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The Center for Environmental Journalism focuses on student education, professional development and support for working journalists, and production of journalistic content on a range of environmental issues.
The centerpiece of programs for journalists is the Ted Scripps Fellowship in Environmental Journalism whileÌý
supports journalists covering the Colorado River Basin.
If you'd like to apply to the fellowship for the 2026/2027 academic year, please check back here in December.
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The Water Desk
The Water Desk will work with journalists and media outlets to strengthen their water-related coverage and expand its influence. ItÌýwill also produce its own content, help train the next generation of water journalists, engage with the community to inform water reportingÌýand pursue innovative approaches to 21st-century storytelling.
The Water Desk will strengthen water journalism in a variety of ways, including:
Support for journalists: The Water Desk will provide funding, trainingÌýand other resources to journalists and media outlets that cover Western water issues and the Colorado River.
Original content: Coverage of water issues produced by The Water Desk itself will have particular emphasis on data, multimedia, explanatory and solutions-oriented journalism.
Education and community engagement: The Water Desk will work with CU students, its program for investigative journalism, as well others beyond the campus to advance learning and to engage the community on Western water issues.
Please visit The Water Desk's website, , to see water-related and use free content, including , and . The site also offers for and others who want to about water issues.
CEJ in Focus
Scripps Fellowships
Each year, five exceptional journalists are awarded aÌýTed Scripps FellowshipÌýin Environmental Journalism. Over a nine-month period, fellows attend classes at the University of Colorado Boulder, participate in weekly seminars and field trips, and pursue their own journalistic projects on a wide range of environmental topics. Former fellows have gone on to collect Pulitzer Prizes for their work, authored best-selling books, and headed up some of the nation's most respected news organizations. Amy Martin, Fellowship Class of 2017 and recent recipient of the Peabody Award, says this about the program:
“My experience as a Scripps Fellow in Environmental Journalism was transformative for my career. While expanding my knowledge of key environmental issues through the seminars, classes and field trips, I also poured time into producing the first season of my podcast, Threshold. Crafting a narrative audio series takes an enormous amount of focused attention. The Scripps Fellowship allowed me to invest myself fully into that work and launch the show, which has since gone on to win a Peabody, a Murrow, and other major awards. The learning I did as a fellow has inspired and informed all of the reporting I've done since. If you're wondering if you should apply to this fellowship, my answer is a clear, heartfelt: yes.â€