A casual query from an editor prompted an investigative reporter to pair up with a data journalism reporter at a partner news organization to dig into the risks that thousands of dry oil wells across California posed to surrounding communities, including many low-income Latino neighborhoods. How the resulting award-winning series came together, in an Inside Story Q&A with reporter Mark Olalde.
SEJ’s Fund for Environmental Journalism (FEJ) is accepting proposals for story grants on U.S. public lands. Up to $5,000 for stipends and expenses such as travel, multimedia production, translation and more. Story proposals that reflect diverse and inclusive perspectives are encouraged. Deadline: May 16, 2022 extended to May 31.
Meet SEJ member Justin Cook! Justin is based in Durham, North Carolina but works everywhere. His long-term photographic essays tell stories about resiliency in communities living along the edges in America, often by focusing on environmental issues and climate change. Want SEJ to promote your work to our social media followers? Here's how.
Check out the multimedia coverage page of SEJ's 31st Annual Conference in Houston, hosted by Rice University.
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 Houston. The stories don't have to be about Houston or Texas; 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.
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"It is the absolute right of the state to supervise the formation of public opinion." — Joseph Goebbels, Nazi propaganda minister, 1923
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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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