Institutes for Journalism & Natural Resources

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“Lower mississippi river institute in late april of 2019, ijnr led a group of 18 journalists from across the country on a weeklong, all-expenses paid learning expedition down the lower mississippi to get a first-hand look at many of the stories along its shores. Our trip took us from small river towns to large global ports as we traveled from st. Louis to new orleans and explored topics like the state of our current flood control infrastructure, habitat restoration projects in the mississippi floodplain and an ambitious new plan to divert some of the river's flow so it can help rebuild the louisiana coastline. To date, the journalists' work about the mississippi river has appeared in time magazine, the globe and mail, the food & environment reporting network, and on public radio international's the world, npr's weekend edition, npr's morning edition, and on several local public radio broadcasts. Water quality institute the water quality institute, held in june 2019, marked the launch of ijnr's page one project, a multi-institute investigation into the past, present and future of the crucial environment issues of our time. This expenses-paid trip took 17 journalists on a trip through parts of ohio, michigan, and indiana as we used water-quality stories in the great lakes basin to highlight similar water-quality issues across the united states. Among other things, the institute covered the impact and status of u.s. Water laws; agricultural impacts on water quality, including nutrient loading and harmful algal blooms; increased understanding of the health risks and pervasiveness of pfas; the great lakes restoration initiative; the health threats of lead pipes in cities across the u.s.; managing stormwater and flooding in a changing climate; the growing problem of microplastics; the ecological and economic impacts of invasive species; and how climate change is projected to impact u.s. Waterways. Participating journalists have published for the associated press, publicsource media, mlive, and great lakes now (detroit public television). Bristol bay institute in late august and early september of 2019, ijnr brought 10 competitively selected journalists from around north america to bristol bay to learn firsthand about the various natural resource issues playing out in the region. This expenses-paid fellowship explored numerous potential topics, including mining in the bristol bay watershed, and its potential economic, ecological and social impacts; fisheries management, and commercial, subsistence and sport fishing; indigenous sovereignty, resource management and rural development; salmon ecosystems and the interconnected web of species that depend on them; climate change and its impacts on the bristol bay region; and land use and ownership, development, and planning. Stories by our bristol bay fellows have appeared in national geographic magazine, e&e news, high country news, and on radio stations kuow (seattle public radio) and knba (anchorage).”