Newswise — Entries are being sought for the 2007 Feinstone Environmental Award bestowed annually by the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) in Syracuse, N.Y. The $1,000 award will be presented in September to a newspaper journalist whose breaking news story helped highlight " and ultimately improve " a local environmental issue. The honorary 2007 Feinstone Award will be presented to New York Times reporter Andrew Revkin, one of the nation's top science writers. Mr. Revkin has spent more than 20 years covering environmental topics such as Hurricane Katrina and climate change at the North Pole. He is also the author of The Burning Season; Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast; and The North Pole Was Here, for younger readers. The award is named for Sol Feinstone, a widely known historian and author who was a graduate of ESF. He established the awards program with the goal of honoring people and organizations that exemplified his belief that the best insurance for a free society lay in people's desire to do voluntarily the things that need to be done for the good of all.
Eligibility: Nominees for the 2007 Feinstone Environmental Award must be journalists who produced a breaking news story that highlighted a local environmental issue and led to improvement of that issue.
The story must have been published between Jan. 1, 2005, and April 30, 2007, in a U.S. daily newspaper with a circulation of less than 100,000.
If more than one staff member at a newspaper contributed to the coverage, the nomination should identify the person most responsible for the news stories that are submitted. That person will be eligible for the award.
Individuals who are employees or adjuncts of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), who are directly related to SUNY-ESF employees, or who serve on any governance or advisory boards or cooperative research projects are not eligible to submit an entry for a Feinstone Environmental Award.
Contents of Nomination
"¢ A cover page including name, e-mail address, work address, and telephone number of the person responsible for the entry. "¢ A copy of the published news story (with follow-up stories if applicable)."¢ A brief statement (no more than one typed page) describing how the story was covered, including any unusual challenges the reporter faced."¢ Documentation (including, if appropriate, follow-up stories or letters of support from outside sources) of improvements that resulted from the news story.
Nomination Procedures
Nominations must be postmarked by July 13, 2007, and sent to: Feinstone Environmental Awards Committee 214 Bray Hall SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry 1 Forestry Drive Syracuse, NY 13210
"¢ Nominations by facsimile or electronic mail will not be accepted. "¢ All supporting information must be typed on letter-size paper."¢ Nomination materials become the property of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry upon submission."¢ Recipients will be notified by Aug. 17, 2007.
Prizes One nominee will be chosen as the 2007 recipient. The honoree will be selected by a panel of journalists and university faculty members who teach journalism and related subjects The honoree will receive a $1,000 prize. In addition, the recipient will be the guest of honor at a banquet Sept. 13, 2007, in Syracuse, N.Y., and receive a commemorative plaque.
At the discretion of the Feinstone Committee, up to four additional awards may be made at the $500 level. These honorees will also be guests at the banquet. The decision of the judges is final.
More information about the Feinstone Environmental Awards program is available at http://www.esf.edu/feinstone. Questions can be directed to the Awards Committee via e-mail: [email protected]
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