Are you looking for
career-changing investigative reporting tools and sources to help you
produce compelling environmental stories for your news audience? Do you
want a break from daily deadlines and an opportunity to network with
journalists from around the world? Metcalf Institute’s 17th Annual
Science Immersion Workshop gives journalists from all backgrounds and
media fresh story ideas, a better understanding of the scientific
process, and expert sources by exposing them to the inner workings of
science, through hands-on experience in environmental research in the
field, laboratory, and conference table.
The fellowship includes travel support, room and board, and career-changing professional training, thanks to the generosity of private donors and the Metcalf Institute endowment.
Click here to download the application.
The workshop offers journalists a timely look at the coastal impacts of global change, preparing them to cover a wide range of environmental issues including climate change, water pollution, and fisheries management.
Metcalf’s longest-running program, the workshop emphasizes basic methods of environmental research, the principles and ethics guiding scientific inquiry, and opportunities to cultivate scientific sources, while deepening participants’ understanding of how environment and the public interest intersect.
The weeklong workshop is held at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, one of the nation’s premier oceanographic research institutions, giving journalists an opportunity to explore and understand the impacts of human activities in coastal ecosystems through off-deadline, one-on-one interactions with leading scientists.
Each year, ten journalists are selected as Metcalf Fellows from a highly competitive pool of applicants. Using Narragansett Bay – the world’s most-studied estuary – as a model ecosystem, Fellows learn how to interpret scientific data and sharpen their investigative reporting skills.
During the week in Rhode Island, Fellows:
What does the Metcalf fellowship include?
The Annual Workshop fellowship includes tuition, room, board, ground transportation, and travel support of up to US$500 paid after the completion of travel. International journalists traveling from outside the United States are eligible for up to US$1000 reimbursement for travel.
Who should apply for Metcalf Institute’s Science Immersion Workshop for Journalists?
The workshop is designed for early to mid-career journalists from all media with a strong interest in improving and expanding their coverage of environmental topics and a desire to gain a better understanding of scientific research through field and lab work. Workshop alumni include reporters, producers, editors, photojournalists, columnists, and documentary filmmakers from around the world and all media types. Fellows are selected from a competitive applicant pool to maximize diversity in journalism experience, medium, audience, geography, race and ethnicity, and gender.
Workshop applications must be postmarked by February 6, 2015.
The fellowship includes travel support, room and board, and career-changing professional training, thanks to the generosity of private donors and the Metcalf Institute endowment.
Click here to download the application.
The workshop offers journalists a timely look at the coastal impacts of global change, preparing them to cover a wide range of environmental issues including climate change, water pollution, and fisheries management.
Metcalf’s longest-running program, the workshop emphasizes basic methods of environmental research, the principles and ethics guiding scientific inquiry, and opportunities to cultivate scientific sources, while deepening participants’ understanding of how environment and the public interest intersect.
The weeklong workshop is held at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, one of the nation’s premier oceanographic research institutions, giving journalists an opportunity to explore and understand the impacts of human activities in coastal ecosystems through off-deadline, one-on-one interactions with leading scientists.
Each year, ten journalists are selected as Metcalf Fellows from a highly competitive pool of applicants. Using Narragansett Bay – the world’s most-studied estuary – as a model ecosystem, Fellows learn how to interpret scientific data and sharpen their investigative reporting skills.
During the week in Rhode Island, Fellows:
- Gain a greater familiarity with research methods and basic statistics;
- Measure emerging contaminants, potentially harmful chemicals not currently monitored or regulated;
- Conduct a fisheries survey aboard the URI research vessel Cap’n Bert;
- Explore the development and use of sea level rise models for climate change adaptation;
- Attend lectures featuring top national researchers, policy makers and science communicators;
- Enjoy off-deadline interactions with scientists and cultivate contacts for future reporting;
- Gain skills and confidence to translate scientific publications for public audiences;
- Network with professional peers; and
- Develop story ideas and expert sources.
“The
Metcalf Annual Workshop gave me a better understanding of how science
is done, what constraints and obstacles researchers face, and how to
best convey the scientific process and scientific uncertainty. I now
feel more capable in determining whether a source has merit, and came
home with an arsenal of new sources in a wide range of areas of
expertise.”
Allie Wilkinson
Freelance Journalist
2014 Fellow
Allie Wilkinson
Freelance Journalist
2014 Fellow
“The
Metcalf training gave me the credibility to ask the right questions.
It gave me a chance to talk to researchers and learn how to determine if
a scientific study is valid.”
Emily C. Dooley
Currently a journalism fellow at The Associated Press – NORC Center for Public Affairs Researcch
2013 Fellow
Meet the 2014 Fellows | Read about the 2014 Workshop | Read News Article About 2013 WorkshopEmily C. Dooley
Currently a journalism fellow at The Associated Press – NORC Center for Public Affairs Researcch
2013 Fellow
What does the Metcalf fellowship include?
The Annual Workshop fellowship includes tuition, room, board, ground transportation, and travel support of up to US$500 paid after the completion of travel. International journalists traveling from outside the United States are eligible for up to US$1000 reimbursement for travel.
Who should apply for Metcalf Institute’s Science Immersion Workshop for Journalists?
The workshop is designed for early to mid-career journalists from all media with a strong interest in improving and expanding their coverage of environmental topics and a desire to gain a better understanding of scientific research through field and lab work. Workshop alumni include reporters, producers, editors, photojournalists, columnists, and documentary filmmakers from around the world and all media types. Fellows are selected from a competitive applicant pool to maximize diversity in journalism experience, medium, audience, geography, race and ethnicity, and gender.
Workshop applications must be postmarked by February 6, 2015.
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