The grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation will fund ten issues of Environment Writer (www.environmentwriter.org), which is in its 17th year of providing tools, resources and background information on environmental and natural resource issues for journalists who report on environmental matters.
“The Metcalf Institute appreciates the continued generous support of the Hewlett Foundation and the commitment it has made to journalists and the public understanding of environment, especially population as it relates to environment,” said Jackleen de La Harpe, Metcalfe Institute executive director.
This is the third year in a row that the Hewlett Foundation has provided funding to support Environment Writer.
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In addition to funding publication of Environment Writer, the Hewlett Foundation
grant also funds other efforts by the Metcalf Institute to help journalists understand the relationship between a growing population and its environmental impacts, including the publication of a series of comprehensive background documents on specific issues.
The Metcalf Institute was established in 1997 to help journalists become better informed about science and research and to strengthen communication between journalists and scientists. It was funded initially by the Telaka Foundation and the foundations of three news organizations: A.H. Belo Corporation, owner of the Dallas Morning News and The Providence Journal, The Providence Journal Company, and the Philip L. Graham Fund, the foundation of The Washington Post.