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Forest Inventory May Provide Trail Guide to Ongoing Policy Crisis [1]

U.S. forests face damage from drought, climate-driven disease and wildfire. To help track the state of our trees, Reporter’s Toolbox explores a massive set of Forest Service databases that details everything from deforestation and dead fuel status to deforestation and species mix. There’s even info on urban forests and grasslands. A closer look at the Forest Inventory and Analysis program.

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Reporters Toolbox [2]
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Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Forests [5]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Natural Resources [8]
Science [9]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [11]

The Year Nature Became Mainstream Medicine [12]

An unusual student journalist, moonlighting in between his Ph.D. training as a clinical psychologist, turned an interest in the ways nature can heal into an award-winning story for a prominent magazine, and in the process helped prompt skyrocketing interest among mainstream physicians in “prescribing nature.” Aaron Reuben shares his experience in the new EJ Academy.

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EJ Academy [13]
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Health [14]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [15]
Science [9]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [11]
May 27, 2025

DEADLINE: Kozik Environmental Justice Reporting Grants [16]

The National Press Foundation and the National Press Club Journalism Institute will award grants of up to $15,000 to US journalists for stories in any medium that center on environmental justice and environmental racism in the United States. Deadline: May 27, 2025.

Awards and Grants [17]
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Public [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Justice [18]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [15]
Pollution [19]
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National (U.S.) [10]
June 6, 2021

Knight Science Journalism at MIT Project Fellowships [20]

This remote KSJ program offers a range of support to working U.S. journalists for independently conceived projects. Fellowships will be awarded for varying durations over the course of the academic year, beginning in Sep 2021 and ending in May 2022. Deadline is Jun 6.

Workshops and Fellowships [21]
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Public [11]
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Journalism & Media [7]
Science [9]
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National (U.S.) [10]

"Biden Says He Won’t Allow His DOJ To Seize Reporters’ Records" [22]

"President Joe Biden on Friday responded to reports that the former administration secretly obtained records belonging to a reporter covering the Pentagon during Donald Trump’s presidency. “Absolutely, positively it’s wrong,” Biden told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins ..."

Environmental Politics [23]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: HuffPost [25], 05/24/2021
June 3, 2021

Barriers in Science Communications for Black and People of Colour [26]

Science Writers and Communicators of Canada hosts this online panel discussion at Noon ET, moderated by genomics researcher and science communicator Farah Qaiser (pictured), to illuminate the challenges and barriers — and hopes for dismantling them — faced by Black and People of Colour science communicators in Canada.

Other Events [27]
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Public [11]
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Diversity [28]
Journalism & Media [7]
Science [9]
Region: 
Canada [29]

"Electricity: Documents Reveal Natural Gas Chaos In Texas Blackouts" [30]

"Texas' electricity leaders were deeply focused on natural gas shortages days before blackouts crippled the state in February and plunged the state's power industry into chaos, according to documents obtained by E&E News."

Economy & Business [31]
Energy & Fuel [32]
Environmental Politics [23]
Government [6]
Infrastructure [33]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [11]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [34]
Source: E&E News [35], 05/21/2021
April 24, 2025

DEADLINE: Watchdog Writers Group Book Fellowship [36]

The Watchdog Writers Group offers a $50,000 annual stipend, for up to two years, for journalists writing a book in the public interest. The non-residential fellowship program also pairs each fellow with a student at the Missouri School of Journalism, who will help conduct reporting for the book. Deadline: Apr 24, 2025.

Workshops and Fellowships [21]
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Public [11]
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Journalism & Media [7]
May 11, 2022

DEADLINE: Gumshoe Group's Public Records Payment Scheme for Freelancers [37]

If you're a freelancer with an idea for a public records-based investigative project, the Gumshoe Group is offering grants of up to $1,500 to fund the research and work of filing open-records requests for your reporting project. May also include legal support. Apply by May 11, 2022.

Awards and Grants [17]
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Public [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [7]

"Top Interior Lawyer Nominee Quizzed Over Public Records Law" [38]

"Acting Solicitor of the Department of the Interior Robert Anderson was pressed by members of both parties Tuesday over how he would handle public records requests if confirmed to the position on a permanent basis."

Environmental Politics [23]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Public [11]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: The Hill [39], 05/19/2021

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