The New York Times Wins 2008 Grantham Prize for "Choking on Growth"
David Barboza, Keith Brasher, Howard French, Chang W. Lee, Joseph
Kahn, Jimmy Wang, and Jim Yardley of The New York Times won for their
10-part series, "Choking on Growth," about the scope of
environmental pollution in China. Details are available here.
Scientists and Journalists: Getting the Point Across
Metcalf's 10th annual lecture series, "Scientists and Journalists: Getting the Point Across," took place June 9-13 at the Coastal Institute Auditorium. Free and open to the public, the series features Richard Langan, University of New Hampshire; Tom Knutson, NOAA; Vicki Arroyo, Pew Center on Global Climate Change; J. Carl Ganter, Circle of Blue; and Robert Bindschadler, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Watch for lecture summaries here at our website.
2008 Annual Workshop Fellows
Ten fellows have been selected for Metcalf's 2008 Annual Workshop for Journalists fellowship program: Michael P. Burnham, Michael R. Cohea, Kelly Cuculiansky, Diego Cupolo, Christine Cyr, Ian Fein, Liam Moriarty, Myron B. Pitts, Jacob Resneck, and Rick Smith. Get bios of the fellows and also learn more about the program, which includes attending the Tenth Annual Public Lecture Series.
Highlights from the News Executives Roundtable:
Covering Climate Change
Highlights from the News Executives Roundtable: Covering Climate Change are available on DVD. Request your copy here.

Climate Change Roundtable for News Executives Featured on Poynter's NewsU
The NewsU segment features a 40-minute video snapshot of the September 2007 seminar for top news editors, co-organized by Metcalf Institute and the Society of Environmental Journalists.
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