Richard Black Email & Phone Number

Berlin, DE

Berlin, Germany

Berlin With A Dash Of London

• Engaged on a range of projects, including:
• developing energy transition narratives for a European energy think-tank
• strategic communications support for the most climate-vulnerable developing nations within the UN climate process
• writing and editing a prestige report on the security implications of environmental decline for a major European security think-tank
• engaging sports broadcasters on climate change and the energy transition
• strategy development for a new German energy and climate change think-tank

London

• Establishing, launching and running a non-profit think-tank supporting informed debate on energy and climate change. With a focus on journalism, parliamentarians and wider society, working partly with other.
• directing the work of the unit
• initiating and developing strategy
• acting as the public face in media and other fora
• identifying key opportunities and ways to maximise them
• managing staff and budget

Oxford

• Directing internal and external communications for global initiative on high seas governance and management. The Commission consisted of 17 high-level individuals, mainly former senior ministers including heads of.
• taking overall responsibility for external and internal communications
• developing communication strategies, materials and messages
• writing op-eds, speaking notes and other material for Commissioners
• placing stories and articles in blue-chip publications in various countries, sometimes in translation
• supervising website (in seven languages) and social media

Writing and broadcasting on all environmental issues including energy and climate change, biodiversity, fisheries, forestry and green economics. Advising editors on coverage and treatments. The majority of work was daily news, often with tight deadlines, and much of the broadcasting was live, on radio and television. I wrote the BBC’s environment blog and.

Leading BBC World Service coverage of science, medicine, environment and technology. Advising editors on stories and treatments, with and daily provision of live and pre-recorded material. Occasional television appearances. Managing a small reporting team. Major reporting assignments included the UNAIDS conference in 2002, American Geophysical Union in.

London

Working mainly in science and medicine. I made specialist audio CDs for audiences of medical practitioners on a range of topics including cardiology, oncology, haematology, transplantation and tropical medicine. I wrote for specialist medical publications such as Oncology Times, as well as general interest magazines. I presented Science in Action and other.

I began my broadcasting career as a studio manager (sound engineer) in BBC World Service radio. I worked on a wide variety of live and pre-recorded programming, in all 45 broadcast languages, including news and current affairs, sport, music and drama. I spent one year attached to the French and Portuguese Service broadcasting primarily to Africa. I entered.

Ba (Hons), Natural Sciences

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