Lessons from Environmental Communication  

The Environmental Careers organization estimates that by 1993, there were over 150,000 environmental educators and communicators in the United States. Environmental communication is the only area specifically cited as a growth area in the STC’s 1994-98 Strategic Plan; by 1995, the Society’s PIG in Environmental, Safety, and Health Communication had grown to approximately 500 members. This presentation examines what environmental communication and other areas of scientific and technical communication might learn from one another and the curricular implications of such lessons.

Waddell, Craig. STC Proceedings (1997). Articles>Communication>Environmental

Risk Communication  

Almost all of us are or will be involved in risk communication—as either producers or consumers—in two broad capacities: as professionals (scientists, engineers, technical communicators, business managers, foresters, etc.) and as citizens.

Waddell, Craig. Michigan Tech University (2003). Academic>Courses>Risk Communication

Topics in Journalism: Community and Public/Civic Journalism  

Community journalism is usually defined as journalism by papers--usually weeklies--with circulations of under 50,000 that focus on service to their particular communities. Public or civic journalism is usually defined as journalism that strives to provide readers with what they need to be responsible citizens. As Jock Lauterer makes clear in chapter 19 of Community Journalism, there is a strong overlap between these two types of journalism. In this course, we will explore and examine the relationships between these two types of journalism through reading, discussion, and practice.

Waddell, Craig. Michigan Tech University (2002). Academic>Courses>Journalism>Community