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Walnut Creek Preserve Speaker Series: Lessons from the Field, with Sci NC Executive Producer and Host, Frank Graff!

March 22 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Date: March 22, 2025

Time: 10:30 a.m.

Location: Anne Elizabeth Suratt Nature Center at Walnut Creek Preserve

Speaker: Frank Graff, Sci NC Executive Producer and Host

Join Frank Graff to hear about the lessons he has learned from a decade of science and environmental reporting, as well as what he has learned from covering the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Frank will provide evidence and explain that science is real, it effects all of us, and it’s okay to question science. Frank will also speak about Hurricane Helene and this new period of climate change charged weather and provide some new advice about being prepared.

Frank Graff has spent his career telling stories on television, explaining complex topics and showing viewers things they’ve never seen. Frank started his new career in Northern Maine and has worked in local television newsrooms in markets including Cincinnati, Baltimore, Norfolk and Raleigh, and has reported for network news operations. But he’s always been fascinated by stories related to science. The Ohio native got the opportunity to put that passion into practice when he joined PBS North Carolina and helped launch Sci NC.

Frank and the science team use their storytelling skills to bring science out of the labs at the state’s universities, government agencies and industries to show how the research and discoveries impact our daily lives. They hope their stories help to create good science citizens and inspire the next generation of scientists.

Frank is a graduate of Ohio University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a master’s degree in political science. Frank has won four Emmy Awards, including the first national Emmy for local spot news reporting. His work has also been recognized by the Communicators Awards, the Associated Press and the Society of Professional Journalists. When he’s not reporting science stories, you’ll find Frank kayaking on lakes in the Triangle, trying out his photography skills (which need work) or hanging out with his wife, son and daughter, and their dog, Fluffy.

The Walnut Creek Preserve Speaker Series programs are made possible thanks to our partnership with the Preserve.

*Walnut Creek Preserve is private property and guests are only allowed on the property by invitation (a planned event or scheduled group).  Thank you.

Contact Pam Torlina, pam@conservingcarolina.org, with questions or for more information.

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We're looking forward to seeing you on March 22nd!

If for some reason you are unable to make it on the day of the program, please either revisit our calendar event and update your RSPV or email pam@conservingcarolina.org so your spot can be opened up to someone else.

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March 22
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10:30 am - 12:00 pm
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Anne Elizabeth Suratt Nature Center at Walnut Creek Preserve
179 Wood Thrush Lane
Mill Spring, NC 28756 United States
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