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November 27, 2023

DEADLINE: ProPublica's Ancil Payne Reporting Fellowship [8]

ProPublica is looking for an Ancil Payne Reporting Fellow to do enterprising, hard-hitting stories from their headquarters in New York. The paid fellowship starts in January 2024 and runs for two years. Remote applicants need not apply. Deadline: Nov 27, 2023

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November 30, 2023

SciLine Media Briefing: Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells in the U.S. [11]

SciLine's next media briefing will cover the latest research-backed information about abandoned oil and gas wells in the U.S., including where they are, why it's so hard to find them, their greenhouse gas and other emissions, and the costs of finding and capping them. 2:00 p.m. ET.

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Water & Oceans [14]

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Partnering With SEJ: Events [15]

All SEJ-sponsored programs are organized "by journalists, for journalists,” so SEJ primarily partners with journalism groups or on events SEJ members are organizing. If that’s you, please get in touch at SEJ@SEJ.org [16].

We encourage other groups planning events of interest to our members to consider using our paid press release or advertising services [17] to spread the word. Or join SEJ at our annual conference [18] as a sponsor or exhibitor.

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"Boiling Point: Trump Is Lying About California And Clean Energy Again" [19]

"This time he’s claiming the state had lots of blackouts this summer. It did not."

Environmental Politics [20]

Science [21]

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California [22]

Source: LA Times [23], 11/08/2023

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"Lawsuit: Southern Co. Lied To DOE Over Kemper CCS Plant" [24]

"A former employee of the utility said she was ordered to prepare documents with false information on the now-canceled Kemper carbon capture project."

Environmental Politics [20]

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Source: E&E News [28], 11/08/2023

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December 31, 2024

DEADLINE: Rainforest Investigations Network Reporting Fellowships [29]

The Pulitzer Center's RIN offers one-year, full-time, paid, remote fellowships to harness investigative reporting and cross-border collaboration in investigating the causes driving industrial-scale deforestation in the world’s three main tropical rainforest regions: Amazon, Congo Basin and Southeast Asia. Deadline: Dec 31, 2024.

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Forests [30]

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Africa [32]

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December 10, 2023

DEADLINE: Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) Ventures [35]

MDIF Ventures will invest USD$1M in young and growing independent digital media companies with positive social impact and potential to scale, and located or serving audiences in countries where access to free and independent news and information is under threat. Deadline: Dec 10, 2023.

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Covering Food Systems — The Next Climate Action Battleground [38]

Freelance food systems reporter Thin Lei Win believes that if the world doesn’t change the way it produces, processes, transports, consumes and discards food, climate change will worsen and hunger levels will spike. But she also worries that powerful interests want to keep the status quo and cites parallels with the tobacco and fossil fuel industries. More in Freelance Files, including places for freelancers to pitch climate-food stories.

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Freelance Files [39]

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Agriculture [40]

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Reporting on Environmental Solutions and Equity — at a Watershed Scale [45]

Reporting on interconnected ecosystems lends itself to better environmental stories, and so tracing how water moves across landscapes, communities, industries and regulatory schemes can help the public connect the dots. That’s how Annie Ropeik, who helps run the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, sees the watershed beat. She shares expert views and offers insights for environment journalists to use in their reporting.

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Features [46]

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Activism [47]

Agriculture [40]