Workshops and Fellowships

Journalists: Apply for the Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources' expenses-paid Detroit River Institute, which will explore natural resource, agricultural, economic and human health issues in and around Detroit, Michigan on October 22-26, 2014. Content of the fellowship program will be relevant to journalists working throughout North American cities. Apply by Sep 12.

The National Press Foundation and Fudan University are collaborating to offer a 10-day, all-expenses-paid fellowship in Shanghai, China for U.S. journalists, Nov 13-22, 2014. Meet with scholars, business leaders and Chinese journalists in and around Shanghai to explore issues such as China’s globalizing economy; air and water pollution and the growth of “green” industry; the impact of an aging population; and more. Apply by Aug 25th.

Led by SEJ member Bobby Magill, this Webinar at 2:00 p.m. this Thursday completes the SEJ Specialized Reporting Institute: Covering Shale Gas and Oil Development, held in Pittsburgh in June 2014. Find out why "fracking" has become big news in recent years, become more comfortable with fracking terms and facts, get story ideas, and learn where to find new sources. Free registration required.

Win one of eight scholarships to attend the 2014 EcoHealth Conference, Aug 11-15, 2014, in Montreal. Cover the panel sessions; meet and interview the researchers. Open to journalists worldwide who specialize in coverage of health and the environment. Apply by June 3rd.

The East-West Center in Honolulu is accepting applications until Mar 19 for the SJS, Aug 19-Sep 11, 2020, to Washington, DC; Charlotte, North Carolina; Colombo, Sri Lanka; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Participating journalists will include 10-14 journalists from the U.S. and countries with substantial Muslim populations.

This University of Iowa accredited, two-week course on environmental writing debuts this summer at the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory, one of the world's foremost freshwater ecology field stations. The course will cover three classics of the genre and students will write about a subject of their choosing while in residence at Lakeside.

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources' Shale Country Institute will take place in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York from June 24-28, 2014. Shale Country will be all about fracking. We’ll talk economics, ecology, and environmental toxicology. We’ll hear about human health, water and air quality, and citizen science. And we’ll meet with scientists, industry representatives, concerned citizens, and many others in the forests, fields and neighborhoods where these important stories are taking place. Apply by May 2nd.