Wow! Good catch and I didn't know that about the AP. We need to find out more about this guy.
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2004/10/18/142041/57
Well, someone thinks Seth has credibility- Grist mag, for one. Looks like Seth "speaks truth to power", whatever that menns!
Thanks for the headsup, Dila, I'll dig a bit more.
Seth Borenstein is a sort-of Pulitzer winner, an "environmental reporter", Bush Critic, and (surprise) college professor!
Press Releases
Vermont Law School 2004 Environmental Law Media Fellows Selected
Will Study Environmental Law This Summer
South Royalton, VT (May 4, 2004) Three award-winning, environmental journalists have been selected as this years Vermont Law School Environmental Law Media Fellows: Seth Borenstein, a Washington-based, national correspondent for the Knight Ridder newspaper chain; Florah Seboni, founder and managing editor of Wena Industry and Environment Magazine (Botswana, Africa); and Mark Schapiro, deputy editorial director for the Center for Investigative Reporting (San Francisco). Each will spend two weeks in Vermont this summer learning environmental law from leaders in the field.
Seth Borenstein
Seth Borenstein covers environmental issues in Washington and across the nation. His many accomplishments include breaking stories on the lack of environmental law enforcement and the rise of pollution during the Bush administration, and insightful articles on global warming, declining maintenance in the National Parks, and Superfund.
As a science/technology writer, Borenstein was part of a team named as a 2004 Pulitzer Prize finalist for coverage of the Columbia space shuttle accident. He received a Laurel award in 2002 from the Columbia Journalism Review for breaking stories on the airline industry and the FAAs efforts to block proposals that would have increased airplane security prior to September 11, 2001, and he received an Excellence in Newsgathering Award in 1997 as the Orlando Sentinels top reporter of the year.
Borensteins environmental law courses at VLS will include Clean Water Act and Current Issues in Western Resource Litigation.