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Honorary Members of SEJ [1]

SEJ's honorary members [2] include:

James Detjen

  • founding board president (1990-1994)
  • conference chair (Michigan State University, 2000)
  • LinkedIn [3]

Robert Engelman

  • founding board secretary (1990-1993)
  • LinkedIn [4]

Michael Mansur

  • former board member (1993-1994, 1995-97); second vice pres. & membership chair (1997-98); president (1998-2000); treasurer & finance chair (2000-2001)
  • former editor of SEJournal [5]
  • conference co-chair (Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., 1996)
  • LinkedIn [6]

Beth Parke

  • founding executive director (1993-2017)
  • LinkedIn [7]

Gary Polakovic

  • former board member (1996-1997, 1999-2000); secretary (1997-1999)
  • conference chair (University of California, Los Angeles 1999)
  • LinkedIn [8]

David Ropeik

  • former board member (1992-1998); first vice president & programs chair (1998-1999)
  • conference chair (MIT, 1995)
  • LinkedIn [9]

Philip Shabecoff

  • former board member (1992-1993)
  • LinkedIn [10]

Sara Thurin Rollin

  • former board member; treasurer & finance chair (1996-2000)
  • LinkedIn [11]

Rae Tyson

  • founding board member (1990-1991); first vice president & programs chair (1990-1996); president (1996-1997)
  • judge, SEJ's annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment [12]
  • Muck Rack [13]

JoAnn Valenti (d. July 23, 2023)

  • former board member; representative for academic membership (1995-1998)
  • conference co-chair (Sundance; Brigham Young University, Utah 1994)
  • judge, SEJ's annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment [12]
  • 2022 recipient [14] of SEJ's Stolberg Award for Meritorious Service
  • LinkedIn [15]
  • SEJ remembrance [16]

Morris "Bud" Ward

  • SEJ founding member (1990)
  • former writer, SEJournal column E-Reporting Biz
  • LinkedIn [17]
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[1] https://www.sej.org/honorary-members-sej [2] https://www.sej.org/sej-membership-policies#honorary [3] https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-detjen-08a70a5/ [4] https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-engelman-536a807/ [5] https://www.sej.org/publications/sejournal/overview [6] https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-mansur-bb364320/ [7] https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-parke-6b47b24/ [8] https://www.linkedin.com/in/makeoverearth/ [9] https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-ropeik-6a63283/ [10] https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-shabecoff-25385272/ [11] https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarathurinrollin/ [12] https://www.sej.org/initiatives/awards-fellowships/sej-annual-awards-reporting-environment [13] https://muckrack.com/rae-tyson [14] https://www.sej.org/2022-david-stolberg-meritorious-service-award-winner [15] https://www.linkedin.com/in/joann-valenti-2875b74/ [16] https://www.sej.org/sej-laments-loss-longtime-member-volunteer-joann-valenti [17] https://www.linkedin.com/in/wardbud/ [18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [19] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81