Dr. Juliet Pinto

Biography

Juliet Pinto is an Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism of the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications at the Pennsylvania State University, and a faculty member in the Institutes of Energy and the Environment. Her interdisciplinary background informs her research focusing on environmental communication and international media. She earned her doctorate in Communication from the University of Miami, a master’s degree in Marine Affairs Policy from the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, and a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from Boston University. Pinto co-produced and wrote the award-winning documentary 'South Florida’s Rising Seas,' which became the most-watched online program from South Florida’s PBS affiliate in 2014. Her team’s multimedia work on sea level rise earned the AEJMC’s 2015 award for Innovative Outreach in Scholastic Journalism. Throughout her career, she has developed classes in environmental journalism, including initiatives where students traveled to the Galapagos Islands to film NASA astronauts training underwater in the Florida Keys, integrating citizen science to foster collaboration among scientists, community members, and students for scientific discovery.

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