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September 28, 2021

Planet on the Brink: Documenting the Climate Crisis and Global Environmental Change [1]

This virtual course (eight Tuesdays beginning Sep 28), offered via the Social Documentary Network, is for photographers who are passionate about documenting our changing planet during these unprecedented times and want to use photography as a tool to drive social change. Instructor is Michael O. Snyder, recipient of Decade of Change Award, British Journal of Photography.

Other Events [2]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [4]
Journalism & Media [5]

"Romanian Forest Attack Highlights Illegal Logging ‘Scourge’" [6]

"Two journalists and an environmental activist have been beaten up by suspected illegal loggers in a forest in northeastern Romania while making a documentary about illicit deforestation, authorities said Friday."

Forests [7]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [3]
Europe [9]
Source: AP [10], 09/20/2021

Facebook's New Climate Change Misinformation Effort Falls Short: Group [11]

"Facebook’s new effort to combat climate change misinformation falls short of addressing the root of the false claims spreading on the social media platform, an advocacy group said."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [5]
Science [13]
Public [3]
International [14]
Source: The Hill [15], 09/20/2021

Reviewing SEJ’s Bylaws and Membership Categories With an Eye Toward the Future [16]

SEJ board president Sadie Babits has been thinking about you, SEJ’s members, who are at the core of this organization. It’s because of you that we are here, and it’s also why we are looking at our membership categories to make sure they best represent the work environmental journalists do today and the evolution of our industry. We’re eager to hear from SEJ members of all categories; here's how.

SEJ Publication Types: 
SEJ Presidents Report [17]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [5]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

#SEJSpotlight: Kimberly Cauvel, Reporter, Skagit Valley Herald [18]

#SEJSpotlight graphic for Kimberly Cauvel

 

Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [5]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

"House Panel Expands Inquiry Into Climate Disinformation by Oil Giants" [19]

"The House Oversight Committee has widened its inquiry into the oil and gas industry’s role in spreading disinformation about the role of fossil fuels in causing global warming, calling on top executives from Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP and Royal Dutch Shell, as well as the lobby groups American Petroleum Institute and the United States Chamber of Commerce, to testify before Congress next month."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [5]
Science [13]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: NYTimes [21], 09/17/2021
June 24, 2024

DEADLINE: Grist's Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors [22]

Grist invites writers from all over the globe to imagine a future in which solutions to the climate crisis flourish and help bring about radical improvements to our world. Submit your work to the fourth annual competition by June 24, 2024. Cash prizes and potential OSU/Spring Creek Project writing fellowship/residency.

Other Events [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [5]

"Vermont Sues 4 Oil Companies, Alleges False Info on Climate" [23]

"Vermont on Tuesday became the latest state to sue some of the country’s top fossil fuel companies by alleging they misled the public about the impact their products have on climate change."

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [12]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Science [13]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [20]
Source: AP [24], 09/15/2021

Interactivity Advances Environmental Storytelling, Part III — Exemplary Examples [25]

View our shortlist of outstanding interactive environmental journalism projects, in this three-part EJ Insight. Plus, in Part I, a walking tour of the world of interactive storytelling [26], and Part II, a Q&A with Hannah Fairfield [27], climate editor for The New York Times, and one of the leading practitioners of new interactive storytelling techniques.

SEJ Publication Types: 
EJ InSight [28]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [20]
International [14]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

Interactivity Advances Environmental Storytelling, Part II — Hannah Fairfield Q&A [27]

Hannah Fairfield, climate editor for The New York Times, is one of the leading practitioners of new techniques of interactive storytelling on the environment. SEJournal interviews her for a three-part EJ Insight. Also see Part I, a walking tour of the world of interactive storytelling [26] and Part III, a shortlist of outstanding projects [25].

SEJ Publication Types: 
EJ InSight [28]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [20]
International [14]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

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