Journalism & Media

June 2, 2009

"The End of Local News? If Communities Lose Newspapers, Who Will Fill the Void?"

SEJers in Maryland or the DC area might be interested in this free University of Maryland J-school symposium.
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June 27, 2009 to June 30, 2009

10th Biennial Conference on Communication and Environment

The central theme of this event is "Environmental Communication as a Nexus."
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U.S. Suffers 15 Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters During 1st Half Of 2025

"The U.S. suffered 15 billion-dollar weather disasters during the first half of 2025, said insurance broker Gallagher Re in its latest quarterly report issued July 16. The average number of January-June inflation-adjusted billion-dollar disasters over the previous 10 years in the U.S. was 15; the record was 23, set in 2024. The Gallagher Re quarterly reports help fill a void left by the elimination of NOAA’s program to track billion-dollar weather disasters, which was terminated this year."

Source: Yale Climate Connections, 07/18/2025

EPA Plows Ahead With Reorganization, Giving Employees Less Choice

"EPA has resumed its efforts to reorganize the agency after the Supreme Court earlier this month lifted a lower court’s injunction that stalled the Trump administration’s restructuring efforts. But EPA employees will have less say in where they end up under the restructuring because of the time lost while the injunction was in place, an EPA official told colleagues in an internal email obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News."

Source: E&E News, 07/18/2025
August 22, 2025

DEADLINE: IJNR Crown of the Continent Institute

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources will bring 15 journalists to Montana, Oct 5-12, 2025, and introduce them to subject matter experts including Tribal members, ecologists, wildlife and fisheries biologists, climate scientists, ranchers, land managers, and other stakeholders whose life or livelihood is based on the landscape. Deadline: Aug 22.

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Senate Passes $9 Billion In Spending Cuts To Public Broadcasting, Foreign Aid

"The Senate has passed about $9 billion in federal spending cuts requested by President Donald Trump, including deep reductions to public broadcasting and foreign aid, moving forward on one of the president’s top priorities despite concerns from several Republican senators."

Source: AP, 07/17/2025
August 3, 2025

DEADLINE: The IP List

If you’re a journalist in the US or Canada and you think a story you’ve worked on would make a good movie or episode of a TV show, submit two nominations by the earlybird deadline of Aug 3 or one nomination by the final deadline of Sep 1, 2025. Info sessions available on July 23, 25 and an Aug date TBD.

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July 17, 2025

ONA Webinar: Climate Is the Everything Story

The Online News Association will host a conversation to highlight takeaways from the 2024 resource, "Climate Blueprint for Media Transformation," by Solutions Journalism Network and Covering Climate Now. 3-4 pm ET.

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"Senate Set To Debate Cuts To NPR, PBS and Foreign Aid"

"The Senate voted by a razor-thin margin late Tuesday to advance debate on a package of funding cuts requested by President Trump. They're aimed at clawing back $1.1 billion previously allocated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, along with $7.9 billion dollars earmarked for international efforts to combat famine and disease."

Source: NPR, 07/16/2025

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