Center for Environmental Journalism /cmdinow/ en Snow news day: The challenge of climate reporting as newsrooms cut back /cmdinow/2026/02/11/snow-news-day-challenge-climate-reporting-newsrooms-cut-back <span>Snow news day: The challenge of climate reporting as newsrooms cut back</span> <span><span>Joe Arney</span></span> <span><time datetime="2026-02-11T12:06:34-07:00" title="Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 12:06">Wed, 02/11/2026 - 12:06</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2026-02/2026.02.11%20SNOWPACK26-lede.jpg?h=ddc58dd3&amp;itok=9PVHsy98" width="1200" height="800" alt="Snow covers the Flatirons in 抖阴传媒在线."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/301"> College News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">Center for Environmental Journalism</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/22" hreflang="en">Journalism</a> </div> <span>Joe Arney</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div> <div class="align-center image_style-original_image_size"> <div class="imageMediaStyle original_image_size"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/original_image_size/public/2026-02/2026.02.11%20SNOWPACK26-lede.jpg?itok=aJFroOn5" width="2048" height="1152" alt="Snow covers the Flatirons in 抖阴传媒在线."> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="small-text">The Flatirons, in 抖阴传媒在线, during a more typical winter. CMDI鈥檚 Water Desk has been fielding calls throughout the winter drought from resource-starved reporters looking for help covering a warm, extremely dry season. <em>Photo by Joe Arney.</em></p> </span> </div> <p>Call it the winter of our discontent: With just 23 inches of snow accumulation since November, 抖阴传媒在线鈥攁nd Colorado as a whole鈥攊s enduring one of the driest winters on record.</p><p>And as parts of Colorado and the American West start to look more like deserts, they鈥檙e becoming news deserts, as well. <a href="/cmdinow/2026/01/20/want-keep-your-news-local-its-viewers-you" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="84d59540-0f7f-4284-8de1-4953f1b91645" data-entity-substitution="canonical" rel="nofollow" title="Want to keep your news local? It鈥檚 up to viewers like you"><span>Cuts, closures and consolidations</span></a><span> are shuttering newsrooms and robbing reporters of resources, making it harder to ensure the public is getting trustworthy, verified information about the scope of this crisis.</span></p><p>It鈥檚 a challenge Luke Runyon sees daily as co-director of <a href="https://waterdesk.org/" rel="nofollow"><span>The Water Desk</span></a><span>.</span></p> <div class="align-right image_style-original_image_size"> <div class="imageMediaStyle original_image_size"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/original_image_size/public/2026-02/runyon-mug.jpg?itok=61cz4FqS" width="225" height="225" alt="Headshot of Luke Runyon"> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="small-text text-align-right">Luke Runyon</p> </span> </div> <p>鈥淚t鈥檚 been an extremely dry and extremely warm winter for the southern Rocky Mountains鈥攔eally, for much of the West,鈥 said Runyon, whose work with a local NPR station <a href="/cmdi/news/2024/09/11/awards-runyon-murrow-podcast-water-desk" rel="nofollow"><span>won a prestigious Murrow Award</span></a><span> in 2024.</span></p><p>鈥淲hat I鈥檇 love to see more of is reporters going into the field and talking to the people on the ground who have to make tough decisions because of a lack of water. But I understand why that doesn鈥檛 happen鈥攊t鈥檚 more expensive to do that kind of reporting, to find the characters who tell that story.鈥</p><p>It鈥檚 not that you can鈥檛 watch the local news to see reports of just how dry the weather has been. But resource-starved newsrooms have to make hard editorial decisions about which in-depth stories to pursue, and Runyon said environmental reporting struggles to compete with other beats鈥攕o it鈥檚 often scaled back.</p><p>We ignore water coverage at our own peril, Runyon said, especially as climate change stresses ecosystems, upends established norms and ushers in more brutal fire seasons.</p><div class="ucb-box ucb-box-title-hidden ucb-box-alignment-right ucb-box-style-fill ucb-box-theme-white"><div class="ucb-box-inner"><div class="ucb-box-title">&nbsp;</div><div class="ucb-box-content"><p class="lead small-text"><i class="fa-solid fa-quote-right fa-3x fa-pull-right ucb-icon-color-gold">&nbsp;</i>鈥淭he reason snow gets so much coverage in the winter is because it has all these domino effects that are felt through the rest of the year.鈥<br><br>Luke Runyon, co-director, The Water Desk</p></div></div></div><p>鈥淎ccess to water is the issue affecting the modern West, one that underlies almost every major question we鈥檙e talking about,鈥 he said. 鈥淚t pops up in housing, agriculture and our ability to feed ourselves, recreation and the broader environment. If we鈥檙e not talking about water, we鈥檙e missing a huge piece of what it means to live in the west.鈥</p><h3>Beyond just financial support</h3><p>At The Water Desk, Runyon works directly with the journalists trying to tell those stories. Its work has evolved as the needs of journalists have changed. The team used to exclusively provide financial support through small grants; today, it also offers assistance with data visualization and mapping on big stories, even direct editing support from Runyon, who鈥檚 covered Colorado River issues for nearly a decade. The Water Desk, which is housed out of the <a href="/cej/" rel="nofollow"><span>Center for Environmental Journalism</span></a><span> at CU 抖阴传媒在线鈥檚 College of Communication, Media, Design and Information, also </span><a href="https://waterdesk.org/category/features/stories/water-desk-stories/" rel="nofollow"><span>contributes original reporting</span></a><span> on timely issues.</span></p><p>That鈥檚 important because while there are good reporters covering water issues, it鈥檚 been a hard time to be a journalist鈥攅specially one covering a highly complex issue like water, 鈥渂ecause it isn鈥檛 easy to understand the crazy infrastructure, the complicated legal mechanisms in place to manage water,鈥 he said.