Meet SEJ member Anna Sysling! Anna is a multimedia storyteller and lifelong Michigander. She is currently a producer for Detroit PBS' Great Lakes Now. She focuses on solutions-oriented environmental stories as a reporter. Anna has worked as a reporter, anchor, host and producer in both commercial and public media since 2013. Her areas of focus include climate, culture, access and social equity.
It’s summertime and the living is easy for algae that can be hazardous to human health. Climate heating and agricultural pollution are making the problem worse. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox explores useful sources of data for tracking trends. Plus, tips on how to use the data for local reporting on the risks posed by this seasonal threat.
Journalists who cover topics at the intersection of climate change and health are invited to apply to attend a full-day pre-conference workshop to be presented in Raleigh, N.C., on November 8, in connection with ScienceWriters2024. Travel grants available; Aug 16 deadline.
SEJ board president Luke Runyon (pictured, left) shares news about the April 2024 annual conference in Philadelphia, conference director Jay Letto’s retirement, organizational updates, changes on the board of directors and upcoming elections, the new SEJ Future Council and the call for nominations for the annual Stolberg Meritorious Service Award.
"Scientists in Brazil have come up with the first evidence that sharks are being exposed to cocaine."
"Republican-led states on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to block the Biden administration’s effort to cut planet-warming emissions from the power sector."
"The organising committee of Paris 2024 has vowed to make it the greenest Games in Olympic history, with half the carbon footprint of London 2012 and Rio 2016."
"Spreading fracking wastewater on roads is banned. Oil and gas companies do it anyway."
"Coal remains the largest source of power globally despite its decline in the U.S."
"The vice president could double down on President Joe Biden’s focus on communities burdened by pollution if she is elected president."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/sejspotlight-anna-sysling-producer-detroit-public-tvs-great-lakes-now
[2] https://www.sej.org/publications/reporters-toolbox/track-harmful-algal-blooms-data-avoid-bad-clams
[3] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-travel-grants-casw-workshop-covering-climate-and-health-nov-8-nc
[4] https://www.sej.org/publications/sej-presidents-report/at-mid-year-sej-celebrates-new-records-new-faces-important-legacies
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[6] https://www.npr.org/2024/07/23/nx-s1-5049707/its-not-a-b-movie-scientists-say-sharks-are-ingesting-cocaine-in-drug-tainted-water
[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/red-states-ask-supreme-court-halt-biden-climate-rule-power-plants
[8] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4788530-state-petition-biden-emission-rule/
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[10] https://www.bbc.com/sport/articles/cm52drr0lp1o
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/how-pennsylvania-s-oil-industry-quietly-dumped-waste-across-state
[12] https://grist.org/regulation/roadspreading-pennsylvania-fracking-waste/
[13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/surge-electricity-demand-boosts-coal-use-iea
[14] https://www.eenews.net/articles/surge-in-electricity-demand-boosts-coal-use-iea/
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/harris-offered-blueprint-environmental-justice-can-she-grow-it
[16] https://www.eenews.net/articles/harris-offered-a-blueprint-for-environmental-justice-can-she-grow-it/
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