World Water Day events begin

"One Water"
The events will start with a special viewing of the film at the University of Maryland’s International Center for Media and the Public Agenda, hosted on March 3 by the director of ICMPA, Susan Moeller, and a panel about water the next day at the Center for International Media Assistance. Jon Sawyer, founding director of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and Rob Taylor, director of Science and Environment Programs for the International Center for Journalists will join Sanjeev Chatterjee, Knight Center’s executive director, on this luncheon and discussion.
The University of Miami will hold a special screening and panel discussion at the Bill Cosford Cinema on March 24, 2009 at 3:30 pm.
For more information, updates on additional screenings, and to join a World Water Day party, visit http://knight.miami.edu/index.php/site/events.
About “One Water”
“One Water” is produced, co-directed and written by Sanjeev Chatterjee of the University of Miami School of Communication, and co-directed and edited by Ali Habashi of the College of Engineering. Ed Talavera, of the School of Communication, served as director of photography.
To learn more about the accolades received by “One Water” and the venues across the world where the film has been screened, please visit http://onewaterthemovie.org
The campaign to bring news and information about water through the One Water project is an initiative of the Knight Center for International Media at the University of Miami and principally funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Posted on March 2, 2009
