ICFJ's Science and Environmental Programs

en Español: Programas de Ciencia y Medio Ambiente

Biodiversity Workshop - Belize

On Aug. 10-12, 2007 the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) will hold its second annual conservation workshop for journalists in Belize. This year’s group will go to the Chaa Creek Resort in Belzie’s Cayo District for seminars, practice sessions and field trips. Talks and field trips will cover agricultural runoff pollution, waste disposal, proposed dam construction and oil exploration and production in Belize. Click here for more information

Biodiversity Reporting Awards - Belize
Deadline: Sept. 7

Open to all Belize media, print, radio and television, for stories on environmental or biological conservation issues published or broadcast between Oct. 1, 2006 and Sept. 30, 2007. Click here for more information

(c) Wolcott Henry 2005

Regional Prize for Reporting on Biodiversity and Sustainable Development for the Gulf of California
Deadline: July 1
En Español

Mexican print journalists interested in biodiversity and sustainable development in the Gulf of California have until July 1 to apply for a journalism competition. The first three winners will receive MXN$10,000 (about US$915), MXN$5,000 and MXN$2,000 respectively. For more information, read the press release. Para mayor información, lea el comunicado de prensa o escriba a Alejandra Padilla al alepadilla@gmail.com

More information on biodiversity and sustainable development reporting award>
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Conservation Workshops in the Caucasus
Borjomi, Georgia: May 1-5
Zagatala, Azerbaijan: May 14-18 (application deadline: April 12)
Sponsored by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), a joint venture of the Global Environment facility, the Government of Japan, the MacArthur Foundation and Conservation International
The goal of these workshops for Azerbaijani, Georgian and Russian (Republic of Dagestan) journalists is to clarify the importance of media in environmental protection and help journalists improve their coverage of conservation issues in the Caucasus region.
Georgia: More information> Application: English> Russian>
Azerbaijan: More information> Application: English> Russian>

The 2007 Sustainable Development and Conservation in the Gulf of California Workshop
Deadline: Passed.
Program Dates: March 8-11
Sponsored by 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
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.
More information>
Información en español>

The California Clean Air Workshop (II)
For Reporters and Editors from ethnic media
A workshop for reporters and editors from ethnic media in California on how to cover air-quality issues; in Riverside, CA, March 1-3, 2007. Deadline for application: Passed.
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Building Awareness of Conservation in the Caucasus: Sponsored by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, this program is designed to boost the capacity and motivation of journalists in the Caucasus region to report on conservation of biological diversity. Workshops in Georgia and Azerbaijan will train journalists from those two countries, Armenia, the republic of Dagestan and other southern Russian republics to cover biodiversity effectively, accurately and interestingly.
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Health Journalism Partnership (HJP): A Web site to build support for health journalism in countries with acute public health crises.
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Bio-diverse Belize: A three-year series of environmental journalism workshops and prizes for up to 15 Belizean journalists on the coverage of coastal and marine conservation in Belize. The first workshop, on marine conservation coverage, will take place Nov. 24-26 at St. George's Caye. Read about the program>

News

Winners of the contest for "Best Coverage of Conservation in the Caucasus Region" are now being decided. Read about the contest here

Apply for an award on biodiversity and sustainable development reporting in Baja California>
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Read about the March 2007 California Clean Air Workshop when reporters investigated residents' claims that air pollution harms their health>

Read about the March 2007 Sustainable Development and Conservation in the Gulf of California Workshop >

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ICFJ's environmental programs are largely underwritten by the generous support from the family of Jim Ewing.