</p><p>A major story right now that is getting national attention is the need for an updated management proposal for the Colorado River, which supplies water to seven Western U.S. states and Mexico. The states, which disagree on how to manage a shrinking supply of water, missed a fall deadline to submit a plan to the federal government; the new deadline is Saturday.</p><p>鈥淭he timing of this very dry year comes at a critical moment for the river itself,鈥 Runyon said. 鈥淚 think you鈥檒l see more being written on this leading up to the 14th.鈥</p><p>Most of the stories Runyon is fielding calls about right now concern poor skiing conditions and the economic impact on resorts and mountain towns. He expects the cycle to turn to agriculture in the spring鈥攅specially how farmers will adjust plantings in the face of shortages鈥攁nd to recreation and ecology in the summer.</p><p>鈥淭he reason snow gets so much coverage in the winter is because it has all these domino effects that are felt through the rest of the year,鈥 Runyon said.</p><p>Finding ways to help a dwindling cast of media to tell deeper and more impactful stories remains his greatest challenge, but Runyon does see opportunities for people looking to break into journalism, especially as new platforms allow reporters to offer their audience deep dives on important topics like climate and water.</p><p>鈥淭here are a lot of cool, innovative startups out there,鈥 he said. 鈥淎nd there is a much broader definition of who gets to call themselves a journalist. You can be an expert with a Substack newsletter, and you鈥檙e basically running your own small business. Hopefully, there鈥檚 more of that to come.鈥</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><hr><p><em><span>Joe Arney covers research and general news for the college.</span></em></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>CMDI鈥檚 Water Desk has expanded the services it offers to resource-starved reporters who need help covering complex stories around the Colorado River and climate change. </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:06:34 +0000 Joe Arney 1237 at /cmdinow 10 for 10: Centers making an impact /cmdinow/2025/11/17/10-10-centers-making-impact <span>10 for 10: Centers making an impact</span> <span><span>Amanda J. McManus</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-11-17T14:20:40-07:00" title="Monday, November 17, 2025 - 14:20">Mon, 11/17/2025 - 14:20</time> </span> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/317" hreflang="en">Center for Communication and Democratic Engagement</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/213" hreflang="en">Center for Documentary and Ethnographic Media</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">Center for Environmental Journalism</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/151" hreflang="en">Center for Media Religion and Culture</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/16" hreflang="en">Communication</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/318" hreflang="en">Community Engagement Design and Research Center</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/298" hreflang="en">Environmental Design</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/319" hreflang="en">Immersive Media Lab</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/44" hreflang="en">Information Science</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/320" hreflang="en">Media Archaeology Lab</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/321" hreflang="en">Neuro D Lab</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/322" hreflang="en">Sustainability and Storytelling Lab</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/323" hreflang="en">Visual Evidence Lab</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="lead" dir="ltr"><span>Centers and labs at CMDI are important not just because of the insights discovered by the researchers and creatives working within them, but because of the impact they offer to the public.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>Here are some signature labs and centers from CMDI鈥檚 first decade.&nbsp;</span></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><ul class="list-style-underline"><li><p dir="ltr"><a href="http://colorado.edu/center/cde" rel="nofollow"><span><strong>Center for Communication and Democratic Engagement</strong></span></a><span>: Aims to learn from deliberation, dialogue and educational events tied to communication and democratic practice.&nbsp;</span></p></li><li><p dir="ltr"><a href="/center/cdem/" data-entity-type="external" rel="nofollow"><span><strong>Center for Documentary and Ethnographic Media</strong></span></a><span>: Creates opportunities for the public to engage with documentary films, especially through the signature Mimesis festival, in 抖阴传媒在线.</span></p></li><li><p dir="ltr"><a href="/cej/" data-entity-type="external" rel="nofollow"><span><strong>Center for Environmental Journalism</strong></span></a><span>: Journalists who complete a fellowship from the center have been responsible for award-winning work on environmental issues.&nbsp;</span></p></li><li><p dir="ltr"><a href="/cmrc/" data-entity-type="external" rel="nofollow"><span><strong>Center for Media, Religion and Culture</strong></span></a><span>: Studies the complex relationship between media and religion in an entangled world.&nbsp;</span></p></li><li><p dir="ltr"><a href="/cedar/" data-entity-type="external" rel="nofollow"><span><strong>Community Engagement, Design and Research Center</strong></span></a><span>: Partners with communities at home and abroad to build resilient, equitable cities and neighborhoods.</span></p></li><li><p dir="ltr"><a href="/lab/immersivemedia" data-entity-type="external" rel="nofollow"><span><strong>Immersive Media Lab</strong></span></a><span>: Invites people to explore augmented and virtual reality environments to develop different perspectives on emerging challenges.&nbsp;</span></p></li><li><p dir="ltr"><a href="https://mediaarchaeologylab.com/" data-entity-type="external" rel="nofollow"><span><strong>Media Archaeology Lab</strong></span></a><span>: A peerless collection of obsolete, but functional, technology to experiment with and imagine roads not taken in tech and society.