Centers and Special Programs
Through the Center for Environmental Journalism the program seeks to enrich and elevate the quality, range and significance of media coverage of environmental issues. CEJ faculty report on environmental issues and research media influences on the environment — including environmental policy, politics, science and society. The CEJ is home to the prestigious Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Journalism, which provide working journalists with a one-year opportunity to deepen their understanding of environmental science, policy, law and journalism.
The Center for Media, Religion and Culture is a clearinghouse of information for those interested in exploring the intersection of religious and media-related practices in the everyday lives of contemporary adults and their families.
The program inaugurated its first named chair, endowed by CU alumnus James E. de Castro, for research on Global and International Media. Faculty members offer courses in international and global media as part of the program’s undergraduate, master’s and doctoral programs.
The Digital News Test Kitchen is a research program targeted at identifying emerging technologies and business models with current and future implications for news-gathering, news presentation and media sustainability. Test Kitchen staff and student researchers work with entrepreneurs and innovators locally, nationally and worldwide, and conduct interdisciplinary research and experimentation with other academic and research entities on the Boulder campus.