SEJ offers news, events, opportunities and more from diverse viewpoints. Featured this week in News&Views: 1) Washington Post's "Within Mainstream Environmentalist Groups, Diversity Is Lacking," the story of Riverkeeper Fred Tutman, "a courtroom brawler who took on anyone who contaminated water, but he couldn’t shake a nagging hurt that he was nearly invisible within his own profession." 2) "8 Dynamic Black Women Editors in New Media," chosen by EBONY magazine from various media outlets.
See what today's young journalists are accomplishing and view opportunities, such as High Country News' 2012 Student Essay Contest: How I Became a Westerner: In 600 words, describe why your heart is at home in the American West. Open to currently enrolled high school students and undergraduates at American schools, colleges and universities as well as 2012 graduates. Deadline: Sep 21, 2012.
Oct. 19-23, 2011 in Miami. Find multimedia coverage on SEJ's coverage web page, the unofficial conference blog and cubrimiento en Español. Hear Carl Hiaasen; Flood, Sweat and Fear panelists; Sunday book authors; and many more. See the agenda, read speaker bios, and watch videos of the SEJ awards presentation intros. If you attended the conference, please click here to take our online survey. Pictured (l-r): Photojournalist Clyde Butcher, SEJ member JoAnn Valenti, and Big Cypress National Preserve superintendent Pedro Ramos on day tour "Swamp Slog".
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