Initiative Items

National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships [1]

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Applications are open for the National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships (SHERF), a collaboration of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW), the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) and the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ). Early-career US journalists will receive training, networking, mentoring, new sources and story ideas — while allowing them to stay at their jobs. Read the announcement, watch the recording of the Nov. 21 info webinar amd apply now [2] (Dec. 31 deadline).

Topics on the Beat:
Health [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Science [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships [1]
McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on Shale Gas and Oil Development [7]

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SEJ invites U.S. journalists and educators to apply for fellowships to attend this expenses-paid Specialized Reporting Institute, June 22-24, 2014 at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. Come learn about an issue that regularly grabs national, regional and local headlines. The deadline to apply is April 15, 2014.

Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [8]
Economy & Business [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Health [3]
Laws & Regulations [12]
Policy [13]
Pollution [14]
Science [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [15]
- Read more about McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on Shale Gas and Oil Development [7]
Translating Science/Telling Stories: “What We Talk About When We Talk About Climate Change” [16]

Co-sponsored by SEJ and the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University, this fellowship opportunity is for journalists and scientists to discuss ways to better help the public appreciate the risks and understand the choices they, their communities, and their governments face, during this June 9, 2012 event in Cleveland, OH.
Topics on the Beat:
Science [5]
Journalism & Media [4]
Climate Change [17]
Visibility:
Public [6]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [18]
- Read more about Translating Science/Telling Stories: “What We Talk About When We Talk About Climate Change” [16]

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