Covering Climate Change and Our Energy Future in Rural America: Centerpiece of a week of enviro- journalism training in Roanoke Oct. 12-19

The Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues is proud to offer rural journalists, especially those in coal country and the rest of Appalachia, the opportunity to participate in a tremendous series of environmental journalism workshops.

The focus of our effort is “Covering Climate Change and Our Energy Future in Rural America,” a seminar that will be the pivot point of a week of environmental journalism in the area in and around Roanoke, Va. The seminar will be the closing day of the annual Environmental Journalism Boot Camp of Michigan State University’s Knight Center for Environmental Journalism. The seminar will be followed by the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual conference, the pre-eminent national gathering for environmental journalism.

These events require separate application or registration. The Boot Camp is accepting applications until July 28 and will notify winners by Aug. 11. For the Climate Change and Energy Future seminar, the Institute is offering up to 20 fellowships that will cover the $60 fee, which includes an SEJ membership. We will accept applications until Aug. 15, which is also the deadline for discounted registration for the SEJ conference. All our fellows will qualify for the discounted registration fee.

If you want to attend the Boot Camp, which includes the Climate Change and Energy Future seminar on Wednesday, Oct. 15, click here for an application. If you want to attend only the Wednesday seminar, click here. For details of the Boot Camp and the Wednesday seminar, in a Word document, click here. For a PDF brochure and registration information on the SEJ Conference, click here.