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SEJ Webinars

If you didn't catch SEJ's May 18 webinar "Missing Stories — Uncovering Environment-Climate-Religion Connections" on how to find these stories and tell them well, including launch of a new fellowship and story grants via SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism, you can watch the recording and see all the great links in the chat log here. See also: Video recording and chat log for our May 11 webinar, "What Would Real Environmental Health and Justice Look Like?"

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#SEJSpotlight on Members

Meet SEJ Board Member Laura Paskus! Laura is a book author and the environment reporter for the New Mexico Public Broadcast Station, where she covers climate change, water, energy and the military's contamination of groundwater with PFAS. Want SEJ to promote your work to our social media followers? Here's how.

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Fund for Environmental Journalism

Apply now for FEJ story grants! Deadline June 15. For journalism projects covering environment-climate-religion connections and/or environmental health and justice in the U.S. Grants up to $5000; stipends up to $2000 for nonprofit news staffers or freelancers.

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To-Do List for Climate Change Gas Methane Is Long, Challenging … and Newsy

The climate change gas methane, relatively little controlled but with a global warming potential many times that of carbon dioxide, has been much in the news recently and promises to remain there. The latest Backgrounder helps environmental journalists track the problem by detailing methane’s sources — from oil and gas production, agriculture and landfills — and the politics surrounding its regulation.

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SEJ Publication Highlights

Storm Surge Maps Help Envision Potential Hurricane Flood Catastrophes
05/12/2021 – Dangerous storm surge that often follows hurricanes can be the focus of life-saving journalism. Reporter’s Toolbox helps environmental journalists get ahead of storm surge with a key resource — a powerful government database and related maps showing surge hazards. Together with real-time advisories and a better understanding of what causes storm surge, Toolbox helps you better cover this danger.
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Native Tribal Nations Push for Changes in Public Lands
05/12/2021 – As Native tribal nations successfully exert ancestral rights to land stewardship across the West, journalists covering these developments must first grasp the legal principles that underpin Native governmental sovereignty. But also key is to create and sustain relationships with Native community members. Veteran environment and Indigenous affairs reporter Debra Krol lays out the basics for effective reporting from Indian Country.
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Reporting on Poor, Kids Sickened by Industrial Air Pollution
05/05/2021 – Pittsburgh is known for its history of steel production … and of air pollution. In the new Inside Story, reporter Kristina Marusic talks about capturing the health impacts of air emissions in western Pennsylvania, and shares insights on how dogged environmental justice reporting can make the links between pollution cuts and health impacts. Plus, tips on managing a long reporting project, creating infographics and using video.
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"Diversity in the newsroom builds credibility, especially at a time when journalism is being called into question."

— Justin Worland, TIME Magazine

 

 

Quick Links

SEJ.org is a treasure chest of information useful to your reporting. Search website content by environmental issue, including:

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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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