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Background & Mission: This project aims to build the capacity of the news media to cover the Gulf of California’s development issues in depth. Growth issues range from the construction of a coastal highway, real estate development, tourism policies, agriculture, aquaculture, and climate change. Our workshop will help local and national media improve its sustainable development coverage.
 Participants: 20 journalists will be selected from throughout Mexico.
Format: Seminars, briefings, training and field trips on covering sustainable development and conservation in the Gulf of California.
Time: March 8-11, 2007
Location: Hermosillo, Guaymas and Bahia Kino, Northwest Mexico.
Featured expert speakers:
- Dr. Joaquin Murrieta, Director for People, Culture and Conservation, Sonoran Desert Program, The Sonoran Institute
- Dr. Carlos Enrique Peña, Director, Departamento de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (Dictus) Director
- Epifanio Salido Pavlovich, Coordinator of Sonora Tourism Promotion Commission
- Jim Detjen, Director Knight Center for Environmental Journalism
What you will gain:
You will discuss past coverage, hear from experienced journalists on how to do in-depth investigative reports on sustainable and unsustainable development. Participants will develop ideas for stories that can and should be done and start mapping out how to do them. You will also gain valuable contacts and exposure to the region’s development issues via exciting field trips throughout the area.
What we offer:
Free lodging, meals and transportation
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News from Program
Read Program Director Rob Taylor's story on participants' exploration of a hog farm that is turning feces into cash>
Who Can Apply
Journalists from media throughout Mexico, with prior experience or strong interest in covering sustainable development and conservation as well as other environmental issues
Contact Us
Organizer: The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
(202) 737-3700
baja@icfj.org
Funder: The David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the International Community Foundation
Partner: Center of Journalism and Public Ethics (CEPET) and Michigan State University’s Knight Center for Environmental Journalism
Information about 2005 Program
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