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Environmental Activists in Armenia Help Save Waterfall from Development

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

The picturesque area surrounding the Chichkhan River in northern Armenia is home to numerous endangered animal and plant species and some of Armenia’s last remaining forests. The country’s largest waterfall, Trchkan, lies on the river and was granted protexted status as a natural landmark in 2008. So when the Armenian government granted a license to a construction company to build a hydroelectric power plant at the top of the waterfall, a vocal group of environmental activists around the country mobilized to save the waterfall and the delicate ecosystem surrounding it. Read more »
Fellowships Open for Journalists to Participate in the Climate Change Conference in Doha

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

The Climate Change Media Partnership(CCMP) is proud to announce the launch of a Fellowship programme that will send journalists to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha (COP18) in late 2012. The Fellowships are open predominantly to journalists from developing countries, but journalists from the US and Russia are also welcome to apply. Read more »
Covering the Green Beat in Asia

Thursday, May 10, 2012 - Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars

On April 26, the Woodrow Wilson Center’s China Environment Forum, Environmental Change and Security Program, and Asia Program hosted a panel on environmental journalism in Asia, in collaboration with Internews’ Earth Journalism Network.

Watch a video or listen to audio of the panel discussion: Read more »
How social media tools provide a voice for global development

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - International Journalists' Network

This article from the International Journalists' Network covers some social media tools used by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network.

Local stories told through social media help drive global discussions on issues like sustainable development and climate change. Read more »
Covering the Earth: Apply to Report from Rio+20

Thursday, April 19, 2012

This Earth Day, we're supporting a couple of new efforts to support journalists around the world working to improve public understanding of environmental issues through their reporting.

A new fellowship opportunity is currently available to report from the Rio+20 Earth Summit in June. And this coming week, leaders from 11 countries and the EU will visit Washington DC, to collaborate and strengthen their networks at home. Read more »
Expanding Networks of Environmental Journalists Worldwide

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Internews’ Earth Journalism Network is convening a dozen environmental journalism leaders from around the world in Washington DC, as part of EJN’s mission to build and strengthen networks of environmental journalists. The gathering will focus on management training, and several participants will be speaking at a public event being held at the Woodrow Wilson Center on the morning of Friday, April 27th. Read more »
David Biello, Environmental Reporter

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

David Biello is a journalist covering environmental issues in the United States and internationally. In 2009 Biello won an Internews Earth Journalism Award for his series, A Guide to Carbon Capture and Storage, published in Scientific American. Read more »
Fellowships Opportunity: Cover the Rio Earth Summit this Summer

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) and O Eco have developed a Fellowship program to bring journalists to the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Read more »
Bosnian magazine’s investigation helps hold the government accountable to the public and encourage environmental protection

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Public oversight of government spending is not a well-developed tradition in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), and citizens often do not know that they are allowed to request such information, much less how to do so. Rapid deforestation and disappearance of green space are also acute problems, causing environmental degradation and a decrease in air quality. Read more »
Armenian Media Pioneer Hopes to Engage the Public through Citizen Reporting Gaming Platform

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

In October 2010, Armenian schoolchildren documented numerous cases of physical abuse at the hands of teachers using the cameras on their mobile phones. However, as Armenian journalist Seda Muradyan noted in her 2011 Knight Fellowship presentation at Stanford University, few people saw the videos until six months or even a year after they were shot, when they were uploaded online and swiftly went viral. Read more »