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#SEJ2025 Annual Conference, Arizona, April 23-26

SEJ's 34th annual conference, hosted at Arizona State University, continues today. The jam-packed agenda comprises the opening plenary, "Lessons From the West, Good and Bad: Confronting the Climate Crisis in the Trump Era," concurrent panels, mini-tour "The Abundance of Food in the Desert," media training for journalists, lunch plenary "Lessons From Investigative Journalism: Reporting Without Access" and beat dinners. Walk-in registrations are welcome on-site in Tempe.

These Friday events were livestreamed; recordings will be posted when available:

  • Opening Plenary. Lessons From the West, Good and Bad: Confronting the Climate Crisis in the Trump Era
  • Lunch Plenary. Reporting Without Access


It's critically important to SEJ to gather evidence on the impact of our work. So we're tracking stories inspired by or informed by our conference in Arizona. The stories don't have to be about Tempe, Phoenix or Arizona; they can be based on sources or ideas you got from being at the conference. Please help us to keep SEJ strong and share links, photos, copies of reporting generated or informed by this conference. Send your story links to Cindy MacDonald, SEJ's Web content manager. It's never too late. Please send yours! Moderators, speakers, tour leaders: We also welcome resources, tipsheets, etc., from sessions or tours that you wish to share.

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Trump Tariffs Blow Up Long U.S.-Canada Environmental Partnership

As trade wars loom with U.S. allies, including our neighbors to the north and south, another kind of long-standing relationship is under threat — the environmental partnership between the United States and Canada. A Backgrounder Analysis examines deep-rooted ties over energy, water and timber. Does the brewing conflict over trade mean the long bonds over the environment have been broken?

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SEJ's Environmental Events Calendar: Featured Event

Our Calendar lists professional meetings, webinars, press conferences, awards/fellowships/workshops deadlines and more. Apr 30 Deadline: The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing's Sharon Begley Science Reporting Award recognizes and supports mid-career journalists who exemplify excellence in covering science for the public. $20,000 grant.

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Diverse Perspectives

SEJ offers news, events, opportunities and more from diverse viewpoints. See upcoming deadlines including the Native Broadcast Summit, Nova Institute for Health’s Media Fellowship, Kozik Environmental Justice Reporting Grants and many more.

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SEJ Publication Highlights

Can a City on Fire Be Photographed? Yes, Says One Photojournalist
04/23/2025 – Will images of a burning Los Angeles last in our consciousness? EJ InSight editor Andrew Cullen makes a powerful argument that they will, illustrating the point with potent photographs of that disaster, as well as from recent hurricanes. An exploration of how photojournalists, working amid the destruction, strive to document not just the devastation but its deeper significance and its human toll.
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Student Newsroom Returns for Coverage of #SEJ2025
04/23/2025 – More than two dozen student reporters and editors from The Arizona Republic will provide coverage of the 34th annual Society of Environmental Journalists conference at Arizona State University from April 23-26. The team will report numerous sessions, workshops, plenaries and tours, with SEJournal carrying special reports in its April 30 and May 7 issues. More on this year’s student newsroom and the conference itself. Stay tuned!
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Covering Wildfire — Expert Advice on Emerging Issues, Recurring Risks
04/23/2025 – With wildfires becoming more extreme in every way, reporters covering them face new challenges along with familiar hazards. A pair of experienced wildfire journalists and others on the front lines offer advice on dealing with access restrictions, on-the-ground dangers, toxic exposure risks and traumatized survivors — as climate change speeds up the news cycle and misinformation muddies the reporting landscape.
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"Our job is to be truthful not neutral."

— Christiane Amanpour (Guardian, Jan. 2025)

 

 


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WHY Join SEJ?

SEJ's mission is to strengthen coverage of environment, energy, health and climate news, by supporting the journalists who report that news. The benefits of joining include: access to grants for environmental reporting; mentoring by experienced journalists; and members-only e-mailing lists for sharing professional tips, news, and information. SEJ members meet and learn face-to-face from fellow members, other media professionals and topic experts, at our annual conference and volunteer-organized regional gatherings.

 

 

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