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Help Inspire and Support Environmental Journalists

At ABC News, Stephanie Ebbs is the only person dedicated to covering environmental issues full time, which she finds frustrating at times, because she knows she can't report on all of the important environmental stories that deserve national coverage, and convincing her editors that these stories matter isn’t always easy. That’s why Stephanie found this year’s SEJ conference in Flint, Michigan — her first time at our annual event — to be the most practical and motivating conference she's ever attended. Read more and please give now.

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Environmental (In)Justice Coverage Grows, As More Media Take Note

Environmental justice-related stories are expected to get more attention in the news media in 2019. But that’s not because the challenge of protecting marginalized communities from lopsided environmental impacts is being met. This week’s TipSheet explains, in a look-ahead to environmental justice stories making the news, the many forms the problem takes, the many communities affected and the emerging notion of “climate justice.”

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SEJ's Environmental Events Calendar: Featured Event

Our Calendar lists professional meetings, press conferences, awards/fellowships/workshops deadlines and more. Jan 4, 2019 deadline: The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism/City University of New York (CUNY) Resilience Journalism Fellowship will be held Feb 24-Mar 1, 2019. Includes lodging, tuition, most meals and travel costs. Open to all professional, mid-career journalists.

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SEJ's 28th Annual Conference Coverage

#SEJ2018 in Flint, Michigan, hosted by the University of Michigan-Flint, took place Oct 3-7, 2018. Find multimedia coverage here (including audios of most sessions), peruse the agenda or read speaker bios.

If you attended the conference, please complete the survey to help us make next year's conference even better.

It's critically important to SEJ to gather evidence on the impact of our work. 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. Moderators, speakers, tour leaders: we also welcome resources, tipsheets, etc., from sessions or tours that you wish to share on our coverage page.

Image: Environmental Justice panel "Elevating and Improving Our Reporting on Environmental Justice Issues". © Dale Willman/SEJ.

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SEJ Publication Highlights

In 2019, Watch for Aggressive Energy-Enviro Oversight By Democratic House
12/12/2018 – As Democrats take charge of the House of Representatives next month, they’ll be wielding powerful congressional oversight powers over environment and energy matters. Watch for oversight drama in 2019 as committees take a closer look at natural resource policy at the Interior Department, the rollback of climate policy, attacks on climate science and more. All in our latest Issue Backgrounder.
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In 2019, PFAS Chemicals Will Show Up in Drinking Water … and Headlines
12/05/2018 – The vast and widely used PFAS family of chemicals is causing serious worries across the country, as it turns up in more and more drinking water systems. Pressure to regulate it is also growing, but with mixed results. This week’s TipSheet offers a detailed look-ahead on this big, developing story, with a walk-through of the context, what the EPA is (and isn’t) doing, and why states are stepping up.
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“Diet for a Changing Climate: Food for Thought”
12/05/2018 – As our BookShelf column moves to a monthly schedule, we take a look at an imaginative take on how to deal with the spread of invasive species — eating them! A pair of children’s book authors offers insight into the problem for young adult readers (and the rest of us), along with recipes. Read our review.
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"It is hard to tell which is worse: the wide diffusion of things that are not true, or the suppression of things that are true."

— Harriet Martineau, British journalist, 1837

 

 

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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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