News Media Registration

The deadline for journalists to preregister online has now passed. Please register on-site at Moscone West. Look for the booth marked Media/Press Registration, which will be on the first level of the building. Do not get on the main registration lines.

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 Peter Weiss


Media Advisories

  • Advisory 1: News Media Registration Opens; Book Hotels Now; U.S. Visa Information for International Reporters
  • Advisory 2: Abstracts and Sessions Now Online; Book Hotels By 9 November; NCSWA Holiday Party–Wed., 12 December
  • Advisory 3: Preliminary Press Conference Topics; Delta Field Trip Preview; You're Invited! NCSWA Holiday Dinner
  • Advisory 4: Final Press Conference List; Delta Field Trip Itinerary; Where To Pick Up Press Badges

Who's Coming

News Media Registrants - updated daily

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

*Aguilera, Mario - Scripps Institution of Oceanography
 Alden, Andrew - About.com
 Amos, Jonathan - BBC News Interactive
 Anatta - NOAA
 Bailey, Adriana Raudzens - Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
 Balog, James - National Geographic
 Beck, Amanda - Reuters
*Bela, James - Freelance
 Bentley, Molly - BBC World Service
*Berardelli, Phil - ScienceNOW
*Bergeron, Lou - Stanford News Service
 Billings, Linda - NASA Astrobiology Program
 Blumenberg, Sue - NASA Ames Research Center
 Boa, Susan - Consortium for Ocean Leadership
 Borok, Lisa - Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
*Bortman, Henry - Astrobiology Magazine
*Bowdler, Neil - BBC
*Brainard, Curtis - Columbia Journalism Review
 Brown, Susan - Freelance
**Bruno, Ngoma Kutinina - Congo Reform Network
 Brusa, Doug - Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
 Buis, Alan - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
 Butler, Rhett - Mongabay.com
**Callan, Jamie - Freelance
*Cannon, John - UCSC Science Writing Program
 Carlowicz, Mike - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
 Carpenter, Jesse - NASA Ames Research Center
 Cascio, Jamais - Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologies
 Chandler, Lynn - NASA PAO
 Chang, Alicia - Associated Press
*Chatterjee, Rhitu - Environmental Science and Technology
 Chen, Allan - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
 Chonacky, Norman - Computing in Science and Engineering
 Chorost, Michael - Freelance
 Christie, Jim - Reuters
 Cohn, Roger - Yale Environment Online
 Cole, Steve - NASA Earth Sciences / GSFC
 Corsiglia, Jon - Consortium for Ocean Leadership
 Costello, Penny - NET Television
 Cox, John - Freelance
*D'Agostino, Michelangelo - Freelance
*Dambeck, Holger - Spiegel Online
 Dance, Amber - UCSC Science Writing Program
 Davidson, J. Keay - Wired.com
 Dell'Amore, Christine - National Geographic News
 DeWitt, Sarah - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
 Digitale, Erin - UCSC Science Writing Program
 Doherty, Paul - Exploratorium
*Donaldson, Leslie - KTVU
**Doran, Linda - Freelance
 Dunkley, Nyasha - Georgia Department of Natural Resources
 Durant, Adam - Freelance
 Eason, Deborah - Freelance
 Ericksen, Shelly - Freelance
 Essunger, Paulina - Freelance
 Fell, Andy - UC Davis News Service
**Ferris, David - Freelance
 Fitzpatrick, Tony - Washington University
 Foucart, Stephane - Le Monde
 Fox, Maggie - Reuters
 Fraknoi, Andrew - Astronomy Education Review
 Freeberg, Andrew - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
 Fulton-Bennett, Kim - Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
 Funk, McKenzie - National Geographic
 Fusshoeller, Pascale - Yubanet
 Gallon, Zhenya - NCAR/UCAR
 Gaughan, Richard - Freelance
**Gillespie, Helen - LIMSletter
 Goldsmith, Donald - Interstellar Studios
*Gorder, Pam Frost - Ohio State University
 Gordon, Leslie C. - U.S. Geological Survey
 Grossman, Daniel - Freelance
*Hanna, Raven - Freelance
*Hanna, Stephanie - U.S. Geological Survey
 Hansen, Kathryn - NASA Earth Sciences/GSFC
 Hanson, Brooks - AAAS/Science
 Henson, Bob - UCAR/NCAR Communications
 Hicks Johnson, Tara - Univ of Hawaii SOEST
 Hill, Richard - The Oregonian
*Hoffman, Sarah - Freelance
 Hosansky, David - NCAR/UCAR
 Howl, Joanne - Freelance
 Inman, Mason - Freelance
 Irion, Robert - UCSC Science Writing Program
*Jerch, Kirsten - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
 Johnson, John - Los Angeles Times
 Joynt, Raymond - Wexford Press
 K.C, Bhuwan - Nepal Press Club
*Kalaugher, Liz - Environmental Research Web
