The University of Rhode Island’s Metcalf Institute has selected 21 finalists for its 2019 Annual Science Immersion Workshop for Journalists. Ten of these finalists will be selected as Metcalf Fellows to attend the Workshop, June 2-7, at the URI Graduate School of Oceanography.
The finalists were selected from a competitive pool of more than 100 applicants representing 17 nations. The journalists report for a wide variety of small to large print, broadcast, and web-based outlets serving local to international audiences, including New Jersey’s Community News Service, Grist, Mountain West News, The Philadelphia Inquirer, El Tiempo, Daily News Egypt, Beacon Communications, and E&E News.
Climate change and water
The intensive, weeklong workshop will focus on water, which the United Nations identified as “the primary medium through which we will experience the effects of climate change.” The ten Metcalf Fellows will explore ways in which climate change and other human activities affect global water supplies.
Journalists will discuss links between water and climate systems, discover the value of long-term data collection, and explore techniques for measuring and addressing water quality and quantity problems that affect communities and aquatic ecosystems. The Fellows will leave with a deeper understanding of the scientific research process, new story ideas and contacts, and more confidence in their abilities to cover environmental and other science-based news stories.
The 2019 Metcalf Annual Workshop Fellowship finalists are:
- Robert M. Anthes, assistant managing editor, Community News Service in Lawrence, NJ
- Clifton Adcock, senior investigative reporter, The Frontier in Tulsa, OK
- Allison Budner, reporter, Mountain West News Bureau/KRCC Radio in Colorado Springs, CO
- Olga Dobrovidova, senior editor, N+1 in Moscow, Russia
- Mohammed El-Said, editor, Daily News Egypt in Giza, Egypt
- Paula Gardner, reporter, MLive Media Group in Ann Arbor, MI
- Ethan Hartley, associate editor, Beacon Communications in Warwick, RI
- Corbin Hiar, energy and environment reporter, E&E News in Washington, DC
- Ian James, environment reporter, The Arizona Republic in Phoenix, AZ
- Karen Tatiana Pardo Ibarra, environment reporter, El Tiempo in Bogotá, Columbia
- Chloe A. Johnson, coastal environment reporter, Post and Courier, Charleston, SC
- Alenka Zumbar Klopcic, editor-in-chief, Montel Energetika, Lukovica, Slovenia
- Debra Utacia Krol, freelance journalist in Phoenix, AZ
- Frank Kummer, environment reporter, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA
- Jeff Lewis, environment reporter, The Globe and Mail in Alberta, Canada
- Josephine Okojie, environment reporter, BusinessDay Newspaper in Lagos, Nigeria
- Ezra David Romero, environment reporter, Capital Public Radio in Sacramento, CA
- Molly Samuel, environment reporter, WABE in Atlanta, GA
- Lucy Sherriff, freelance journalist in Los Angeles, CA
- Christian von Preysing-Barry, reporter, KRGV-TV in Weslaco, TX
- Kate Yoder, editor, Grist in Seattle, WA
Fund a Fellow
Metcalf Institute extends a special thanks to all the donors who supported Metcalf’s Fund a Fellow initiative this year. Their generous donations will cover the entire $8000 cost for one Fellow to attend the 21st Annual Science Immersion Workshop.
Metcalf Fellows announcement
Metcalf will announce the ten Fellows selected to attend the Workshop in late April.