&nbsp;</span></p></li><li><p dir="ltr"><span><strong>Neuro D Lab</strong>: Explores the intersection of design, neurodiversity, equity and innovation to ensure designs鈥攆rom products to wayfinding鈥攚ork intuitively for all users.</span></p></li><li><p dir="ltr"><a href="/lab/sas/" data-entity-type="external" rel="nofollow"><span><strong>Sustainability and Storytelling Lab</strong></span></a><span>: Aims to understand how stories influence the ways we practice sustainability and shame unsustainable methods.&nbsp;</span></p></li><li><p dir="ltr"><a href="/lab/visualevidence" data-entity-type="external" rel="nofollow"><span><strong>Visual Evidence Lab</strong></span></a><span>: Studies how the legal system can be better equipped to handle video and photographic evidence presented in court, including deepfakes and generative A.I.&nbsp;</span></p></li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Here are 10 centers and labs that have created public impact in the college鈥檚 first decade.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <a href="/cmdinow/fall-2025" hreflang="en">Fall 2025</a> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 17 Nov 2025 21:20:40 +0000 Amanda J. McManus 1202 at /cmdinow Roam if you want to. Unless you鈥檙e a wild animal /cmdinow/2025/10/21/roam-if-you-want-unless-youre-wild-animal <span>Roam if you want to. Unless you鈥檙e a wild animal</span> <span><span>Joe Arney</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-10-21T09:11:51-06:00" title="Tuesday, October 21, 2025 - 09:11">Tue, 10/21/2025 - 09:11</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-10/roam-lede.jpg?h=999de5f8&amp;itok=qK1tuXeh" width="1200" height="800" alt="A coyote sniffs the ground in an urban setting. The Chicago skyline is visible in the background."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/301"> College News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">Center for Environmental Journalism</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/22" hreflang="en">Journalism</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/28" hreflang="en">Research</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/189" hreflang="en">faculty</a> </div> <span>Joe Arney</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div> <div class="align-center image_style-large_image_style"> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-10/roam-lede.jpg?itok=DJVA-mD_" width="1500" height="844" alt="A coyote sniffs the ground in an urban setting. The Chicago skyline is visible in the background."> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="small-text">A coyote wanders through urban parkland in Chicago at night. It was a coyote in New York's Central Park that first got Hillary M. Rosner interested in how wildlife roams from place to place鈥攁nd the human-made obstacles that thwart them. This coyote, which was being tracked with a radio collar, was struck by a car and killed just months after this photo was taken. <em>Photo by Corey Arnold.</em></p> </span> </div> <p><a href="/cmdi/people/journalism/hillary-rosner" data-entity-type="external" rel="nofollow">Hillary M. Rosner</a> was a young editor with the <em>Village Voice</em> in the 1990s when she read about a coyote living in Central Park.</p><p>Nowadays, that鈥檚 not quite so special鈥攖he park is home to resident coyotes who prowl the improbably green space at the heart of Manhattan. But what fascinated Rosner was their improbable journey鈥攈ow the animals successfully navigated the urban jungle, and why they chose to do so.</p><p>鈥淭hat idea鈥攋ust wondering how this coyote navigated these concrete canyons to get to the park鈥攔eally stuck with me,鈥 said Rosner (MEnvSt鈥06), an assistant teaching professor of <a href="/cmdi/academics/journalism" data-entity-type="external" rel="nofollow">journalism</a> at the College of Communication, Media, Design and Information and associate director of its <a href="/cej/" data-entity-type="external" rel="nofollow">Center for Environmental Journalism</a>. 鈥淎s I got more into environmental and science journalism, the stories that most moved me were in some way about animals whose lives were changed because of human infrastructure.鈥</p> <div class="align-right image_style-original_image_size"> <div class="imageMediaStyle original_image_size"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/original_image_size/public/2025-10/rosner-offlede.jpg?itok=dhAJ24pm" width="300" height="300" alt="Headshot of Hillary Rosner"> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="small-text">Hillary M. Rosner</p> </span> </div> <p>That curiosity has culminated in a new book, <a href="https://www.patagonia.com/product/roam-wild-animals-and-the-race-to-repair-their-fractured-world-hardcover-book/BK865.html?dwvar_BK865_color=000" data-entity-type="external" rel="nofollow"><em>Roam: Wild Animals and the Race to Repair Our Fractured World</em></a>, out this month from Patagonia. In it, she draws upon a career of environmental journalism to share stories of the struggles animals face in overcoming human-made boundaries.</p><h3>Restoring empathy</h3><p>Her goal is to encourage readers to abandon a human-centered view of the world in favor of one that demonstrates our interconnectedness with the planet, while learning to view other species with empathy and compassion.</p><p>The connections she explores in the book are both literal鈥攆or example, creatures needing to get from one point to another鈥攁nd more abstract, such as how animals connect to an ecosystem to affect its resilience and adaptability. 鈥淎nd it鈥檚 about showing how human infrastructure presents a barrier to this idea of connectivity for all these other species,鈥 she said. The book further spells out the ecological consequences of a world where wild animals cannot roam鈥攁n inability to spread plant life, less genetic diversity鈥攖hreatening species鈥 adaptability and survival鈥攁nd the extinction of charismatic species.