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The Water Desk awards grants to journalists covering Western water issues

Oct. 4, 2019

The Water Desk , a journalism initiative at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Center for Environmental Journalism , has awarded its first grants to support journalists and media outlets covering Western water issues and the Colorado River Basin. Grantees will delve into a wide range of issues throughout the region,...

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Center for Environmental Journalism welcomes 2019-20 class of Ted Scripps Fellows

Aug. 20, 2019

A new class of fellows will dig into issues ranging from water scarcity to the environmental impact of meat production through the University of Colorado Boulder’s Ted Scripps Fellowship in Environmental Journalism program.

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Searching for Bigfoot

Aug. 1, 2019

Former CU Boulder Journalism Fellow Laura Krantz explores all things Bigfoot in Wild Thing, which the Atlantic named one of 2018's Best Podcasts.

Hoover Dam

Grant applications open for The Water Desk

June 26, 2019

The Water Desk—an independent news initiative at the University of Colorado Boulder dedicated to expanding coverage of Western water issues—is now accepting grant applications. Funding from Water Desk grants will help journalists and media organizations enhance their ability to cover the scientific, economic, political and social aspects of water issues.

Colorado Daily: CU Boulder lands $700K grant to support reporting on water issues

April 3, 2019

A journalism initiative to expand coverage of Western water issues is launching this month at the University of Colorado Boulder with support from a two-year, $700,000 grant from the Walton Family Foundation

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CU Boulder launches initiative to support coverage of the Colorado River Basin

April 2, 2019

A journalism initiative to expand coverage of Western water issues is launching this month at the University of Colorado Boulder with support from a two-year, $700,000 grant from the Walton Family Foundation . Visit The Water Desk The Water Desk, based in the College of Media, Communication and Information’s Center...

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Mongabay founder to discuss environmental journalism at CU Boulder campus

March 18, 2019

The founder of Mongabay, one of the most successful environmental journalism startups in the world, will join journalists this Wednesday, March 20, for the panel, “Global Environmental Journalism: Under Siege or Dawning Anew?”

Discover: Plastered! Images from space show just how much snow has accumulated in large parts of the U.S. West

Feb. 25, 2019

After a shocking dearth of snow last year, the Sierra Nevada mountains of California and Nevada truly have been getting plastered, helping to build up the snowpack that millions of people depend on for water.

CU Independent: Ted Scripps fellows discuss their lives as environmental journalists

Feb. 22, 2019

This year’s Ted Scripps fellows in environmental journalism held a panel, titled “Journalism in the Age of Distraction,” at the University of Colorado Boulder about their careers.

Scripps Fellowships

Apply now for a Ted Scripps Fellowship

Feb. 4, 2019

Each year, five exceptional journalists are awarded a Ted Scripps Fellowship in Environmental Journalism. Over a nine-month period, fellows attend classes at the University of Colorado Boulder, participate in weekly seminars and field trips, and pursue their own journalistic projects on a wide range of environmental topics. Former fellows have...

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