Five journalists have been selected as 2007-08 Ted Scripps Fellows in Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
The fellowships are hosted by the CU-Boulder Center for Environmental Journalism and funded through a grant from the Scripps Howard Foundation. The nine-month program, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, offers mid-career journalists an opportunity to deepen their understanding of environmental issues and policy through coursework, seminars and regional trips.
The 2007 Ted Scripps Fellows include:
oBonnie-Sue Hitchcock, the Fairbanks, Alaska, reporter for Alaska Public Radio Network. She also produces stories for National Public Radio and other national outlets, and has been a reporter, producer and on-air host for radio programs throughout Alaska, including "Independent Native News." Hitchcock has been recognized several times by the Alaska Press Club for her radio work and received the non-fiction grand prize in the 2005 Anchorage Daily News writing contest.
oSean Markey, freelance journalist and photographer based on New Zealand's South Island. His work has been published by the New York Times Special Features Syndicate, National Geographic, the Washington Post, Discover magazine and High Country News. Before moving to New Zealand, Markey was a senior writer and editor for National Geographic News and a Web producer at National Geographic.com.
oTodd Neff, Boulder Camera science and environment reporter. Neff covers climate change and other science and environment issues. Before moving to the Camera, he covered business and technology for Front Range TechBiz and spent several years as a business consultant in Germany and Japan. Neff's work has garnered recognition from the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters Association, the Society of Professional Journalists and the American City Business Journals.
oJoseph Sorrentino, managing editor of the Orange County Reporter, San Diego Commerce and Riverside Business Journal. Sorrentino also is a contributing writer for the California Real Estate Journal and has written for a number of Los Angeles publications, including LA Alternative Press and California Law Business. A resident of Los Angeles, Sorrentino has covered a wide range of topics including contaminated industrial "brownfields" in Los Angeles and the growing number of women and children on the city's Skid Row.
oFlorence Williams, freelance writer and contributing editor for Outside Magazine. Williams' work has appeared in The New York Times, Wired, Mother Jones, The New Republic, the Los Angeles Times and other publications. She also is a board member for High Country News, where she was a staff writer. Her writing has focused on land-use planning, toxins, wind power and farm bills. Williams has earned awards from the American Society of Journalists and Authors and other organizations.