The Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting is accepting applications for its 18th Annual
Science Immersion Workshop for Journalists: Global Change in Coastal Ecosystems.
The workshop will be held, June 5-10, 2016, at the University of Rhode Island’s
Graduate School of Oceanography, one of the nation’s premier
oceanographic research institutions and home of the Metcalf Institute.
Ten early- to mid-career journalists will be selected for the fellowship, which includes tuition, travel support, room and board, and career-changing professional training. A Metcalf release says they will:
Ten early- to mid-career journalists will be selected for the fellowship, which includes tuition, travel support, room and board, and career-changing professional training. A Metcalf release says they will:
- Gain skills and confidence to translate
scientific publications for public audiences;
- Develop a greater familiarity with
research methods and basic statistics;
- Explore the development and use of sea
level rise models for projecting impacts and responses;
- Measure emerging aquatic contaminants,
potentially harmful chemicals not currently monitored or regulated;
- Conduct a fisheries survey aboard the URI
research vessel;
- Discuss the relationships between climate
change and extreme weather;
- Enjoy off-deadline interactions with
scientists and cultivate contacts for future reporting.
Journalists who are new to reporting on science and environmental
topics are invited to apply. "Applicants must demonstrate a strong interest in
improving and expanding their coverage of environmental topics and a desire to
gain a better understanding of scientific research methods through field and
lab work," the release says. Applications must be submitted online,
postmarked or emailed by Feb. 5. Apply here.
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