Journalism still as essential as ever

By Roberta Marquette-Strain

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to tag along on a field trip with environmental journalists from the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources. They were visiting to learn about the Wet Meadows initiative, and I was assigned to write an article on their impressions of the project.

In between interviews, taking photos and walking to and from different sites, I got to know a few of the writers. They were all kind, passionate people who spoke of their work with publications such as Rolling Stone and National Geographic, without a trace of arrogance.

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