Environmental Reporting Fellowships: Increasing Diversity in Earth and Environmental Science News Coverage

轨道2：梅特卡夫研究所环境报道奖学金：增加地球和环境科学新闻报道的多样性环境报道奖学金(ERF)是面向少数族裔记者的年度奖学金计划，为记者提供科学教育和平面、电视和广播的科学报道机会。ERF是媒体、科学、教育和应用学习的强大结合体，广泛增进公众对科学的理解，并在多文化社区和主流媒体中促进新的声音。ERF计划招募、培训和支持总共18名少数族裔记者(三年内每年6名)在合作的媒体机构工作，包括Talk of the Nation：Science星期五(NPR)；Nova和Nova Online(WGBH)；WBUR(NPR Boston)；《普罗维登斯日报》；以及Daily Press或Hartford Courant。ERF计划基于梅特卡夫研究所赞助的一项为期三年的试点计划，该计划设在乌里海洋学研究生院(GSO)，重点是增加媒体对科学的理解，并加强多元文化社区、研究界和媒体之间的联系。为期42周的环境报道奖学金包括为期1.5天的科学家/记者导师团队和ERF研究员的情况介绍；为期三天的环境正义科学沉浸研讨会，将科学与政策、社区和新闻联系起来；为期四周的独立导师科学研究；以及在六家媒体机构进行的为期37周的导师报道。该计划从社区媒体招募少数族裔记者；提供地球和环境科学教育；提供在职科学报道经验；增加地球和环境新闻报道，向多元文化社区和普通公众广泛传播；并帮助增加美国新闻编辑部的多样性。

Track 2: Metcalf Institute Environmental Reporting Fellowships:Increasing Diversity in Earth and Environmental Science News CoverageThe Environmental Reporting Fellowship (ERF), an annual fellowship program for minority journalists, provides reporters with science education and science-based reporting opportunities in print, television, and radio. ERF is a powerful nexus of media, science, education, and applied learning that broadly enhances public understanding of science, and promotes new voices within multicultural communities and mainstream media. The ERF program recruits, trains, and supports a total of 18 minority journalists (six per year for three years) to work at collaborating media institutions including Talk of the Nation: Science Friday (NPR); NOVA and NOVA Online (WGBH); WBUR (NPR Boston); The Providence Journal; and The Daily Press or The Hartford Courant. The ERF program is based on a three-year pilot program sponsored by the Metcalf Institute, based at the URI Graduate School of Oceanography (GSO), that focuses on increasing the understanding of science by the media and strengthening connections between multicultural communities, the research community, and the media. The 42-week environmental reporting fellowships include a 1.5-day orientation for the scientist/journalist mentor teams and the ERF fellows; a three-day science immersion workshop on Environmental Justice, tying science to policy, communities, and news; four weeks of independent mentored science research based at GSO; and 37 weeks of mentored reporting at six media institutions. The program recruits minority reporters from community-based media; provides earth and environmental science education; provides on-the-job science-based reporting experiences; increases earth and environmental news coverage for broad dissemination to multicultural communities and the general public; and helps to increase diversity in U.S. newsrooms.