Initiative Items

Earth Journalism Network and SEJ Petition Cambodia To Investigate Journalist's Murder
The petition presses the Cambodian government for a full investigation into the murder of journalist Hang Serei Oudom, who was killed in Cambodia in September 2012. He had reportedly been covering illegal logging activities currently causing massive deforestation of the Cambodian forest.
Disasters, Forests, Government, Journalism/Media, Asia

Richard Zajac, Missouri
Disasters, Journalism/Media, Nuclear Power/Radiation, People & Population, Asia, Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD)

NOAA Arctic Report Card
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's newly released Arctic Report Card update indicates a "return to previous Arctic conditions is unlikely. Record temperatures across Canadian Arctic and Greenland, a reduced summer sea ice cover, record snow cover decreases and links to some Northern Hemisphere weather support this conclusion."
Climate Change, Canada, Antarctica & Arctic , Europe

SEJ's 22nd Annual Conference, Lubbock, TX, Oct. 17-21, 2012
Check out multimedia conference coverage, session descriptions, speakers, exhibitors and more for SEJ's 22nd annual conference. Image: Bat Flight Amphitheater at Carlsbad Caverns National Park. Photo © Marina Fisher-Phelps.
Agriculture, Air, Biodiversity, Chemicals, Climate Change, Consumer, Disasters, Economy & Business, Energy & Fuel, Environmental Health, Environmental Politics, Fish & Fisheries, Food, Forests, Government, Health, Journalism/Media, Natural Resources, Nuclear Power/Radiation, People & Population, Planning & Growth, Policy, Pollution, Science, Technology, Waste, Water & Oceans, Wildlife, Mexico, National (U.S.), Southwest (AZ NM OK TX), International

SEJ's 20th Annual Conference Coverage
Oct. 13-17, 2010 in Missoula, Montana. Find multimedia coverage on SEJ's coverage web page and on the unofficial conference blog. See the agenda, read speaker bios, and more. If you attended the conference, please click here to take our online survey. Pictured at left: Jodi Rave, Freelance Journalist, Buffalo's Fire, and moderator of the Saturday panel THE CLIMATE: Energy Issues on Tribal Lands.
Other/All, Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY), National (U.S.), International

Fund for Environmental Journalism Program Guidelines
Canada, Mexico, Alaska and Hawaii, California, Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI), Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD), Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV), Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY), Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT), Northwest (OR WA), SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN), Southwest (AZ NM OK TX)

Fund for Environmental Journalism
SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism awards grants of up to $3,500 to help underwrite environmental reporting projects and entrepreneurial ventures. Support the fund by donating, or apply for a grant. The deadline for the Summer 2013 cycle was July 15th. Applications for the Winter 2014 cycle will be accepted starting mid-September 2013. See the winners of previous rounds, and some of their resulting stories.
Journalism/Media, International

SEJ's 20th Annual Conference Registration
Other/All, Canada, Mexico, National (U.S.), International

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