The USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC), the DOI Office of Restoration and Damage Assessment (ORDA), and the University of Missouri, School of Journalism established a student internship program for journalism and science education majors. Interns involved in the program gathered information about restoration projects that were implemented through the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (NRDAR) process. They created a variety of products including restoration case studies, fact sheets, story maps, feature stories, short films, and other digital content that assist NRDAR case teams and ORDA in their outreach efforts. The internship program, which ran from 2015-2019, provided students with the opportunity to gain valuable work experience in the field of environmental journalism and work toward reaching their career goals. Examples of the products are below.