</p><p>If that sounds dire, Rosner will be the first to tell you there鈥檚 real urgency behind the topic. Her work took her around the world to see the obstacles humans have created for wildlife. In Kenya, as more land becomes privately owned, more fences are going up, blocking long-held migration routes. Closer to home, Donald Trump鈥檚 funding freeze has canceled wildlife crossings along U.S. highways.</p><div class="ucb-box ucb-box-title-hidden ucb-box-alignment-right ucb-box-style-fill ucb-box-theme-white"><div class="ucb-box-inner"><div class="ucb-box-title">&nbsp;</div><div class="ucb-box-content"><p class="lead small-text"><i class="fa-solid fa-quote-right fa-3x fa-pull-right ucb-icon-color-gold">&nbsp;</i>鈥淚f we continue to act as though we are the only species on the planet, it鈥檚 going to become self-fulfilling.鈥<br><br>Hillary M. Rosner (MEnvSt鈥06)</p></div></div></div><p>鈥淚 talk about a lot of bad things that are going on, but the book is about solutions鈥攖he race to repair our fractured world,鈥 Rosner said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 about people all across the world doing incredible work and devoting their lives to reconnecting the planet for other species. And I think that is hopeful.鈥</p><p>Rosner鈥檚 work has appeared in some of the most influential news outlets in the country鈥<em>The New York Times</em>, <em>National Geographic</em>, <em>Scientific American</em>, <em>The Atlantic</em>鈥攆ollowing her pivot to environmental reporting, which owes quite a bit to her graduate work in environmental studies at CU 抖阴传媒在线, as well as a <a href="/cej/scripps-fellowships/core-program" data-entity-type="external" rel="nofollow">Ted Scripps environmental journalism fellowship</a>.</p><p>鈥淚 took an amazing biogeography course during my Scripps fellowship, which really helped shape my thinking around this project, in terms of species movement and the role humans have in shaping that,鈥 said Rosner, who today oversees the Scripps program as part of her work with CEJ. Her work also was influenced by fellowships from Knight Science Journalism at MIT and the National Science Foundation.</p><h3>Barriers beyond borders, highways</h3><p>As you might expect from someone with such curiosity for the natural world, Rosner took the most enjoyment from how much she learned about the world through her reporting. A concept she particularly enjoyed exploring was anthropogenic resistance鈥攖he invisible ways humans impede animal movement.</p><p>鈥淔or instance, you may have a physically passable route for a bear, but you have a lot of hikers who recreate in that area, so it won鈥檛 go there,鈥 she said. 鈥淲e more readily think of border walls or highways, but humans have created all sorts of hidden barriers to animal movement that we don鈥檛 often think about.鈥</p><p>Her book is a call to action that we need to start thinking otherwise鈥攁nd quickly. A key theme in <em>Roam</em> is one of empathy, as she invites readers to bring a different perspective to how they, too, move through the world.</p><p>鈥淭he idea of empathy was not an idea I was thinking about when I started this project,鈥 Rosner said. 鈥淲hen I look around, it鈥檚 clear to me that empathy is lacking across the board right now鈥攂ut perhaps if we can learn to see other species with empathy, it will help us see one another with empathy, also.鈥</p><p>There鈥檚 also a more pragmatic reason to take Rosner鈥檚 work seriously. Like it or not, those same connections between wild animals and the natural world also link us to the environment.</p><p>鈥淲e must better understand and appreciate how intimately we are connected to nature,鈥 she said. 鈥淚 mean, I say it in the book: If we continue to act as though we are the only species on the planet, it鈥檚 going to become self-fulfilling. That鈥檚 not a world we鈥檒l want to live in, or be able to live in.鈥</p><p><em>Roam</em> is available for limited release now, and will officially be available at bookstores and online Oct. 28.</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><div class="row ucb-column-container"><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-10/roam-offlede%202.jpg?itok=bYS4iCf9" width="1500" height="844" alt="A herd of elk on a snowy landscape."> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="small-text">A herd of elk at their winter refuge outside Grand Teton National Park, in Wyoming. <em>Photo by Florian Schulz.</em></p> </span> <p>&nbsp;</p></div><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-10/roam-offlede%201.jpg?itok=UnEOxw1o" width="1500" height="844" alt="An elephant uses an underpass to avoid train tracks."> </div> <span class="media-image-caption"> <p class="small-text">Kenya's major highways and railways include underpasses to allow elephants to navigate human infrastructure. <em>Photo by Richard Moller.</em></p> </span> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><hr><p><em>Joe Arney covers research and general news for the college.</em></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>A new book from a journalism professor looks at human-made barriers鈥攙isible and not鈥攖hat have disrupted animal migrations and threaten our ecology.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 21 Oct 2025 15:11:51 +0000 Joe Arney 1179 at /cmdinow Wildfires, water quality, weather patterns: Scripps fellows have ambitious plans for climate reporting /cmdinow/2025/06/30/cej-fellows-environment-sustainable <span>Wildfires, water quality, weather patterns: Scripps fellows have ambitious plans for climate reporting</span> <span><span>Joe Arney</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-06-26T16:25:22-06:00" title="Thursday, June 26, 2025 - 16:25">Thu, 06/26/2025 - 16:25</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-06/cej2025.jpg?h=8abcec71&amp;itok=QMmcr-Qo" width="1200" height="800" alt="A media scrum of reporters holds up cameras and recorders to capture a newsmaker in the background."> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/301"> College News </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">Center for Environmental Journalism</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/22" hreflang="en">Journalism</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/283" hreflang="en">Scripps Environmental Journalism Fellowship</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="small-text"><strong>By Sharon Waters</strong></p><p>The 2025-26 class of <a href="/cej/ted-scripps-fellowships-environmental-journalism" rel="nofollow">Ted Scripps Fellows in Environmental Journalism</a> at CU 抖阴传媒在线鈥檚 College of Communication, Media, Design and Information will explore a range of issues related to climate change, encompassing emerging infectious diseases to technology鈥檚 potential role in catching arsonists responsible for wildfires.