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July 31, 2024

Institute for Independent Journalists: The Freelance Business Workshop [1]

This Institute for Independent Journalists' workshop in Chicago, held the day before the NABJ annual convention, is designed to help freelancers develop sustainable independent journalism practices. Meet assigning editors from the New York Times, Chicago Sun-Times and other publications. Discount for SEJ members.

Workshops and Fellowships [2]
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Public [3]
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Journalism & Media [4]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [5]

"The Enduring Influence Of “The Day After Tomorrow,” 20 Years Later" [6]

"It has been 20 years since we first saw the paleo-climatologist Jack Hall, played by Dennis Quaid, standing at a railing overlooking a command center at NOAA and asking his colleagues the question that baffled them: “What about the North Atlantic Current?”"

Climate Change [7]
Journalism & Media [4]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Yale Climate Connections [9], 05/31/2024
June 13, 2024

Mongabay Webinar: How To Cover Planetary Health [10]

This installment of Mongabay’s free webinar series for journalists will explore important context, story ideas and key lines of inquiry for reporters covering environmental change in the Anthropocene, the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on nature. 9 pm UTC / 5 pm EDT.

Other Events [11]
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Public [3]
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Environmental Health [12]
Environmental Studies [13]
Health [14]
Journalism & Media [4]
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International [15]

"How Oil Companies Manipulate Journalists" [16]

"Subpoenaed emails reveal the ways fossil-fuel corporations try to influence the media—and why they often succeed."

Climate Change [7]
Energy & Fuel [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Journalism & Media [4]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Drilled [19], 05/30/2024

"EPA Union Deal to Shield Science From Politics as Election Looms" [20]

"The EPA’s biggest union said on Wednesday it had ratified a new contract with the agency, winning scientific integrity protections for the first time."

Environmental Politics [18]
Environmental Studies [13]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Science [22]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [23], 05/30/2024

"EPA Accused Of ‘Egregious’ Misconduct In PFAS Testing Of Pesticides" [24]

"Documents obtained from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicate the agency may have presented false information to the public about testing for harmful contaminants in pesticides, according to allegations being made by a watchdog group and a former EPA research fellow."

Agriculture [25]
Chemicals [26]
Environmental Health [12]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Pollution [27]
Science [22]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Guardian [28], 05/29/2024

‘Exvangelicals’ Memoir Explores Faith-Science Gap [29]

With her new memoir, “The Exvangelicals,” NPR correspondent Sarah McCammon, a one-time, award-winning environmental reporter, may not have written a book directly about environmental issues. Instead, writes BookShelf editor Tom Henry, her highly personal story about religion, science and betrayal offers an important, if indirect, message to those on the environment beat seeking to understand the faith community. Read his review.

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [30]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [4]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [31]
Science [22]
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National (U.S.) [8]
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Public [3]

New PFAS Drinking Water Rule Promises Local Stories [32]

New federal regulations governing a group of “forever chemicals” under the Safe Drinking Water Act — a rule years in the making — have important implications for local drinking water supplies and, per the latest TipSheet, local environment reporting. A look at the problem with PFAS, the complicated route to its regulation and more than a dozen story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [26]
Consumer [34]
Government [35]
Health [14]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Policy [36]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [37]
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National (U.S.) [8]
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Public [3]

"Top Brands Buy Amazon Carbon Credits From Suspected Timber Laundering Scam" [38]

"An analysis of two carbon credit projects in the Brazilian Amazon has found that they may be connected to illegal timber laundering."

Climate Change [7]
Environmental Politics [18]
Forests [39]
Journalism & Media [4]
Pollution [27]
Public [3]
International [15]
South America [40]
Source: Mongabay [41], 05/23/2024

"Democrats Refer Big Oil Investigation To Justice Department" [42]

"Two congressional Democrats are asking the Justice Department to pick up where they’ve left off in a yearslong investigation into an alleged climate misinformation campaign perpetuated over decades by Big Oil."

Climate Change [7]
Environmental Politics [18]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [21]
Science [22]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: E&E News [43], 05/23/2024

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