The Center for Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado at Boulder has selected five journalists as the 2001-2002 Ted Scripps Fellows in Environmental Journalism.
Starting next fall the fellows will study environmental science, policy, law and journalism for two semesters at the university and will work on individual research projects.
The recipients are Bill Adler, a magazine writer and book author from Alpine, Texas; Rebecca Huntington, a public lands reporter for the Jackson Hole Guide in Jackson, Wyo.; Ron Meador, an editorial writer for the Minneapolis Star Tribune; Susan Moran, a magazine editor and writer from San Francisco; and Ted Wood, an award-winning photojournalist from Boulder, Colo.
Fellows meet in weekly seminars, attend a range of classes of their choice, go on various field trips and work on individual projects.
Following is additional information about the incoming fellows for 2001-2002:
Bill Adler is a magazine writer and book author from Alpine, Texas. He has been a contributing writer to the Texas Observer in Austin and his articles have appeared in the Texas Monthly, Esquire, Rolling Stone, Mother Jones and other publications. He has written two books, "Mollies Job: A Story of Life and Work on the Global Assembly Line" (2000) and "Land of Opportunity: One Family's Quest for the American Dream in the Age of Crack" (1995). Adler has a bachelor's degree in history from Duke University.
Rebecca Huntington is a public lands reporter for the Jackson Hole Guide in Jackson, Wyo., where she covers natural resources, wildlife and other regional environmental issues. She previously worked at the Register-Guard in Eugene, Ore., and the Lewiston Morning Tribune in Lewiston, Idaho, and has won several awards for investigative and enterprise reporting. She has a bachelor's degree in journalism and Spanish from the University of Montana.
Ron Meador is an editorial writer for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, where he has worked since 1980. Prior to that, he was a copy editor at the New York Times and the Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky. In 2000, Meador received the Aldo Leopold Award for Distinguished Editorial Writing presented by the Wilderness Society, the latest in a long list of professional awards. Ron holds a bachelor's degree in journalism and sociology from Indiana University.
Susan Moran is a magazine editor and writer from San Francisco, where she covers high-tech, e-business and Internet policy and culture. She was senior editor at Business 2.0 magazine. Previously, she was a technology writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, senior editor for Internet World and covered technology, business and the environment as a correspondent for Reuters Silicon Valley and Tokyo bureaus. She has a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University, a master's degree in Asian Studies from the University of California at Berkeley and a bachelor's degree in political science from UC Santa Cruz.
Ted Wood is an award-winning photojournalist from Boulder, who specializes in natural history and environmental stories shot on assignment around the world. His work has appeared in numerous magazines, including Smithsonian, Vanity Fair, Audubon, GEO, International Wildlife, National Geographic Adventure, Outside, Time and Newsweek. He is an author/photographer of nine children's books on nature and environmental themes. Wood plans to expand his work in environmental journalism as a writer. He has a master's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of California at Berkeley.
Since 1997, the Scripps Howard Foundation has provided annual grants for its fellowships, named for Ted Scripps, grandson of the founder of the E.W. Scripps Co. Ted Scripps distinguished himself as a journalist who cared especially about First Amendment rights and the environment.
Earlier this year the foundation provided a $100,000 grant to the center to continue hosting the Scripps Howard Institute on the Environment, a week-long educational program for journalists who cover environmental issues.
The Center for Environmental Journalism at CU -- the first of its kind in the United States -- dates to 1992. The center is part of CU's School of Journalism and Mass Communication, which provides undergraduate students a sound liberal arts foundation with solid professional preparation in advertising, media studies, news-editorial, broadcast news or broadcast production management. Graduate students may choose specialty areas, including environmental journalism.