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SEJ Awards for Reporting on the Environment

UPCOMING DEADLINE! March 1, 2021 is the regular deadline to enter SEJ's 20th annual Awards, which honor the best environmental journalism in 10 categories, bringing recognition to the stories that are among the most important on the planet. Prizes of $500 for first-place winners and $250 for second-place winners in all categories. Includes a Student Reporting category and a $10,000 cash prize for the Nina Mason Pulliam Award for Outstanding Environmental Reporting. To honor the "best of the best," first-place winners selected this year from SEJ's 10 awards categories will be automatically entered into the Nina Mason Pulliam Award. Late entry is allowed, with extra fee, until Apr 1.

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Grid Data Can Guide Reporting on Power Disasters

The power and water fiasco that followed a deep freeze in Texas was a predictable debacle and, thus, a warning signal to journalists covering disasters and climate-driven weather extremes. To help, the latest Reporter’s Toolbox provides a rundown of data sources about power grids, from local, regional and national entities, and recommends you start tracking the numbers and be prepared.

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SEJ Urges Interior To Let the Sun Shine In Again

The Society of Environmental Journalists sent a letter on February 19, 2021 to Interior Secretary-Designate Debra Haaland with a list of more than a dozen recommendations for letting the sun shine more fully in the Department of the Interior, including respecting the vital role that journalists play in our democracy. Read text of the letter.

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SEJ's Environmental Events Calendar: Featured Event

Our Calendar lists professional meetings, press conferences, awards/fellowships/workshops deadlines and more. Feb and Mar 1, 2021 deadlines: Lots of them! Go here.

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SEJ Publication Highlights

“The Last Lions of Africa: Stories From the Frontline in the Battle To Save a Species”

02/24/2021 – A straightforward but passionate new book explores efforts to save the big cat from extinction in “The Last Lions of Africa.” Our BookShelf review lauds the author for making clear the species’ complexity and the damage done by “sustainable” practices such as trophy hunting. And the loss ends not just with the lions. Read our review for the bigger picture.
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Grant Helps Chart Illegal Rosewood’s 10,000-Mile Journey

02/17/2021 – Two young journalists collaborated from continents apart — with the help of a Society of Environmental Journalists grant — to report on illicit trade in a highly prized timber. A new entry in our recently launched StoryLog column captures the whole process, from the spark of an idea, through research, a winning grant proposal, field reporting and published stories. Plus, lessons learned.
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Could Hackers Poison Your Local Drinking Water?

02/17/2021 – A computer hacker nearly succeeded recently in rendering a local Florida facility a source of poisonous drinking water. And the risk of other such hacks is real, even as the vulnerabilities are hidden behind stringent U.S. secrecy laws. The latest TipSheet explores dangers to our drinking water supply — which go well beyond future hacking.
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"To be a journalist is to have a passion for truth. To be an environmental journalist is a doubling of that passion."

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  • "Haaland Stresses Bipartisan Outreach During GOP Grilling"
    E&E News, 02/24/2021
  • How Texas Froze: Neglect Of Grid And Climate Warnings Set The Stage
    Inside Climate News, 02/24/2021
  • Five ERCOT Board Members Who Live Outside of Texas Resign After Outage
    Texas Tribune, 02/24/2021
  • Kerry, at U.N., Likens Global Inaction to a ‘Suicide Pact’
    NYTimes, 02/24/2021
  • "White House Urges Passage Of House Public Lands Package"
    The Hill, 02/24/2021
  • "Global Freshwater Fish Populations At Risk Of Extinction, Study Finds"
    Guardian, 02/24/2021
  • Indian Judge Grants Bail To Climate Activist Charged With Sedition
    Reuters, 02/24/2021
  • FERC To Examine Climate Change's Threat To Power Reliability
    Reuters, 02/24/2021
  • "What’s Really Behind Corporate Promises on Climate Change?"
    NYTimes, 02/24/2021
  • "Yellowstone Bison Slaughter Sets Up Tribal Conflict At Interior"
    E&E News, 02/24/2021
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