My Nonprofit Reviews

As the human population grows and places increasing pressure on crucial natural resources, we will inevitably become progressively more reliant upon science and technology to solve problems of resource availability -- ie. clean water, productive soils, quality food, uncontaminated air and energy. It is essential, then, that journalists have the tools to critically analyze and report on that convergent place where land use, science, politics, economics and sociology overlap. That is precisely what IJNR trains journalists to do. I have traveled with IJNR as a journalist-fellow, and can say from experience that the hands-on approach -- immersing reporters directly, for extended learning trips -- is tremendously effective. Any honest review and discussion of land-use policy must be grounded in a depth of understanding made possible only by the sort of rich context IJNR provides. It is an important and unique mission.

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