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Reporting on Growth and Open Space: Resources for Journalists Resource Manual Chapter 1: Environmental Journalism Introduction This Chapter 1 of the Resource Manual focuses on Environmental Journalism resources, meaning information on the subject of environmental journalism itself. It also includes some general journalism resources, which are shown shaded in gray. Other chapters focus on topics such as open space, land use, etc. Each chapter is a separate document stored as a downloadable file in “pdf” format. To read the documents, you need a free copy of downloadable Adobe Acrobat Reader software, available through a link on the Resource Manual website. Chapter 1 includes these seven sections: . Archives . 2 . Awards . 3 . Conferences &Workshops . 30 . Contacts . 37 . Fellowships . 41 . Organizations . 62 . Publications . 70 We welcome suggestions for additions to this and other chapters, and as the series progresses, we will add to earlier releases of the topical chapters based on those suggestions. (Please email suggestions to [email protected], with RGOS in the subject line.) Chapter 1: Environmental Journalism Resources 5/23/06 Introduction Page 1 Reporting on Growth and Open Space: Resources for Journalists Resource Manual Chapter 1: Environmental Journalism Archives This section lists archives or libraries dedicated to stories published in journalistic media, and may be mined for story ideas. IRE Resource Center The IRE Resource Center is a rich reserve of print and broadcast stories, tipsheets and guides to help you start and complete the best work of your career. This unique library is the starting point of any piece you're working on. You can search through abstracts of more than 20,000 investigative reporting stories without leaving the convenience of your Web browser. The Resource Center has provided information to more than 500 organizations and individuals since July 2000. The Resource Center is partially supported by the Jane Pulliam Trust, The Florence and John Schumann Foundation and the John S. & James. L. Knight Foundation. Contact: Phone (573) 882-3364 [email protected] Source: Extracted from website, http://www.ire.org/resourcecenter/ on 5/14/2006. The Meeman Archive The Knight Center for Environmental Journalism houses the Meeman Archive,The nation’s finest collection of environmental reporting in newspapers. Established by the Scripps-Howard News Service in 1982, the archive preserves outstanding journalism about conservation, natural resources and the environment. The archive consists of entries and winners of the Edward J. Meeman Award, sponsored by the Scripps Howard Foundation. The archive also includes entries and winners of the annual awards sponsored by the Society of Environmental Journalists. The articles date from 1980 to the present, and cover more than 100 environmental topics as diverse as hazardous waste, occupational health and wind energy. The Edward J. Meeman Awards are given to encourage journalists to help the public and public officials better understand and support conservation. They are named after Edward J. Meeman, a former editor of The Knoxville News Sentinel and The Memphis Press-Scimitar, who was also conservation editor of Scripps Howard Newspapers. He was a tireless champion of conservation during his 60 years as a reporter. The archive is part of Michigan State University’s growing collection of resources in environmental journalism including books, videotapes and audiotapes of interviews with key environmental figures. Contact: Jim Detjen Phone (517) 353-9479 [email protected] Source: Extracted from website, http://www.ej.msu.edu/meeman.php on 4/6/2006. Chapter 1: Environmental Journalism Resources 5/23/06 Archives Page 2 Reporting on Growth and Open Space: Resources for Journalists Resource Manual Chapter 1: Environmental Journalism Awards This section includes awards for reporting and editorial writing on environmental and science topics as well as more general journalism. In addition to recognizing outstanding work, award-winning stories or series can be mined for story ideas. