Join the largest gathering of LGBTQ+ journalists and communicators for three days of learning and development at the NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists national convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
Meet SEJ member Bilal Motley! Bilal, an award-winning filmmaker from Chester, Pa., has been featured in CNN, Variety and The Philadelphia Inquirer. His work focuses on environmental justice and class dynamics.
Wahid Bhat is an environmental editor at Ground Report and an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. His work focuses on covering environmental and climate change issues, such as extreme weather events, pollution and water. You can help SEJ support journalists like Wahid by giving to SEJ programs, Fund for Environmental Journalism, conference travel stipends, members-in-need fund or creating a legacy with a free will.
"Terms like “environmental racism” or “environmental justice” were not yet part of the national lexicon when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis on April 4, 1968."
"The mother of Austin Tice, an American journalist abducted in Syria, said on Monday that she had met with Syria’s new leader in Damascus and expressed hope that “a page will be turned” in the more than decade-long search for her son."
"Vistra’s flagship energy-storage project in California turned into a towering inferno, forcing evacuations and raising fresh concerns about large battery installations."
"Here's how about a thousand people incarcerated by the state of California ended up on the frontlines battling the LA area wildfires"
"Donald Trump has said he will overturn a law that helps communities better weather the effects of climate change. If he follows through, he’ll be reversing an initiative that has disproportionately benefited areas that make up his base."
"Former Trump administration officials and allies of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to lead EPA have popped up in that agency’s online staff directory as political appointees."
"Agencies and unions have put in place new guardrails designed to limit political interference in government research."
Links
[1] https://www.sej.org/calendar/nlgja-annual-convention
[2] https://www.sej.org/sejspotlight-bilal-motley-documentary-filmmaker
[3] https://www.sej.org/help-sej-support-journalists-like-wahid-bhat
[4] https://www.sej.org/headlines/mlk-jr-s-fight-civil-rights-was-environmental-battle-well
[5] https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/mlk-day-martin-luther-king-civil-rights-environmental-justice-racism/
[6] https://www.sej.org/headlines/mother-missing-us-journalist-asks-syria-s-new-leaders-help
[7] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/world/middleeast/syria-austin-tice-mother.html?unlocked_article_code=1.q04.gXRL.TKURtH-eoMsf&smid=url-share
[8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/moss-landing-world-s-biggest-grid-battery-just-caught-fire-again
[9] https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/batteries/moss-landing-the-worlds-biggest-grid-battery-just-caught-fire-again
[10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/la-wildfires-incarcerated-firefighters-battling-blazes
[11] https://www.context.news/climate-risks/la-wildfires-the-incarcerated-firefighters-battling-blazes
[12] https://www.sej.org/headlines/storm-hit-town-voted-trump-who-vowed-overturn-law-fix-its-homes
[13] https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-biden-ira-climate-red-states
[14] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-staff-directory-reveals-trump-appointees
[15] https://www.eenews.net/articles/epa-staff-directory-reveals-trump-appointees/
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-targeted-scientists-his-first-term-time-they-re-prepared
[17] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/climate/trump-government-scientists.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qU4.Q8MO.N9qYxx7uEDYh&smid=url-share
[18] https://www.sej.org/search_results
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[20] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=298
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[27] https://www.sej.org/search_results?page=4928