The 麻豆视频鈥檚听Center for Environmental Journalism听celebrates its 25th anniversary this month, as well as the 20th anniversary of the Ted Scripps Environmental Journalism Fellowship. The center, established in 1992, has hosted the Ted Scripps Fellowships since the 1997-98 academic year.
For more than two decades, the program鈥攈oused within the College of Media, Communication and Information鈥攈as brought journalists, scientists, faculty and students together to discuss and report on issues crucial to our environment.
Events, which are free and open to the public, will celebrate the anniversary on听Saturday, Aug. 26, beginning with two panels featuring journalists and environmental experts.听听will begin at 10 a.m., followed by the panel,听听at 1 p.m. Both panels will take place in the听听center on CU Boulder鈥檚 central campus.
The inaugural Ackland Lecture in Journalism鈥攏amed in honor of听CEJ founding Director Len Ackland鈥攚ill begin at 7 p.m. featuring听, the听Washington Post鈥檚 senior national affairs correspondent. Eilperin will deliver听听in the auditorium at the new听.
The center also will celebrate the 100 journalists who have been awarded the Ted Scripps Environmental Journalism Fellowship, a rare opportunity for mid-career journalists to spend nine months studying and working on special projects with support from the center. The fellowship is funded by the Scripps Howard Foundation.