Journalism & Media

March 11, 2021

Tom Pelton: Blue Collar Environmentalism and the Red/Blue Divide

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.

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"Judge: Commercial Filmmakers Don't Need Permits In National Parks"

"A federal judge has struck down as unconstitutional the National Park Service's practice of charging commercial filmmakers who want to shoot in the National Park System, ruling it is a protected activity under the First Amendment."

Source: National Parks Traveler, 01/27/2021

"Climate Scientist Michael Mann: Deniers Are Shifting Tactics"

"Published earlier this month, "The New Climate War: The Fight to Take Back Our Planet" contends that the fossil fuel industry and its allies have shifted their strategies for delaying climate action. Instead of attacking the credibility of the science, these interests are now blaming warming on individuals while arguing it's too late to prevent catastrophic impacts, according to the book."

Source: E&E News, 01/26/2021
January 28, 2021

SciLine Media Briefing: Climate Essentials for 2021

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.

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February 4, 2021

Localizing the ‘Land Grab Universities’ Story

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.

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Super-Heated Year Ahead on Energy & Environment News

The Biden administration has moved rapidly to reset energy and environment policies dramatically shifted by the Trump White House. But how quickly can such a reversal occur, what are the priorities and what are the critical pathways for change? To help sort out the latest news and track larger trends, SEJournal offers this overview and analysis, part of our extensive “2021 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment.”

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“Environment, Social Justice, and the Media in the Age of the Anthropocene”

A case study in how journalists can center environmental news around social justice is at the heart of a new volume of scholarly essays reviewed in the latest BookShelf. While its tale of rural residents poisoned by contaminants is decades old, its lesson of what happens when power players bank on media acquiescence holds for stories of today.

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March 18, 2024

DEADLINE: Taylor/Blakeslee University Fellowships

The Council for the Advancement of Science Writing annually awards $6,000 fellowships to both professional journalists and students of outstanding ability who have been accepted for enrollment in U.S. graduate-level science writing programs to help with tuition and other expenses. Apply by Mar 18, 2024.

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