The Center for Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado at Boulder has selected five journalists as the 2000-2001 Ted Scripps Fellows in Environmental Journalism, according to Len Ackland, the center聮s director.
Starting next fall the fellows will study environmental science, policy, law and journalism for two semesters at the university. They also will work on individual research projects.
The recipients are Carie Call, an environment writer with the Daytona Beach News-Journal; Daniel Glick, a Newsweek special correspondent covering the Northern Rockies; Katy Human, science and environment reporter at the Boulder Daily Camera; David Mayfield, military news reporter at the Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Va.; and Paul Tolme, the Northern Virginia correspondent for the Associated Press.
Fellows meet in weekly seminars, attend a range of classes of their choice, go on various field trips and work on individual projects.
Following is additional information about the incoming fellows for 2000-2001:
Carie Call is an environment writer with the Daytona Beach News-Journal, which she joined in 1998. Before that she worked at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, the Ocala Star-Banner and the Tampa Tribune, among other newspapers. She has covered police, courts and government. Call has a bachelor聮s degree in communications from Florida Southern College.
Daniel Glick has been a Newsweek special corespondent covering the Northern Rockies for the past six years and has freelanced for publications including Rolling Stone magazine and National Wildlife. He was previously a Newsweek Washington correspondent. Glick has a master's degree in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley.
Katy Human has been the science and environment reporter at the (Boulder, Colo.) Daily Camera since 1997. She was previously an associate editor at Earth magazine and a science writer at the Dallas Morning News. Human has a doctorate in biological sciences from Stanford University and a bachelor聮s degree from Kalamazoo College, Michigan.
David Mayfield has been a reporter at The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Va., since 1984 and now is a member of the military news team. He previously worked as business editor at the Beaver County Times in Pennsylvania and as a staff writer at other publications. Mayfield has a bachelor聮s degree in journalism from West Virginia University.
Paul Tolme became the Northern Virginia correspondent for the Associated Press in 1999 and specializes in business and environmental stories. He previously worked as an AP reporter for 10 years in Providence, R.I., and in Concord, N.H. Tolme has a bachelor聮s degree in English from the University of New Hampshire.
Since 1997, the Scripps Howard Foundation has provided annual grants for the fellowships, named for Ted Scripps, grandson of the founder of the E.W. Scripps Co. Scripps distinguished himself as a journalist who cared especially about First Amendment rights and the environment.
Earlier this year the foundation provided a $50,000 grant to the center to establish the Scripps Howard Institute on the Environment, a week-long educational program for journalists who cover environmental issues.
The Center for Environmental Journalism at CU -- the first of its kind in the United States -- dates to 1992. The center is part of CU聮s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, which provides undergraduate students a sound liberal arts foundation with solid professional preparation in advertising, media studies, news-editorial, broadcast news or broadcast production management. Graduate students may choose specialty areas, including environmental journalism.