The University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder’sÌıCenter for Environmental JournalismÌıcelebrates 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—housed within the College of Media, Communication and Information—has brought journalists, scientists, babyÖ±²¥app 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 onÌıSaturday, Aug. 26, beginning with two panels featuring journalists and environmental experts.ÌıÌıwill begin at 10 a.m., followed by the panel,ÌıÌıat 1 p.m. Both panels will take place in theÌıÌıcenter on CU Boulder’s central campus.
The inaugural Ackland Lecture in Journalism—named in honor ofÌıCEJ founding Director Len Ackland—will begin at 7 p.m. featuringÌı, theÌıWashington Post’s senior national affairs correspondent. Eilperin will deliverÌıÌıin the auditorium at the newÌı.
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.