Environmental issues are particularly difficult for
journalists from small newspapers and broadcast stations who do not
have the benefit of large libraries, colleges or conferences.
“Charting the Environmental Journalism Frontier,” an April 14-16
workshop at the University of Colorado at Boulder, will help such
journalists develop a better understanding of environmental issues
in the West. The workshop includes talks about the regulation of
private property, jobs and the environment, and environmental
justice. It concludes with an all-day field trip to Rocky Mountain
National Park. A public debate included in the workshop, “What is
the Best Use of Public Lands?” pits Frank Falen, an attorney from
Cheyenne, Wyo., against attorney Maggie Fox of the Sierra Club. The
Center for Environmental Journalism will select 25 journalists for
the conference and provide them with free room and board.
Interested journalists should submit a letter describing how the
workshop would benefit them by March 15 to Center for Environmental
Journalism, University of Colorado School of Journalism and Mass
Communication, Campus Box 287, Boulder, CO 80309-0287
(303/492-4114).
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline For green writers.
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