Journal environment writer Peter B. Lord

Peter B. Lord has been a reporter at The Providence Journal since 1979 and has covered environmental issues since 1981. His work has focused on water pollution and land development. Projo.com and Lord have previously collaborated previously on a number of projects, including the award-winning Rescuing the Right, a journey to track attempts to save the endangered right whale, Poisoned, exploring the lead-poisoning crisis among Rhode Island's children, and continuing coverage of The Station nightclub fire, including Fatal Foam.

Related link from this series: Island's story keeps pulling reporter back

E-mail: plord@projo.com

 

Journal staff photographer John Friedah

John Freidah has been a staff photographer at The Providence Journal since 1995 and was a fiber-optic engineer before changing careers to focus on social issues. Freidah partnered with projo.com in 1997 to produce one of the site's first multimedia efforts, A Time to Die. He was also the photographer for Poisoned and, most recently, he has returned from his second trip for The Journal to the war zone in Iraq, with his work featured in Dispatches from Iraq.

E-mail: jfreidah@projo.com

 

The online version of this series has been a collaborative effort between the staff of projo.com and The Providence Journal.

For the Web:
Multimedia design conceived by projo.com's chief designer Mike Foran, and designed by Foran, Kathy DeVault and Beth Heaney
Production: Frank Carnevale
With: Andrea Panciera and Ray Kiernan, and supervised by Tom Heslin, managing editor for new media, and Sean Polay, director of online operations

From The Journal:
Series editor Jean Plunkett, designer Cecilia Prestamo, graphics designer Tom Murphy and copy editor Mike McDermott
With: Michael Delaney and Scott Kingsley

Music:
Background music for this series is courtesy of Don Wessels, from the CD titled "On Orkney," copyright 2004 by Don Wessels. For more information, visit his Web site at: http://www.donwessels.com

Linking:
Interested organizations may link to the full series, at: http://projo.com/blockisland, or to individual links within the series.

Photo reprints:
For information on obtaining reprints of photos in this series, please call (401) 277-7007, where you will receive a recorded message, or e-mail The Providence Journal photo department at: maldrich@projo.com

For other questions on re-use or copyright, online or in print, please contact Journal managing editor for administration Patricia Welker at: pwelker@projo.com

© 2005, Published by The Providence Journal Co., 75 Fountain St., Providence, RI 02902.