Background & Mission: Air pollution has a heavy impact on the Hispanic, Asian, African-American, and other minority communities in California, who tend to be ill-informed on the issue due to the shortage of good coverage by ethnic media. Our workshop will help ethnic media improve its air quality coverage, bring to their audiences more information and a better understanding of the problem and evoke public interest in solutions.
Participants: Community organizers, medical specialists, air quality regulators, journalists Format: News conferences, briefings, training and field trip on how to cover air quality
Time: March 1-3, 2007
Location: University of California—Riverside, CA
Featured expert speakers:
Curtis Moore, editor-publisher of Health & Clean Air Newsletter
David Danelski, environmental journalists, Riverside Press-Enterprise
Who to apply:
Reporters, editors, producers from ethnic media in California, with prior experience or strong interest in covering air quality and/or other environmental issues
What you will gain:
The knowledge, information, contacts, and skills you would need to cover air pollution stories professionally, including where air pollution comes from, what health risks it poses, and what remedies are proposed by activists and technocrats
What we offer:
Free lodging and meals
A limited number of travel fellowships
Organizer: The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
Funder: The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Partner: New America Media (NAM), formerly New California Media
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To Apply
Download an application in Word
Send completed applications by fax to: 202-737-0530, or by e-mail to: Air@icfj.org.
Contact Us
Ms. Ting Wang,
Program Officer
International Center for Journalists
Phone: (202) 349-7602; e-mail: twang@icfj.org
Mr. Julian Do
New America Media
Phone: (714) 366-6669; e-mail: jdo@newamericamedia.org
2005 Program
Read about the 2005 Program in English
Lee información acerca del programa del año 2005
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