<br><br>Part of the college鈥檚 <a href="/cej/" rel="nofollow">Center for Environmental Journalism</a>, the Scripps fellowship gives full-time journalists the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and understanding of a variety of topics, so they can more effectively report on pressing environmental issues in ways that resonate with broad audiences. Over a nine-month period, fellows attend classes, participate in weekly seminars and field trips, and meet experts as they develop independent journalistic projects related to the environment.</p><p>Established in 1993, the Scripps fellowship has been based at CU 抖阴传媒在线 since 1997, making this the 29th class to join the program as part of the university.<br><br>This year鈥檚 fellows are:&nbsp;</p><table><tbody><tr><td> <div class="imageMediaStyle original_image_size"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/original_image_size/public/2025-06/c-cej-cathey.jpg?itok=Pk7RXFUq" width="225" height="225" alt="Headshot of Ben Cathey"> </div> </td><td><strong>Ben Cathey, meteorologist and environmental/science reporter, WLVT.</strong> Cathey will spend his fellowship pursuing a serialized set of news pieces on wildfires. With the Front Range as a backdrop, Cathey plans to predict weather patterns governing wildfires while studying the use of artificial intelligence and drones to spot fires and catch arsonists. Cathey has won Emmy and Edward R. Murrow awards, and his work has been honored by The Associated Press, Society of Professional Journalists and American Meteorological Society.&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-06/c-cej-douglas.jpg?itok=V-ISzVtv" width="1500" height="1500" alt="Headshot of Erin Douglas"> </div> </td><td><strong>Erin Douglas, climate reporter, </strong><em><strong>The Boston Globe</strong></em><strong>.</strong> As a Scripps fellow, Douglas will study the relationship between climate and emerging infectious diseases. At the <em>Globe</em>, Douglas covers climate adaptation and resilience, including rising sea levels, disaster recovery, inland flooding and water quality. She has also covered climate change for <em>The Texas Tribune</em> and energy and environment issues for the <em>Houston Chronicle</em>. Douglas鈥 work has been recognized by Investigative Reporters and Editors, Society of Environmental Journalists, and Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing. She was part of <em>Tribune</em> teams honored with Murrow awards in 2022.&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-06/c-cej-solomon.jpg?itok=Ha9iIPN9" width="1500" height="1500" alt="Headshot of Chris Solomon"> </div> </td><td><strong>Christopher Solomon, freelance journalist.</strong> A full-time freelancer since 2002, Solomon writes frequently for <em>The New York Times</em>. His work also has appeared in <em>Outside Magazine</em>, <em>National Geographic</em>, <em>Wired</em>, <em>Travel + Leisure</em>, <em>Orion</em> and other national publications. Solomon is a former staff reporter for <em>The Seattle Times</em> and was a contributing editor and contract writer for Outside. His work has been featured seven times in the annual <em>Best American</em> anthologies of notable writing from HarperCollins.&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-06/c-cej-walker.jpg?itok=2mlwswyc" width="1500" height="1500" alt="Headshot of Chris Walker"> </div> </td><td><strong>Chris Walker, freelance journalist.</strong> During his fellowship, Walker will study corporate sustainability, with a focus on how investors, regulators and the current political climate are influencing climate actions by businesses. His environmental reporting includes stories about a Turkish town鈥檚 fight against a coal plant, rights of nature lawsuits, and climate denialism among oil and gas executives. A three-time Livingston Award finalist, Walker has been a staff writer at two alt-weeklies and an editor with <em>5280</em>. His work has appeared in The Ecologist, <em>Westword</em> and The Lever.</td></tr><tr><td> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-06/c-cej-williams.jpg?itok=09VpkeB0" width="1500" height="1500" alt="Headshot of Amanda Williams"> </div> </td><td><strong>Amanda Williams, special projects editor, NPR </strong><em><strong>1A</strong></em><strong>.</strong> As a fellow, Williams will explore intergenerational stories of climate change around the world, connecting family stories of environmental change to climate solutions. Williams hopes to center young people in her reporting, including her daughter, born in 2024. At NPR鈥檚 <em>1A</em>, Williams manages long-term projects, including on-air series, partnerships and events, plus daily news coverage. She was a local newspaper reporter in southern Virginia and a student reporting fellow with the Pulitzer Center.</td></tr></tbody></table></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>The newest class of fellows at the Center for Environmental Journalism brings experience from NPR, The New York Times, National Geographic and more.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-06/cej2025.jpg?itok=RH-YBGt8" width="1500" height="844" alt="A media scrum of reporters holds up cameras and recorders to capture a newsmaker in the background."