Environmental Journalist to Deilver 2009 Caulfield Lecture

News release
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and columnist Bob Marshall will deliver "Going Local in the Age of Global Communications," the 2009 Muriel and Clarence J. Caulfield Memorial Lecture, on Thursday, April 23, 2009, at 4:00 p.m. in McGuire Hall in the Andrew White Student Center on Loyola College's North Charles Street campus. This event is free and open to the public.

Bob Marshall is a staff writer and editor for The Times-Picayune of New Orleans. His reporting and writing has earned two Pulitzer Prizes, the most prestigious recognition of outstanding U.S. journalism. A 1971 graduate of Loyola University in New Orleans, Marshall's 35-year career includes extensive work as a reporter and columnist covering professional, college and Olympics sports, outdoors, feature writing, op-ed columns, and special projects series specializing in environmental issues, as well as television, radio and magazines.

Marshall's environmental reporting has garnered international recognition. His 1997 Pulitzer in the Public Service category was for "Oceans of Trouble," a comprehensive series of articles analyzing the conditions in the Gulf of Mexico that threaten the world's fish supply. In 2005 Marshall's investigations into the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' missteps in building the New Orleans levees and floodwalls was part of The Times-Picayune's reporting package that won the Pulitzer for its coverage of Hurricane Katrina [link: http://blog.nola.com/outdoors/ ]. In addition, Marshall was a finalist for the Investigative Editors and Reporters award and the Polk Award for his on-going coverage into the causes of the disaster. Marshall most recently put together a series entitled "Last Chance" which won the prestigious John B. Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism given by Columbia University.

Marshall's other national and regional awards for journalism include top honors from the Associated Press, United Press International, Scripps-Howard Foundation National Journalism Awards, Society of Professional Journalists, National Association of Sportswriters and Sportscasters and the Pro Football Writers of America, Outdoor Writers Association of America, Louisiana Outdoor Writers Association, and Southeastern Outdoors Press Association. His environmental reporting and essays have also earned recognition form a wide range of conservation and environmental groups, and including Conservationist of the Year awards from the Louisiana Wildlife Federation. In 2004 Marshall was elected to the Circle of Chiefs by the Outdoor Writers Association of America, that group's highest award for contributions to conservation.

In addition to his newspaper work, Marshall's professional credits include his current assignment as conservation editor for Field & Stream Magazine, and terms as South region editor of Field & Stream; South columnist of Outdoor Life Magazine; host of the F&S Radio Network; co-host of ESPN's The Outdoors Writers and feature assignments for a wide range of national publications from Men's Journal and Reader's Digest to National Geographic Adventures.

Marshall lives in New Orleans with his wife, Marie.

The Caulfield Lecture Series at Loyola was established 21 years ago by the family of Clarence J. Caulfield, a 1922 alumnus who spent 26 years as an editor at The Sun and was a mentor to such prominent writers as J. Anthony Lukas and Russell T. Baker. Hosted by the Communication Department, the Caulfield Lecture brings journalists and commentators of national stature to Loyola every year. Last year's Caulfield Lecture, "Judging Race: The Press & Civil Rights," was delivered by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian Gene Roberts.