Green Ink - Softcover

Frome, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0874805821 ISBN 13: 9780874805826

Publisher: University of Utah Press, 1998

Synopsis

Michael Frome, who began his distinguished career in environmental journalism in the 1960s, has been called the dean of American conservation. As former Senator Gaylord Nelson once told the members of Congress, "No writer in America has more persistently and effectively argued for the need of a national ethics of environmental stewardship."

In Green Ink: An Introduction to Environmental Journalism, Frome has forged decades of experience in the field he helped pioneer into a valuable primer for environmental advocates and writers. This appealing blend of anecdote, advice, personal testimony, and a nuts and bolts instruction offers a thorough survey of rewards and challenges that environmental studies students might expect to encounter on along their chosen career paths. In addition to the extraordinary contributions made by "marquis" names such as Rachel Carson and Bernard DeVoto, Frome recounts the remarkable stories of a host of other writer-advocates and their largely unsung roles in investigating and publicizing environmental problems and abuses.

 

About this title

About the Author

Michael Frome was a featured columnist in AMERICAN Forests, Defenders Of Wildlife, Field And Stream and The Los Angeles Times. He has taught environmental journalism and writing at the universities of Idaho and Vermont and at Western Washington University.

From the Back Cover

"A true pioneer in environmental journalism, Michael Frome combines a thorough understanding of the conservation issues the United States is facing with firsthand observation to produce a body of environmental reporting and commentary unparalleled in his lifetime. He is a naturalist who expresses his views with the outstanding journalist's alertness, clarity, and honesty."--Michael J. Kirkhorn, Gonzaga University

"Michael Frome's GREEN INK will stimulate and inform anyone, novice or veteran, who hopes to preserve the natural environment."--Ben Bagdikian, author of THE MEDIA MONOPOLY

"Michael Frome gets the recipe for great environmental journalism right: Do your homework, master your subject, then let your boldness, passion and conviction carry you."--Kathie Durbin

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Utah Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0874805821
• ISBN 13: 9780874805826
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 222