Journalism & Media

Spill-Tracking Data Sources Help Cover Hazmat Events

A new Spill Tracker website is a good source of information on chemical spills, albeit one with an agenda. But according to the latest Reporter’s Toolbox, it’s just one among a set of powerful resources for covering dangerous releases, large and small. More on Spill Tracker, plus another half-dozen-plus government and nonprofit data sources on petrochemical incidents.

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March 20, 2024

SWCC Workshop: "To Build a Better Future, We Must First Imagine It."

Join queer science communicator and climate optimist Ive Velikova in this Science Writers & Communicators of Canada workshop exploring how to leverage the power of storytelling to motivate climate action in your community, drawing from storytelling traditions and speculative fiction genres. 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET.

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"Poland's New Government Deprograms Its Once Far-Right Public Media"

"It's 7:30 in the evening in Warsaw, and public news broadcaster TVP Info is about to broadcast live to millions of viewers across Poland. Producers in a crowded control room scurry in and out, sometimes stopping to peer through a narrow window into a studio where the host reads from a teleprompter."

Source: NPR, 02/23/2024

NewsNation Journalist Lambert Wins $80,000 Judgment Vs. Ohio City, County

"A city and county in Ohio have agreed to pay $112,000 to resolve NewsNation journalist Evan Lambert’s federal civil rights lawsuit, which stemmed from his unlawful arrest last year while covering a press conference about the derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio."

SEC Drops Key Emissions Disclosure Requirements From Draft Climate Rules

"The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has removed some of its most ambitious greenhouse gas emission disclosure requirements from corporate climate risk rules it is preparing to adopt, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday."

Source: Reuters, 02/23/2024
March 3, 2024

DEADLINE: StoryReach U.S. Fellowships

The Pulitzer Center’s reporting and engagement lab seeks newsroom partners. The part-time, yearlong Fellowship emphasizes topics of health, science misinformation, marine fisheries and human rights, and provides up to $30,000 towards your reporting project. Deadline: Mar 3, 2024.

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Ross Gelbspan, Author Who Probed Roots Of Climate Change Denial, Dies At 84

"Ross Gelbspan, a journalist and author who followed the money trail of climate change denial, exposing how the energy industry and lobbyists pushed narratives to counter overwhelming evidence that use of fossil fuels was driving global warming, died Jan. 27 at his home in Boston. He was 84."

Source: Washington Post, 02/20/2024
February 27, 2024

CJF Webinar: Emerging Business Models for News

This Canadian Journalism Foundation panel features industry upstarts rethinking how to deliver value to audiences and build healthy, diversified mission-driven businesses. See how these trailblazers are building active communities and reshaping the future of news through novel revenue models. 1:00 p.m. ET.

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#SEJSpotlight: Amir Khafagy, Report for America Corps Member, Documented

Meet SEJ member Amir Khafagy! Amir is an award-winning New York City-based journalist. He is currently a Report for America corps member with Documented. Much of Amir's beat explores the intersections of labor, race, class, immigration, environmental justice, and urban policy.

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