He is chairman of the Society of Environmental Journalists First Amendment Task Force, founded in 2002 "to address freedom-of-information, right-to-know, and other news gathering issues of concern to the pursuit of environmental journalism."
He serves as the chairman of the Society of Environmental Journalists' First Amendment Task Force, which was founded in 2002 "to handle matters related to freedom of information, public knowledge rights, and other concerns pertaining to environmental journalism."