> </div> </div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 26 Jun 2025 22:25:22 +0000 Joe Arney 1154 at /cmdinow Dry goods /cmdinow/dry-goods <span>Dry goods</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2023-10-28T23:05:30-06:00" title="Saturday, October 28, 2023 - 23:05">Sat, 10/28/2023 - 23:05</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/32_dry_goods.jpg?h=1cbb7e81&amp;itok=5LS5x8Hj" width="1200" height="800" alt="Colorado River, drying up"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/90"> View </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">Center for Environmental Journalism</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/22" hreflang="en">Journalism</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/167" hreflang="en">Photography</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/283" hreflang="en">Scripps Environmental Journalism Fellowship</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/284" hreflang="en">the Denver Post</a> </div> <span>Joe Arney</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 3"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><div class="ucb-box ucb-box-title-hidden ucb-box-alignment-right ucb-box-style-none ucb-box-theme-lightgray"><div class="ucb-box-inner"><div class="ucb-box-title">&nbsp;</div><div class="ucb-box-content"><div class="row ucb-column-container"><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-01/331_dry_goods.jpg?itok=8VN2QRDK" width="1500" height="1046" alt="A farmhand irrigates a field of alfalfa in the Imperial Valley of Calipatria, California. The valley depends on the Colorado River for its surface water supply."> </div> </div><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-01/332_dry_goods.jpg?itok=DJgMQ-8c" width="1500" height="1038" alt="Eduardo Blancas, with Restauremos el Colorado鈥攐ne of six NGOs in a coalition called Raise the River鈥攑addles out to a restoration site near Chausse, Baja California. His NGO works with the U.S. and Mexican governments to secure water from the Colorado River to restore native wetland in the Colorado River Delta, in Mexico. "> </div> </div></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="row ucb-column-container"><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-01/333_dry_goods.jpg?itok=qX0VEneo" width="1500" height="1000" alt="Large rotating sprinklers water a field in Paragonah, Utah, that's used to grow feed for livestock. While new irrigation methods can offer less evaporation and water waste, many small farms and ranches cannot afford to make these updates."> </div> </div><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-01/334_dry_goods_0.jpg?itok=E2T0EYuG" width="1500" height="1116" alt="An aerial view of the Colorado River flowing through Gregg Basin, in Nevada, in spring 2023. The river deposits sediment along the banks before flowing into Lake Mead. "> </div> </div></div></div></div></div><p class="small-text"><strong>Photos by RJ Sangosti</strong></p><p>Photographer RJ Sangosti carved out a niche in environmental journalism because crime stories had a way of following him home when he was working general assignment for <em>The Denver Post</em>.</p><div class="ucb-box ucb-box-title-hidden ucb-box-alignment-right ucb-box-style-fill ucb-box-theme-white"><div class="ucb-box-inner"><div class="ucb-box-title">&nbsp;</div><div class="ucb-box-content"><p class="lead"><i class="fa-solid fa-quote-right fa-3x fa-pull-right ucb-icon-color-gold">&nbsp;</i>鈥淚 want to stop people, make them think, and elevate how we are conserving water and planning our growth in the West.<br>鈥擱J Sangosti</p></div></div></div><p>He鈥檚 still doing great work鈥攂ut it鈥檚 still following him home.</p><p>Sangosti has been <a href="http://instagram.com/headwaters2delta/" rel="nofollow">documenting the Colorado River鈥檚 decline</a> at the <em>Post</em> and through other channels, including a <a href="/cej/ted-scripps-fellowships-environmental-journalism" rel="nofollow">Scripps Environmental Journalism Fellowship</a> at CU 抖阴传媒在线. He also has received grants from CMCI鈥檚 <a href="https://waterdesk.org" rel="nofollow">Water Desk</a> to travel and hire artists to showcase his work on the river.</p><p>That support emboldened him to approach the story of a local river as a national crisis鈥攁 key goal of the Water Desk, which is dedicated to improving journalism connected to the Colorado River, especially around changes driven by climate, population and politics.</p><p>鈥淭he fellowship made me aware that journalism is not just the one big story鈥攊t鈥檚 about helping people understand and tell stories about the river,鈥 he said.</p><p>A Gunnison native who grew up fishing and playing in the Taylor River, Sangosti hopes his work creates a visual story of the river that inspires others, including widespread sharing of his photos through the <em>Post</em> and, one day, a comprehensive website with photos, charts, maps鈥攅ven drawings from Indigenous people who live nearby.</p><p>鈥淚 want to stop people, make them think, and elevate how we are conserving water and planning our growth in the West,鈥 he said.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><hr><p><em><span>Joe Arney covers research and general news for the college.</span></em></p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>RJ Sangosti grew up on the water. Now, he鈥檚 documenting the decline of the Colorado River as a photojournalist for The Denver Post.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <a href="/cmdinow/fall2023" hreflang="und">Fall 2023</a> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-01/32_dry_goods.jpg?itok=g0oUmT3R" width="1500" height="1826" alt="dry land"> </div> </div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Sun, 29 Oct 2023 05:05:30 +0000 Anonymous 1017 at /cmdinow CU 抖阴传媒在线 Center for Environmental Journalism Welcomes 25th Class of Fellows /cmdinow/cej25thfellows <span>CU 抖阴传媒在线 Center for Environmental Journalism Welcomes 25th Class of Fellows</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-08-04T21:34:15-06:00" title="Wednesday, August 4, 2021 - 21:34">Wed, 08/04/2021 - 21:34</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/cej-file-foto.jpg?h=657f8379&amp;itok=SCQuOLs5" width="1200" height="800" alt="CEJ file photo"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/24"> Features </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">Center for Environmental Journalism</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/72" hreflang="en">Centers</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/22" hreflang="en">Journalism</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/28" hreflang="en">Research</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/189" hreflang="en">faculty</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 3"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p class="lead">The Center for Environmental Journalism is proud to welcome its 25th class of Ted Scripps Fellows, who will spend nine months at the 抖阴传媒在线鈥檚 College of Media, Communication and Information working on long-term, in-depth journalistic projects and reflecting on critical questions.