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science Journalism Awards Sponsored in 2006 by Johnson & Johnson. Recognizes outstanding reporting by individuals within U.S. organizations on the sciences, mathematics and engineering, and their technological applications (excluding health and clinical medicine). Winners are selected based on scientific accuracy, initiative, originality, clarity of interpretation and value in fostering a better understanding of science by the public. Work must be done between July 1 and June 30 in newspapers, general circulation magazines, radio, television and online. Entries may include stories on life, physical and social sciences; engineering and mathematics; and policy issues that are grounded in science or technology. Entries should be intended for general, nontechnical audiences. $3000 cash prizes in each category. Contact: Office of News and Information American Association for the Advancement of Science 1200 New York Ave NW Washington, DC 20005 Phone (202) 326-6440 [email protected] http://www.aaas.org/aboutaaas/awards/sja/index.shtml Deadline: Postmarked by Aug. 1, 2006 Source: Extracted from website, http://www.sej.org/careers/index3.htm on 4/6/2006. American Institute of Physics (AIP) Science Writing Award Rewards excellent science communication in print and broadcast media which is intended for and improves the general public's appreciation of physics, astronomy and related science fields. Two categories for journalists/broadcast media: 1. Book—entries for the 2006 competition must be written by a professional journalist or feature writer and published between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2005. (Articles written by a professional journalist or feature writer and published between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2006 will be judged in 2007—deadline is March 1, 2007.) 2. Broadcast— for 2006, entries must be scripted radio or television programs that are shorter than 15 minutes and aired from January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2005. (Programs longer than 15 minutes and that aired between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2006 will be judged in 2007—deadline is March 1, 2007.) Winning author receives $3,000, an engraved Windsor Chair, and certificate of recognition. Publisher receives a certificate honoring the publication in which the work appeared. AIP pays the winning author's travel expenses to receive the award. Contact: American Institute of Physics Chapter 1: Environmental Journalism Resources 5/23/06 Awards Page 3 Reporting on Growth and Open Space: Resources for Journalists Resource Manual Media & Government Relations Division One Physics Ellipse College Park, MD 20740-3843 Phone (301) 209-3100 Fax (301) 209-0843 [email protected] http://www.aip.org/aip/writing/index.html Deadline: March 1, 2006 Source: Extracted from website, http://www.sej.org/careers/index3.htm on 4/6/2006. American Planning Association (APA) Journalism Awards The American Planning Association's annual competition, with prizes of $200 awarded to individuals in each of three classes, honors newspapers "for public service rendered in the advancement of city and regional planning through outstanding journalism." Articles must be published during the previous calendar year. Open to all North American newspapers. Nomination may be made by an editor, publisher, or any other person. Contact: Sylvia Lewis American Planning Association 122 S Michigan Ave, Suite 1600 Chicago, IL 60603 Phone (312) 431-9100 [email protected] http://www.planning.org/awards/2006.htm#20 Deadline: January 13, 2006 Source: Extracted from website, http://www.sej.org/careers/index3.htm on 4/6/2006. Bastiat Prize for Journalism The annual Bastiat Prize for Journalism, administered by the International Policy Network since 2002, was inspired by the 19th-century French philosopher and journalist Frédéric Bastiat. The prize was developed to encourage and reward writers whose published works promote the institutions of a free society: limited government, rule of law brokered by an independent judiciary, protection of private property, free markets, free speech, and sound science. The prize (a total of USD $10,000) will be awarded to one or more authors—and it will be awarded to the entry that best embodies the spirit, intellect and wit of philosopher and journalist Bastiat. Submissions are invited by all writers from all countries. Previous finalists and winners include Munir Attaullah (Pakistan), and Rakesh Wadhwa (Nepal), Robert Guest of The Economist, Brian Carney of the Wall Street Journal Europe, British freelancer Stephen Pollard, Ms. Shlaes and Sauvik Chakraverti of the Economic Times of India. Contact: Marco Desena, Bastiat Prize Administrador International Policy Network 3rd Floor, Bedford Chambers, The Piazza, Covent Garden London WC2E 8HA UK Phone +4420 7836 0750 Chapter 1: Environmental Journalism Resources 5/23/06 Awards Page 4 Reporting on Growth and Open Space: Resources for Journalists Resource Manual [email protected] http://www.policynetwork.net/main/issue_main.php?issue_id=12 Deadline: June 30, 2005 Source: Extracted from website, http://www.sej.org/careers/index3.htm on 4/6/2006. Big Sky Documentary Film Festival The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival premiers non-fiction film in the American West. Screenings will take place February 16-22, 2006, at the historic Wilma Theater in Missoula, Montana. The competitive event is open to nonfiction films and videos of all styles,