Journalism & Media

November 5, 2021

Science Seminar for Journalists: The Story Behind Marine Heat Waves

Climate change-driven marine heat waves are happening more frequently, devastating ecosystems and threatening livelihoods. Metcalf Institute will explore the rapidly evolving science of marine heat waves at two virtual seminars for journalists on November 5 and 12, 2021, via Zoom.

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October 5, 2021

Wild Deep Yonder: Covering Piracy, Overfishing, Mining and Other Crises Above and Below the Surface

Join National Geographic's Douglas Main for a Kavli Conversation, hosted by NYU’s Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program, with award-winning investigative reporter Ian Urbina, formerly of the New York Times, and marine biologist/author Helen Scales. 6:30-8:00 p.m. ET. Free registration required.

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In Your Facebook Feed: Oil Industry Pushback Against Biden Climate Plans

"The ads appear on Facebook millions of times a week. They take aim at vulnerable Democrats in Congress by name, warning that the $3.5 trillion budget bill — one of the Biden administration’s biggest efforts to pass meaningful climate policy — will wreck the United States economy."

Source: NYTimes, 10/01/2021

Kerry Says Climate Talks Must Produce New Level Of Transparency

"The upcoming COP26 U.N. climate summit in Glasgow in November must produce a "new level of transparency and accountability", U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said during a debate at the Youth4Climate conference in Milan on Thursday."

Source: Reuters, 09/30/2021

Two Communities, Two Hazards and the Two Award-Winners Reporting Them

Two outstanding features — one on air pollution from a local coke plant in Pennsylvania, another on deaths from a shellfish toxin in Alaska, and both focused on public health, neglected communities and environmental justice — are the subject of the new Inside Story Q&A. Society of Environmental Journalists’ award-winners Nancy Averett and Zoya Teirstein share their reporting insights and advice.

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Getting Glasgow — Covering the Climate Conference From Afar

A critically important global gathering to advance the Paris climate accords gets underway in Scotland next month. And the latest TipSheet offers an extensive walk-through on the UN meeting — basic terminology and negotiating aims, global politics, green climate funds and more — to help environmental journalists report on it with relevance, whether from there or home.

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