</p><ul><li>Melissa Bailey</li><li>Sasha Chavkin</li><li>Marissa Ortega-Welch</li><li>Luke Runyon</li><li>Anna V. 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</script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 13 Dec 2019 19:55:34 +0000 Anonymous 665 at /cmdinow $2.47 million gift to CU 抖阴传媒在线 bolsters support for environmental journalism /cmdinow/fall2018/247-million-gift-cu-boulder-bolsters-support-environmental-journalism <span>$2.47 million gift to CU 抖阴传媒在线 bolsters support for environmental journalism</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2018-11-01T16:28:32-06:00" title="Thursday, November 1, 2018 - 16:28">Thu, 11/01/2018 - 16:28</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/scripps_photo_1_web.jpg?h=66c713c5&amp;itok=lSpi1hB2" width="1200" height="800" alt="Scripps fellow Chris Lett examines a carnivorous plant at the CU Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Greenhouse as Tess Additon, greenhouse manager, points out the plant鈥檚 unique features. 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"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/62"> Support CMDI </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">Center for Environmental Journalism</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/66" hreflang="en">Giving</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/22" hreflang="en">Journalism</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 3"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Photos by Tom Yulsman</p><p>The Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Journalism have equipped more than 100 journalists with the knowledge and skills needed to cover the complex and multidimensional environmental issues of the day.</p><div class="image-caption image-caption-right"><p> </p><div class="imageMediaStyle medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/medium_750px_50_display_size_/public/article-image/scripps_photo_1_web.jpg?itok=whUb0LAu" width="750" height="500" alt="Scripps fellow Chris Lett examines a carnivorous plant at the CU Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Greenhouse as Tess Additon, greenhouse manager, points out the plant鈥檚 unique features. Scripps fellow Elizabeth Royte looks on. "> </div> <p>Scripps fellow Chris Lett examines a carnivorous plant at the CU Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Greenhouse as Tess Additon, greenhouse manager, points out the plant鈥檚 unique features. Scripps fellow Elizabeth Royte looks on.</p></div><p>Now, the program鈥檚 competitiveness with the nation鈥檚 top fellowship programs, and its visibility, will be enhanced even further. This is thanks to a $2.47 million gift from Cindy Scripps, who has funded the program at the 抖阴传媒在线 since 1996.</p><p>鈥淢y father, Ted Scripps, was concerned about the environment before he passed,鈥 Scripps says. 鈥淚t is a passion I have carried with me throughout my life. I feel that the need for this type of program is more acute than ever before. The environment is imperiled, and journalism is under pressure, so I think it鈥檚 critically important that we continue to fight for both.鈥</p><p>For more than two decades, the fellowship program鈥攈oused in the College of Media, Communication and Information鈥攈as brought working journalists to campus for a full academic year. The new gift will fund the fellowships for five years, starting with the incoming 2018鈥19 class of fellows. Other enhancements include a pilot program to team students with fellows as research assistants.</p><div class="image-caption image-caption-right"><p> </p><div class="imageMediaStyle medium_750px_50_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/medium_750px_50_display_size_/public/article-image/scripps_photo_2_web.jpg?itok=4im6Ovjf" width="750" height="500" alt="Additon, Royte and Scripps fellow Stephen Miller examine one of the many plants at the greenhouse. "> </div> <p>Additon, Royte and Scripps fellow Stephen Miller examine one of the many plants at the greenhouse.</p></div><p>鈥淧revious fellows鈥 work during and after the program has led to the preservation of public lands, government financial commitments, and even an entire investigative news network whose work has led to changes in multiple Colorado laws,鈥 says the center鈥檚 director, Tom Yulsman. 鈥淲ith this generous support, we will be able to increase the stipend for fellows by more than 25 percent, helping keep the program competitive with the best such programs in the nation.鈥</p><p>The 2018鈥19 class of fellows consists of Peter Brannen, Chris Lett, Stephen R. Miller, Hillary Rosner and Elizabeth Royte. They are award-winning journalists who have written books, covered national stories for CNN, and written for national publications such as <em>The Atlantic</em>, <em>National Geographic</em> and <em>The New York Times</em>.</p><p>鈥淭he fellows need as many resources as possible in order to take full advantage of the opportunity offered by the program,鈥 Scripps says. 鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 imagine a better place for the fellowship program than 抖阴传媒在线. There are just so many resources for students and fellows, great faculty, and a very supportive environmental community.