Environmental Journalism Conference Is Packed With Katrina-Related Content
Environmental Journalism Conference Is Packed With Katrina-Related Content

JENKINTOWN, Pa., Sept. 8 "Everyone is an environmental journalist now," says SEJ Executive Director Beth Parke.


This is one of those rare moments when a slow-motion environmental disaster becomes a fast-breaking news event.


Is your newsroom prepared?


You can get up to speed fast at the Society of Environmental Journalists' annual conference hosted by The University of Texas at Austin, September 28th - October 2nd.


IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO REGISTER for the premiere event on environment and media this year. Visit http://www.sej.org/confer/index1.htm for full conference details.


SEJ's annual conference is a rich mix of field trips, keynote speeches, plenary sessions, panels, and how-to craft sessions -- everything from taking your own water samples to filing a Freedom of Information request.


HIGHLIGHTS:


SPEAKERS: Molly Ivins, author and columnist, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Bill Moyers, broadcast journalist and president, Schumann Center for Media and Democracy.


ROUNDTABLE ON COVERING OIL & ENERGY: Lynn Laverty Elsenhans, Shell; Rich Marcogliese, Valero; Sherri Stuewer, Exxon Mobil; and Matthew Simmons, author of "Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy"


FIELD TRIPS: Texas energy tour, Houston ship channel tour, Austin flood alley and riverboat trip, East Austin tour of race and environmental impacts on health.


COVERING DISASTERS: hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, wildfires, volcanoes, oil spills, chemical and nuclear releases and explosions, and shuttle disasters.


GULF COAST SPRAWL, TSUNAMIS, HURRICANES AND COASTAL DEVELOPMENT: with Mark Schleifstein, Environment Reporter for The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune


BUSH ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD: with Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post; Congressman Richard Pombo, Chairman, U.S. House Resources Committee; William O'Keefe, George Marshall Institute; Pat Parenteau, Vermont Law School; and Carl Pope, Sierra Club


ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN THE AMERICAS: Freedom of Information and Nuclear Waste in Mexico; Big Business and the Rainforest; Ecotourism; Species and Cross Border Migration; Biotech Crops; NAFTA. Presentations in Spanish and English.


PLENARY ON THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM: Judy Muller, ABC News and Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California; Rick Rodriguez, The Sacramento Bee, President, American Society of Newspaper Editors; Merrill Brown, News for the 21st Century and Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education; Bebe Crouse, National Public Radio; Nick Gillespie, Reason Magazine; Jay Harris, University of Southern California; Andrew Revkin, The New York Times


AUTHORS of new and forthcoming books, including former Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt, Rocky Barker, David Helvarg, Dick Russell and others.


PANEL SESSIONS: Oil, Plant and Pipeline Safety; Gulf Coast Rivers, Bays and Estuaries; Gulf Coast Dead Zones; Enforcing Environmental Laws; Sprawl; Desalinating the Gulf of Mexico; Green Energy Alternatives; Science and the Media


WORKSHOPS: How to File a Freedom of Information Act Request; Internet Investigations; Money in Politics Computer Lab; Using Online Databases, Blogs, Feeds, Wikis, and Podcasts.


DO-IT-YOURSELF TESTING: Reporters Conduct Their Own Environmental Sampling: Sara Shipley Hiles; Chris Bowman, The Sacramento Bee; Ben Raines, Mobile Register


SPECIAL EVENTS: Ride and Drive Advanced Technology Vehicles; SEJ Awards for Reporting on Environment; Reception and Party at the Bob Bullock Texas History Museum; Exhibits.


The Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) is the world's oldest and largest membership organization of individual working journalists who cover environment-related issues. SEJ's membership of more than 1,450 includes reporters, producers and editors in print, broadcast and online news media in the United States, Mexico, Canada and 31 other countries.


For complete conference details and to register online, visit SEJ on the Web at http://www.sej.org/confer/index1.htm .


Society of Environmental Journalists
PO Box 2492, Jenkintown, PA 19046
ph (215) 884-8174 fx (215) 884-8175

http://www.sej.org/


Dedicated to improving the quality, accuracy and visibility of environmental reporting.


Source: Society of Environmental Journalists






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