Rachel Nuwer is an award-winning freelance journalist who regularly writes about conservation, ecology and wildlife trade, and is the author of "Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking." More about Rachel Nuwer [2].

 

"SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism [3] grants have allowed me to pursue stories in Myanmar and Tanzania that I was very passionate about, but that I otherwise would not have been able to report."

- Rachel Nuwer [2], Freelance Journalist

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journalists like Rachel:

Give to SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism [4] to support small story grants, such as:

•  "Saving Eden: Conservationists Are Looking to Ecotourism To Preserve Myanmar's Wilderness, But Challenges Abound [5]" by Rachel Nuwer [6]
• "The Only Catfish Native to the Western U.S. Is Running Out of Water [7]" by Maya L. Kapoor [8]
• "How Biodiversity Conservation Can Help Manage Future Pandemics — for Plants and for Humans [9]" by Simran Sethi [10]

Give to SEJ Programs [4] to support essential training, resources, and convening, such as:

• SEJ Webinars like "All Life, Great and Small — Covering Biodiversity [11]"
• #SEJ2023 Annual Conference [12] events like "Birds, Conservation, Diversity and Inclusion" and "What Will It Take To End Extinction?"
• SEJournal resources like "Inside Story Q&A: Field Reporting Yields 'Impact' for Poaching Package [13]"

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• Meta will match up to $7 million of eligible donations. Matching began on November 15, 2022 and goes until December 31, 2022 — or until the $7 million match fund is spent. More info [14].
• Here's how to set up a Facebook Fundraiser [15].

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