**Kanellos, Michael - CNET Networks
 Keefe, Bob - Cox News Service
**Kemsley, Jyllian - Chemical & Engineering News
 Kerr, Dick - Science
 Kilinc, Attila - AGU VGP Section
 Knight, Jonathan - Freelance
 Kumar, Mohi - Eos, and Space Weather
*Kumar, Raj - kumarCADD/ETC Media
 Kwok, Roberta - UCSC Science Writing Program
**LaGrave, Marina - NCAR/UCAR
 Lakdawalla, Emily - The Planetary Society
 LaMacchia, Diane - Earth Images Foundation
   Land, Eric - NASA Ames Research Center
 Langenberg, Heike - Nature Geoscience
 Larson, Ben - Washington Sea Grant
**Laustsen, Paul - U.S. Geological Survey
 Leake, Jonathan - The Sunday Times
*Leifert, Harvey - Freelance
**Lesle, Timothy - Freelance
 Liaw, Jane - UCSC Science Writing Program
 Light, Nancy - Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
*Lindsey, Emily - Freelance
 Lingl, Herb - Aerial Archives
 Lloyd, Erica - Freelance
 Lorditch, Emilie - Discoveries & Breakthroughs in Science
*Lovett, Rick - Freelance
 Lubick, Naomi - ES&T
*Lyons, Julie Sevrens - San Jose Mercury News
 Martin, Shelby - Stanford Daily
**Mason, Betsy - Contra Costa Times/Oakland Tribune
**Matzke, Nicholas - Freelance
 McGuire, Patrick - College Guide News
 Mejia, Robin - Freelance
 Miller, Craig - KQED/KVIE
 Miller, Mary K. - Exploratorium
*Miller, Ryder W. - Freelance
 Mintz, Cliff - Consortium for Ocean Leadership
*Molnia, Bruce F. - Freelance
 Monastersky, Rich - Chronicle of Higher Education
**Moret, Leuren - San Francisco Bay View Newsletter
 Murphy, Stephanie - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
 Murrill, Mary Beth - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
 Nadin, Elisabeth - Caltech
*Nakkazi, Esther - MIT Knight Science Journalism
*Nash, Madeleine - Freelance
 Neal Jones, Nancy - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
 Newton, Alicia - Nature Geoscience
 Ngabo, Alexandre - Union de Presse Congolaise-RTC Butembo
 O'Carroll, Cynthia - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
 Odling-Smee, Lucy - Nature
 Oskin, Becky - Freelance
*Perkins, Sid - Science News
 Perlman, David - San Francisco Chronicle
 Petit, Charlie - Knight Science Journalism Fellowships
 Peyton Dahlberg, Carrie - Sacramento Bee
 Poh, Alissa - UCSC Science Writing Program
 Prose, Doug - Earth Images Foundation
 Pugsley, Blaine - Meta Research Bulletin
*Rademacher, Horst - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
*Reed, Christina - Freelance
*Reilly, Michael - New Scientist
*Reisewitz, Annie - Scripps Institution of Oceanography
 Renfrow, Stephanie - National Snow and Ice Data Center
 Revkin, Andrew - New York Times
 Robertson, Donald F. - Freelance
 Roeder, Lynne - ARM Climate Research Facility
 Rogers, Madolyn B. - UCSC Science Writing Program
**Rosenthal, Anne M. - Freelance
 Rozell, Ned - University of Alaska Geophysical Institute
 Rutger, Hayley - UCSC Science Writing Program
 Sakai, Jill - University of Wisconsin-Madison
 Salazar, Jorge - Earth & Sky
 Sanders, Robert - UC Berkeley Media Relations
 Santos Ballon, Massie - UCSC Science Writing Program
 Sasso, Anne - Freelance
 Schilling, Edward - NASA Ames Research Center
 Schipper, Ian - Freelance
 Schmidt, Gregg M. - Consortium for Ocean Leadership
 Scott, Jim - University of Colorado- Boulder
*Sever, Megan - Geotimes
 Shankland, Stephen - CNET news.com
*Shwartz, Mark - Stanford University
 Smith, Jesse - Science
 Socci, Anthony - AMS
**Sommer, Lauren - KQED
*Stahler, Alan - KVMR-FM
 Starobin, Michael - NASA
**Stolz, Kit - Grist
 Strong-Aufhauser, Lisa - Exploratorium
 Tanner, Adam - Reuters
 Taylor, Frank - Google Earth Blog
**Tesler, Pearl - Exploratorium
 Thompson, Andrea - LiveScience.com, SPACE.com
 Thorpe, Joanna - Nature
 Tompa, Rachel - UCSC Science Writing Program
 Unger, Marijke - NCAR
*VanDecar, John - Nature
*Venton, Danielle A. - International Science Grid This Week
**Vinas, Maria-Jose - UCSC Science Writing Program
**Ward, Bud - Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media
 Webster, Guy - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
 Wegryn, Eric - Freelance
 West, Krista - Freelance
 Wheeler, Kevin - Consortium for Ocean Leadership
**Whipple, Dan - Freelance
 Williams, Caroline - New Scientist
*Wilson, Ben - BBC
 Wilson, Elizabeth - Chemical & Engineering News
 Witze, Alexandra - Nature
**Wu, Corinna - Freelance
*Wyckoff, Barbara - National Geographic magazine
**Young, Byron - KVMR
**Zala, Krista - Freelance


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