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June 10, 2021

Authentic Authorship: Understanding Indigenous Claims and Connections [1]

The Native American Journalists Association will host this virtual roundtable intended to help non-Indigenous editors and producers understand the nuance and complexity of Indigenous connections to better examine Indigenous claims by sources and authors. 5 p.m. ET.

Other Events [2]
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Public [3]
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Diversity [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
People & Population [6]
June 2, 2021

Complicating the Narrative With Amanda Ripley [7]

What if journalists covered controversial issues differently? Join The Narwhal for a virtual conversation with investigative journalist/author Amanda Ripley on applying conflict mediation techniques in journalism and why it's so important for reporting on the climate and extinction crises. 3 p.m. PT / 6 p.m. ET.

Other Events [2]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [8]
Journalism & Media [5]
May 8, 2023

DEADLINE: The Everyday Projects Grant [9]

In a new effort to help provide support to photojournalists from diverse backgrounds as they develop their craft, The Everyday Projects will award two $6,000 grants to photographers to work on a long-term project in their community. Deadline: May 8, 2023.

Awards and Grants [10]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Diversity [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Region: 
International [11]
Africa [12]

When No News Is Bad News — EPA Uncensors Climate Indicators [13]

A government website that tracked climate change is back after being frozen by the Trump administration. But the return of the EPA’s climate indicator page, argues the new WatchDog opinion column, is just one step in undoing a longer-term and more systematic assault on science that has hobbled truth-seeking journalists. WatchDog on what must come next.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog [14]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [15]
Climate Change [8]
Environmental Politics [16]
Environmental Studies [17]
Government [18]
Journalism & Media [5]
Policy [19]
Science [20]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [21]
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Public [3]

"Fighting Attacks on Inconvenient Science — and Scientists" [22]

"The atrazine wars offer a cautionary tale for scientists whose work triggers blowback by regulated industries, and lessons for protecting scientific integrity."

Agriculture [23]
Chemicals [24]
Environmental Health [25]
Environmental Politics [16]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Science [20]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Inside Climate News [27], 05/25/2021

U.S. Environmental Journalist Arrested When Trying To Leave Myanmar [28]

"Danny Fenster, an American journalist working in Myanmar, was detained today by local authorities and prevented from leaving the country."

Journalism & Media [5]
Public [3]
International [11]
Asia [29]
Source: Mongabay [30], 05/25/2021

Forest Inventory May Provide Trail Guide to Ongoing Policy Crisis [31]

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.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [32]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [8]
Environmental Health [25]
Forests [33]
Government [18]
Journalism & Media [5]
Natural Resources [34]
Science [20]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [21]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

The Year Nature Became Mainstream Medicine [35]

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.

SEJ Publication Types: 
EJ Academy [36]
Topics on the Beat: 
Health [37]
Journalism & Media [5]
People & Population [6]
Science [20]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [21]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
May 27, 2025

DEADLINE: Kozik Environmental Justice Reporting Grants [38]

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 [10]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [8]
Environmental Justice [39]
Journalism & Media [5]
People & Population [6]
Pollution [40]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [21]
June 6, 2021

Knight Science Journalism at MIT Project Fellowships [41]

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 [42]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [5]
Science [20]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [21]

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