鈥</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>The Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Journalism have supported more than 100 journalists covering the most complex environmental issues of the day. Thanks to a $2.47 million gift, the program will continue for years to come. </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Thu, 01 Nov 2018 22:28:32 +0000 Anonymous 471 at /cmdinow Racing to deadline /cmdinow/2018/03/21/racing-deadline <span>Racing to deadline</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2018-03-21T14:51:12-06:00" title="Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - 14:51">Wed, 03/21/2018 - 14:51</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/cmdinow/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/yukon_2.jpg?h=67328b3c&amp;itok=8O-zb-Lq" width="1200" height="800" alt="Zoe with dogs"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/82"> In the Field </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">Center for Environmental Journalism</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/26" hreflang="en">Graduate Students</a> <a href="/cmdinow/taxonomy/term/22" hreflang="en">Journalism</a> </div> <span>Zo毛 Rom</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 3"> <div class="ucb-article-row-subrow row"> <div class="ucb-article-text col-lg d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>Bundled up against the frigid wind, I gripped the handlebars of the borrowed snow machine through thick gloves and steered it out onto the icy Yukon River. I shifted my weight on the seat, careful not to let my microphone and recorder fall out of my bibs where I had tucked them away to shield against the battery-killing cold.</p><p>My camera bumped against my chest as I accelerated along the frozen waterway, speeding by the Yukon's famous white bluffs and snow-covered forests. A large chunk of jumble-ice appeared in the otherwise glassy river, causing me to swerve and re-right myself on the snow machine. A fit of spontaneous, involuntary laughter shook my entire body. Journalism is really fun.</p><p>There are a few things specific to sub-Arctic reporting that I wish I had learned in grad school: for example, the basics of snowmachine steering and how to avoid frostbite when photographing sled dogs in temperatures 40 below zero. Even that pens, which freeze, are essentially useless for writing in such conditions. Perhaps a class in creative ways to hide recording equipment in ski bibs, or a course in canine interviewing could have made me feel more fully prepared.</p><p>Then again, some things are best learned in the field.</p><p>This winter, I traveled up to Alaska to follow the Yukon Quest sled dog race, a 1,000-mile event that traverses Alaska's interior into the Canadian Yukon. I was working as a reporter for KUAC radio in Fairbanks and filed twice-daily radio reports on everything from canine care to Canada's largest cinnamon rolls.</p><p>Working with dogs was a dream.</p><p>Alaskan huskies are so sweet, intelligent and playful.&nbsp; The only drawback?&nbsp;I wasn't allowed to pet them. This required a constant exercise in self-control.</p><p>"They're athletes," one musher reminded me, "you wouldn't try to pet Ussein Bolt, would you?"</p><p>That depends,&nbsp;Ussein Bolt is a lot less cuddly than the average sled dog.</p><p>Reporting on the race was very much&nbsp;trial by fire, or well, ice. With limited radio experience, I was expected to produce two pieces a day on deadline, and find some semblance of wireless internet to file stories. I was constantly on the move, following the race from Fairbanks into the Alaskan bush, taking aircrafts smaller&nbsp;and shakier than my decrepit sedan into the Canadian Yukon. I chased the pack leaders for 17 days on the trail, sleeping in public schools, my truck and kind strangers' cabins.</p><p>A lot of things I learned in grad school did come in handy. File management, naming conventions and backing things up saved the day more than a couple times.</p><p>And then there were the things I could have only learned through experience:&nbsp;I learned how to drive a snow machine, how to ride on the back of a sled and how to make caribou tacos. I figured out how to flag down a bush plane while standing on a frozen runway and spot roadside moose while driving at night--look for the eyes. I learned a lot about mushing; the strategy behind racing, sled set-ups, canine nutrition and innovative ways to use hand warmers.</p><p>I've spent two years in my master's program learning everything from multimedia and data journalism to media law and ethics. Now, two months out from graduation, it felt like the perfect time to find out, can I do this thing I've been studying? Will I like it? Will I be good at it?</p><p>The answer came to me in a bush plane as I was crossing the border from Alaska into Canada.&nbsp; The wobbly bush plane skirted thrillingly close to the tops of the forested mountain ranges, buffeted slightly by the wind. It was just me and the pilot, a gruff but polite Canadian.</p><p>"So, what do you do?" he asked as we soared over the frosted pines and expansive mountain ranges.</p><p>"Nothing yet," I said, "but I think I'm going to be a journalist."</p><p>The headsets that allowed us to communicate over the dull roar of the engine crackled as he responded, "Huh, it kind of seems that's what you're doing now."</p><div class="ucb-box ucb-box-title-hidden ucb-box-alignment-none ucb-box-style-fill ucb-box-theme-lightgray"><div class="ucb-box-inner"><div class="ucb-box-title">&nbsp;</div><div class="ucb-box-content"><p>Zo毛 Rom is a 抖阴传媒在线-based writer and journalist and a second-year master鈥檚 student in the Department of Journalism at the College of Media, Communication and Information. When she's not running, she's climbing, and when she's not climbing she's cooking or eating.</p><p>Southern storyteller turned mountain-dweller, she starts every day with a cup of strong coffee and a good story. Her work has appeared in REI Co-op Journal, Discover, Rock &amp; Ice, Trail Runner, Backpacker and Threshold.</p></div></div></div><hr><p><em>Zo毛 Rom graduated from CMDI with a Master's of Journalism in 2018.</em></p></div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-right col-lg"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Flagging down a bush plane in the middle of the Yukon, grad student Zo毛 Rom (MJour'18) discovers that in journalism, learning on the fly is half the fun. </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 21 Mar 2018 20:51:12 +0000 Anonymous 198 at /cmdinow