SEJ Annual Conferences

See multimedia coverage of SEJ's 34th annual conference, hosted at Arizona State University, with videos of the Friday plenaries and coverage stories of many sessions. Audio recordings are posted here, for Society of Environmental Journalists members only. Not a member? Join now.

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Check out the multimedia coverage (including videos of the plenaries) of SEJ's 33rd annual conference in Philadelphia, hosted by the University of Pennsylvania. Here's the agenda.

SEJ's 32nd annual conference took place in Boise, Idaho, hosted by Boise State University. See the agenda. On our conference coverage page, you'll find video recordings of the plenaries and audio recordings of most concurrent sessions.

SEJ's 31st annual conference was hosted by Rice University in Houston. Here's the agenda. There are video recordings of the plenaries and audio recordings of most concurrent sessions. Find it all on our conference coverage page.

#SEJ2020, our first-ever virtual conference, took place September 16, 17, 23 and 30. Registered attendees can watch recordings of #SEJ2020 in the Whova app.

Environmental Journalism 2019 was hosted by Colorado State University. See the agenda. Most sessions were audio-recorded and are posted on our conference coverage page.

Environmental Journalism 2018, hosted by the University of Michigan-Flint, is a wrap. More than 700 attendees networked, went on tours and took in countless educational sessions. Multimedia coverage. View the agenda or read speaker bios. Check out our sponsors, exhibitors, independent reception hosts and advertisers. If you wrote stories informed by the conference, please send us the links to include on our coverage page — it's never too late.

Environmental Journalism 2017 was hosted by the University of Pittsburgh/Swanson School of Engineering in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Find coverage here, peruse the agenda or read speaker bios.

Environmental Journalism 2016 took us to California, the Land of Extremes and Home of Big Dreams, hosted by Capital Public Radio and UC Davis. Multimedia coverage is posted here. See the agenda and speaker bios.

SEJ's 2015 conference was hosted in the land of weather, water and energy by the University of Oklahoma. Find coverage here. The agenda included video and graphics training, tours and sessions on fracking & quakes, climate change & extreme weather, water rights & fights, Native Americans & diversity, ag & soil health, and more.