The Metcalf Institute Diversity Fellowships in Environmental Reporting are offered to five traditionally under-represented minority journalists with U.S. citizenship interested in studying marine and environmental science and developing environmental reporting skills. Participants partake in a one-month independent study at the University of Rhode Island with a nine-month reporting assignment covering environmental and science-based news at one of five news outlets. The Diversity Fellowships, which are intended to increase quality environmental reporting and diversity in newsrooms around the country, are supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation and each includes a $34,000 stipend and limited travel reimbursement. Applications for the Diversity Fellowships in Environmental Reporting must be postmarked by March 18, 2008. Applicants should have a minimum of one to two years experience in journalism and a strong interest in science reporting.

Contact: Fellowships Coordinator Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Repor URI Graduate School of Oceanography Narragansett, RI 02882

Phone: 401-874-6211 Fax: 401-874-6486 Email: fellowships@metcalfinstitute.org Web: http://www.metcalfinstitute.org

Deadline: March 18, 2008