Mongabay.com uses Global Forest Watch extensively for its global forest cover reporting, it's a very cool remote sensing program synthesizing satellite data and it updates constantly (hear their director Crystal Davis talking about it on the Mongabay podcast here <https://news.mongabay.com/2017/04/audio-crystal-davis-director-of-global-forest-watch-on-conservation-and-big-data/> ). If you know someone who'd like to be part of this and learn some cool skills, read on/forward along: === *Global Forest Watch (the remote sensing forest monitor group) and World Resources Institute just launched the first-ever GFW Tech Fellowship*. The program will run from July-December 2018. Fellows will participate in regular online meetings and trainings, and will receive tips and techniques to effectively train and share knowledge with others. In September 2018 the cohort will come together in Washington, D.C. for a three-day tech camp.
Who are we looking for? Tech innovators, journalists, conservationists, campaigners, law enforcement officers, lawyers, scientists, analysts, cartographers and indigenous leaders who are committed to expanding their forest monitoring experience and sharing this knowledge with others in their networks. Read all the requirements, how-to-apply, and the perks of being the first GFW Tech Fellow here http://wri-indonesia.org/en/blog/first-ever-gfw-tech-fellows hip-now-open-applications === Erik -- Commentator's Curse: my new magazine essay arguing for quieter sports experiences here <http://www.erikhoffner.com/commentators-curse-the-case-for-silence-in-televised-soccer>
