Peter Friederici
Assistant Professor
Science Writing, Environmental Journalism
School of Communication, Room 321
(928)
523-6378
Peter.Friederici@nau.edu
Brief description of research and teaching interests:
As a working journalist specializing in science and environmental stories, Peter is interested in how complex and important topics are communicated through today’s media. His writing, teaching and research focus on exploring connections between people and the environment, and on ensuring that the reporting and analysis involved in such stories are accurate, compelling and relevant.
Courses offered:
Writing for Communication Channels
Media Writing and Reporting
Basic Editing
Science Writing
Ecological Oral Histories
Representative Research and Creative Activity:
Nature’s Restoration: People and Places on the Front Lines of Conservation (Island Press, 2006); nonfiction book profiling the spread of ecological restoration across North America.
“Peace Breaks Out In New Mexico’s Forests” and “Biomass: What to do with all that wood,” High Country News 38, no. 20 (October 30, 2006): 8-13, 19; articles about environmentalists, loggers and community activists working together on forest restoration and community development projects.
“Graveyard Shift,” Audubon 108, no. 5 (September/October 2006): 48-53; article on new research about the ecological and economic impact of bats in Texas.
Links of interest:
grist.org (Online environmental news)
spj.org/blog/blogs/newsgems/ (News gems highlighting the best of today’s journalism)
nieman.harvard.edu/narrative/digest (Literary journalism: examples and how-tos)
Education:
1991 M.S., Environmental Education with focus in Environmental Writing, Audubon Expedition Institute/Lesley College, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1985 B.A., Comparative Literature, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; graduated Phi Beta Kappa
1983–1984 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany (Wayne State University Study Abroad Program)
