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Hot Topics: Reporting from the Void: Americans’ “Rights” to Nutritious Food, Potable Water, and Clean Air
August 3, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Hot Topics in Environmental Law Lecture Series
Featuring Lela Nargi, Independent Journalist, and Summer Environmental Media Fellow at VLGS
Each lecture is worth one VBA CLE credit.
Lectures are virtual, free, and open to the public.
About the speaker:
Lela Nargi is a Brooklyn, NY-based veteran freelance journalist covering the food system, social justice issues, science & the environment, and the places where those topics intersect for The Guardian, the Food and Environment Reporting Network (FERN), Eater, Civil Eats, Mother Jones, Modern Farmer, and many other outlets.
Her work has been recognized by The Aspen Institute and the Society for Environmental Journalists and reprinted widely. She was a 2019 Fromson Fellow, in which she explored technological agricultural advances in Israel’s Negev; 2021 keynote speaker for the Northeastern Indiana Local Food Forum & Expo; presenter at the Solutions Journalism Network; and is a regular radio guest.