Service
 Simons, Ashley - COMPASS/SeaWeb
 Sims, David - University of New Hampshire
 Sjo-Gaber, Karinna - Joint Oceanographic Institutions
 Smith, Jesse - Science
 Smith, Linda - U.S. Geological Survey
 Snell, Marilyn Berlin - Sierra Magazine
 Sperling, Norm - Journal of Irreproducible Results
*Stahler, Alan - KVMR-FM
 Starobin, Michael - NASA Television
 Stenger, Brad - Wired
 Stoyanova, Silvia - NASA TV
 Suffert, Frank - Tivoli Entertainment
 Svoboda, Elizabeth - Freelance
 Takahashi, Hiroyuki - NHK Television
 Tanner, Adam - Reuters
 Taylor, Frank - Google Earth Blog
 Tesler, Pearl - Exploratorium
 Thorpe, Joanna - Nature
 Tinianov, Stacey - Nha magazine
*Unger, Marijke - Greenpeace
 van der Wateren, Dick - EGU
 Vance, Erik - California magazine
*VanDecar, John - Nature
*Villard, Ray - Space Telescope Science Institute
 Wainman, Barbara - U.S. Geological Survey
 Walker, Cameron - Freelance
*Walton, Doreen - BBC Radio - The World Today
 Warner, Lucy - University Corp. for Atmospheric Research
 Webster, Guy - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
 Wegryn, Eric - Freelance
 White, Vivian - Universe in the Classroom
 Wickware, Potter - Freelance
*Williams, Lynda - Science Entertainment
 Wilson, Elizabeth - Chemical & Engineering News
 Witze, Alexandra - Nature
*Wong, Kathleen - Freelance
 Woo, Marcus - UCSC Science Writing Program
 Wright, Laura - OnEarth
 Wright, Matthew - Carnegie Institution of Washington
*Wyckoff, Barbara - National Geographic Magazine
*Young, Byron - KVMR-FM
**Young, Karen Romano - Freelance
 Yulsman, Tom - Freelance


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