Dr Sylvia Hayes

Dr Sylvia Hayes

Sylvia Hayes is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Climate Communication and Data Science (C3DS) at the University of Exeter.

Her research explores climate change communication, social media, visual imagery, photography/photojournalism, and digital media, using qualitative social science methodologies. In 2024, Sylvia was awarded a PhD from the University of Exeter titled “Strikingly Visual: understanding the production of climate journalism in a world of digital news”, which explored the use of imagery and visualisations in online climate change journalism.

She has experience working across the academic and industry divide, collaborating with various climate change journalism organisations, NGOs, and other stakeholders.

Advisory Board

Our advisory board includes those with many years experience leading public service news rooms, as well as experts in climate science, policy and communications.

Dr. Travis Coan

Dr. Travis Coan

Computational Science, Exeter University
Lord Deben

Lord Deben

Former Chair of the UK’s Independent Climate Change Committee
Mary Hockaday

Mary Hockaday

Former Head of the BBC Newsroom and acting Director, BBC World Service
Professor Saffron O’Neill

Professor Saffron O’Neill

Climate & Society, Exeter University
John Ryley

John Ryley

Former Editor-in-Chief of Sky News
Chris Shaw

Chris Shaw

Former Editorial Director of ITN

Team

We are a group of former news journalists, managers, communications specialists and academics, united by a desire to support and promote excellence in public service climate journalism on the UK’s main TV, radio and online news bulletins.

Dr Sarwat Qureshi

Dr Sarwat Qureshi

Research Fellow
Mark Smalley

Mark Smalley

Co-Founder
Claire Stocks

Claire Stocks

Co-Founder
Alan Strange

Alan Strange

Managing Editor
David Weiland

David Weiland

Co-Founder
Phoebe Wollocombe

Phoebe Wollocombe

Co-Founder
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