The Poynter Institutute's News University marked Earth Day 2008 with the posting of a 48-minute video of a September 2007 "Covering Climate Change" session for senior news executives, held at Stanford University.

Organized by Yale Forum Editor Bud Ward and sponsored by the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) and the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting, the unique day-long session brought 18 top news executives together with preeminent climate change scientists and researchers to address media coverage of climate change issues.

The program was conducted with financial support from the Energy Foundation and the Heinz Family Philanthropies and with financial and in-kind support also from the Yale Project on Climate Change, publisher of The Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media, and from Stanford University's Woods Institute for the Environment.

Established in April 2005, News University is an online project ofThe Poynter Institute for Media Studies funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. NewsU describes itself as "committed to providing interactive, inexpensive courses that appeal to journalists at all levels of experience and in all types of media." The initiative is supported by a grant from Knight Foundation as part of its Newsroom Training Initiative.