SEJ's 28th Annual Conference Evaluation Comments

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In the 2018 SEJ Annual Conference (Flint, Michigan) evaluation survey:

93% of attendees reported that the conference made them better equipped to cover environmental issues.
99% said they would recommend the conference to their colleagues.

Typical survey comments include:

"This is the BEST journalism conference, an absolutely essential training, learning, and networking experience for those in environmental journalism."
"Of all the conferences that I've attended in and out of journalism for the past 35 years, this is by far the best organized and topic varied conference. All of those hours of preparation show and pay off. Kudos to the committee."
"I highly recommend this conference. It's a serious group of journalists - the Times, HuffPo, Climate Central, local stations, Weather Channel correspondents, etc. The list is incredible. These are all-stars and they're welcoming beyond belief."
"Best value of any journalism event I attend. It's packed with sources, ideas and expertise."
"It offers an ideal mix of field experience and learning, seminar teaching, industry networking and, dare I say, fun!"
"SEJ is an integral resource for journalists covering anything that intersects with the environment: healthcare, energy, business, technology, etc. The conference is one of the only places, especially as a freelancer, I'm afforded the opportunity to network with like-minded journalists from around the world."
"In my experience, SEJ's conference is crucial to developing a deeper understanding of environmental issues and best practices for reporting them, but also of immense value is the opportunity to network with other journalists and share tools and information, which ultimately lifts the quality and reach of environmental journalism across the country."
"The SEJ conference is a one-stop resource for in-depth learning of basic environment reporting skills, updates on the most important environment issues facing the nation and the world, and the place to meet both sources and fellow reporters and editors to discuss how best to cover environment stories."
"SEJ is absolutely the best place for journalists and advocates to compare notes and get a sense of what they're working on."
"As a journalist who doesn't specifically cover the environment, I was a bit intimidated by the science and the stories on the environment. SEJ bridged the gap. I now have resources that I can use to inform myself and my audience, as well as an acquired passion for issues that are too important to ignore."
"SEJ tours are interesting and the sessions are awesome. But more than anything, I love the people and the atmosphere -- it's so friendly and open and supportive. I think environmental journalists are just an amazing bunch of people overall -- smart, cynical, passionate, devoted to truth, funny, and underpaid -- and they make the conference an enjoyable experience from which I learn a lot."
"I found SEJ's conference very refreshing and inspiring. To be around so many journalists covering environmental issues, and to hear their great ideas and perspectives, really gives me new energy and sense of purpose as I approach my own work. Apart from that, it's a wonderful opportunity to put real faces to names (e.g. editors I've worked with remotely, journalists I follow on Twitter, etc.) and to gain a broader, better understanding of the issues we all cover."
"SEJ is a great space to share ideas, connect, learn and get inspire by other environmental journalists covering different topics."
"It's a great way to look at your work through the focused lens of climate change, deregulation and other issues that can sometimes be so big that you can't get a grasp on how to cover them. It's a great way to meet other people with that focus too. It makes the journalism world feel like a more manageable size that you can get to know and find your way into."
"It is THE environmental journalism conference. Nothing like it."

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