center for environmental journalism
The Water Desk鈥攁n independent news initiative at the University of Colorado Boulder dedicated to expanding coverage of Western water issues鈥攊s now accepting grant applications. Funding from Water Desk grants will help journalists and media organizations enhance their ability to cover the scientific, economic, political and social aspects of water issues.- A journalism initiative to expand coverage of Western water issues is launching this month at the University of Colorado Boulder with support from a two-year, $700,000 grant from the Walton Family Foundation
A journalism initiative to expand coverage of Western water issues is launching this month at the University of Colorado Boulder with support from a two-year, $700,000 grant from the Walton Family Foundation
The founder of Mongabay, one of the most successful environmental journalism startups in the world, will join journalists this Wednesday, March 20, for the panel, 鈥淕lobal Environmental Journalism: Under Siege or Dawning Anew?鈥- After a shocking dearth of snow last year, the Sierra Nevada mountains of California and Nevada truly have been getting plastered, helping to build up the snowpack that millions of people depend on for water.
- This year鈥檚 Ted Scripps fellows in environmental journalism held a panel, titled 鈥淛ournalism in the Age of Distraction,鈥 at the University of Colorado Boulder about their careers.
Each year, five exceptional journalists are awarded a Ted Scripps Fellowship in Environmental Journalism. Over a nine-month period, fellows attend classes at the University of Colorado Boulder, participate in weekly- The increasing frequency and intensity of wildfires 鈥 not just in the American West but throughout the country 鈥 is becoming a fact of life, and it鈥檚 time we learned to live with it. Partly it鈥檚 a function of climate change, and partly it鈥檚 a result
- Featuring Deputy Director for Center for Environmental Journalism, Michael Kodas
The new fellows include a CNN producer and nationally-known book authors and magazine journalists. Their work has appeared in such outlets as The Atlantic, National Geographic, The New York Times, Outside Magazine and more.