Other Events

Journalist and author Tom Pelton will speak via Zoom, 6:00 p.m. ET, about how focusing on nuts and bolts issues like litter, sewage, and septic systems can help bridge the divide between 'red' and 'blue' America over environmental issues. Q&A to follow.

With the election of new leadership in Washington, climate change has reemerged as a national policy priority. SciLine’s next media briefing, 2:00 PM ET, will get reporters up to speed on the science that will inform key climate-related decisions in the year ahead.

Join FIJ and NAJA for an online forum, 11:30 a.m. ET. Tristan Ahtone and Robert Lee will discuss their report on land taken from Native Americans and given to colleges and universities, which produced a database of nearly 11 million acres of land and the agreements associated with it. The forum will help you learn how to access and navigate the data to localize this story.

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources invites editors to apply by Feb 17 for this 11:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. ET training, to explore environmental racism, social equity and the problematic lenses through which these stories get told.

The NewsGuild-CWA will host a workshop for all journalists (members and non-members) on best practices to assess and mitigate risk while newsgathering in a hostile and dangerous environment. Includes a Q&A with journalists who have covered events, including those in Washington, D.C. last week. 11:00 a.m. ET.

Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy will host via Zoom the first of the Energy Journalism Initiative Extra series, in which energy and environment journalists learn about energy and environmental issues from experts in government, industry and academia. 12:00-1:30 p.m. EST. Register by Jan 22.

Attention Journalists! Join Covering Climate Now at Noon ET for a “Talking Shop” webinar about what’s next for climate reporting with a new administration soon taking office in Washington. The session is by and for journalists; CCNow membership is not required.