It was four full days of environmental journalism explored. From panels of experts and officials to trips across Colorado to all sorts of Networking, the Society for Environmental Journalist conference at Colorado State University provided professional journalists and students alike with the opportunity to hone their skills and learn more about the profession they are interested in. 

 

And boy did the ideas flow throughout the nearly week-long event. With journalists coming from all facets of journalism, be it staff reporter, editor or freelance writer, there was no end to the conversation that was had. All of this took place somewhere where the environment weighs heavily on the minds and hearts of those enhabiting it: CSU

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As explained in her opening statements for the Friday morning event, which saw the likes of Whit Fosburgh, the President and CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation partnership, alongside William Perry Pendley, current Deputy Director of Policy and Programs for the Bureau of Land Management, standing CSU President Joyce McConnell showed just how important the environment is to this land-grant University.

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"We at CSU will never give up," McConnell said. "This is part of our fiber. That is just who we are. I hope you will find hope and strength in our commitment and in being with your colleagues here today.”