Sponsored by Cubas Jose Marti International Institute of Journalism and UNESCO, the workshop is expected to meet the need to create a relevant communication strategy as a way to contribute to minimize the number of victims and the material losses caused by hurricanes in the Caribbean.

Keeping the population informed and guiding them before, during and after the passing of hurricanes is of the utmost importance action to minimize damages. Thus the workshop is aimed at providing journalists with broad information about such weather phenomena.

With the objective of providing journalists with broad information about such weather phenomena, professors from the Juan Dolset Scientific and Environment Journalist Office, experts from the Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment and specialists from the General Staff of Civil Defense, among others will give lectures and lead debate sessions as part of the academic program of the workshop.

Climate change, hurricanes in the Caribbean, the role and vision of the mass media together with Civil Defense and journalistic practices in the coverage of hurricanes are some of the topics to be dealt with in the event.

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