Rural Calendar
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Nov. 13: Environmental journalism conference, Richmond, Ky.

A one-day conference on environmental journalism will be held at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond Friday, Nov. 13. The event will feature panels on covering coal, agriculture as an environmental issue, water issues in Kentucky, resources available through the Environmental Research Institute at Eastern and tips from reporters on the environmental beat.

Tom Eblen, columnist and former managing editor for the Lexington Herald-Leader, will give the keynote address. Eblen covered the Tennessee Valley Authority as a reporter and editor for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Associated Press.

Registration is $15 for professionals and $10 for students, and includes continental breakfast, lunch and reference materials. Pre-registration is required. Click here for a registration form. For more information, contact Deborah Givens at 859-622-6564 or e-mail deborah.givens@eku.edu.

The conference is sponsored by the student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, in conjunction with the Center for Appalachian Studies and the Department of Communication. It will run from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Powell Student Center.