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SEJ Awards for Reporting on the Environment

Deadline is April 1 to enter SEJ's 2019 contest, which includes a $10,000 cash prize for the Nina Mason Pulliam Award for Outstanding Environmental Reporting and a new Student Reporting category. To honor the "best of the best," first-place winners selected this year from SEJ's eight awards categories will be automatically entered into the Nina Mason Pulliam Award.

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List of Toxics Near Military Sites May Include Leads for Reporters

Drinking water contaminated with PFAS for years has caused worry, even outrage, in local communities affected by the toxic chemicals. Now, a military database may help reporters locate contamination sites. This week’s TipSheet has more on the database, along with tips for evaluating your local PFAS story.

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SEJ's Environmental Events Calendar: Featured Event

Our Calendar lists professional meetings, press conferences, awards/fellowships/workshops deadlines and more. Mar 29, 2019 deadline: The American Institute of Physics' science communication awards recognize excellence in print, online and broadcast media which is intended for and improves the general public's appreciation of physics, astronomy, math and related science fields. $3,000 prize.

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Fund for Environmental Journalism

May 15, 2019 is the deadline for the next round of SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism. Grants up to $5,000 will be provided for journalism projects covering global biodiversity.

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SEJ Publication Highlights

Doc on Rare Porpoise Wins Sundance Award
03/13/2019 – An environmental documentary that follows a risk-laden effort to save a rare and elusive porpoise won over audiences at the recent Sundance Film Festival. Correspondent JoAnn Valenti takes a look at the film, along with other documentaries that explore the role of journalists and journalism. 
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Can States Divvy Up the Shrinking Colorado River Water Supply?
03/13/2019 – The vast Colorado River, recently in the news over a troubled drought deal, is at the heart of numerous environmental problems in the American West, where water is scarce and the legal complexities of water rights voluminous. The latest Issue Backgrounder offers an explainer on the story, which involves at least seven states, the federal government, Native American tribes, a hornet’s nest of irrigation districts and even Mexico.
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New Coal Ash Data Help Pinpoint Local Pollution Stories
03/13/2019 – Hundreds of coal ash ponds and landfills around the United States pollute drinking water supplies, and now a newly released report helps localize the problem for environmental reporters. This week’s TipSheet explores the new data source, provides the back story on coal ash regulation (or lack thereof) and the potential health risks, while offering numerous questions to ask and resources to track down.
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"Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit."

— Edward R. Murrow

 

 

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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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