Web Journalism
Award
$90,000
Winner
Organization
Co-founders of I, Reporter
Location
Summary
Create a citizen/professional journalism project using innovative web tools and citizen journalism practices to track Boulder, Colo.’s, implementation of a carbon tax.
Quote
“In Boulder, people love to talk – especially about energy and the environment.
Winner Bio
Amy Gahran is a media consultant and journalist based in Boulder, Colo. Working closely with the Society of Environmental Journalists, she covered energy and environmental issues for more than 15 years. She authors several blogs such as Contentious.com, one of the earliest leading voices on online content and communication, and RightConversation.com, which focuses on conversational and social media. Gahran edits the Poynter Institute’s group blog E-Media Tidbits, and she’s created e-learning modules for News University. Two years ago she and business partner Adam Glenn launched I, Reporter, a guide for citizen journalists and news professionals who work with them. Their projects include an interactive database of nearly 500 citizen journalism projects throughout North America and helping launch the online side of a weekly community paper in NY state. Gahran also advises the NewAssignment.net pro/amateur journalism project.
Adam Glenn is an Internet news veteran now working as an independent online consultant in New York. He specializes in environment, science, technology, health and business. He has held posts with a wide variety of news media, most recently as senior producer at ABCNews.com. He co-founded I, Reporter with Amy Gahran in 2005.
Glenn is an active member of the Online News Association and the Society of Environmental Journalists, where he serves on the editorial advisory board. He was awarded a 2002 Ford Environmental Journalism Fellowship to teach in India and a 2005 Environmental Media Fellowship at Vermont Law School. He trained at the University of Colorado-Boulder, the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health. Glenn previously earned a mid-career Masters of International Affairs (environmental policy) at Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy in Boston