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August 20, 2025

DEADLINE: Global Health Film Grant [1]

This grant of up to £20k, a collaboration between One World Media, Pulitzer Centre and the Financial Times, is for an experienced filmmaker who wants to explore, through a short documentary, underreported stories about health in the global south. Deadline: Aug 20, 2025.

Awards and Grants [2]
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Public [3]
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Environmental Health [4]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Region: 
International [7]
Mexico [8]
Africa [9]
Australia & Oceania [10]
Central America & the Caribbean [11]
South America [12]
August 7, 2025

USC Annenberg/CHJ Webinar: Extreme Heat — A Rising Public Health Threat [13]

This USC Annenberg/Center for Health Journalism webinar will examine growing health threats from heat and discuss what kinds of regulations and policies can help. Journalists will get new ideas for reporting angles and stories, and a firmer understanding of the policy and regulatory approaches that can offset heat’s worst effects. 1 p.m. ET.

Other Events [14]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [15]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [16]
People & Population [17]
Policy [18]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [20]
July 30, 2025

USC Annenberg/CHJ Webinar: Disappearing Data and How Reporters Can Respond [21]

This USC Annenberg/Center for Health Journalism webinar will review the new holes in the federal data landscape and discuss potential strategies for reporters looking to ground stories on a firm foundation of data and facts. 1-2 p.m. ET.

Other Events [14]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Government [22]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Policy [18]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [19]

NPS Staff Cautious In Reporting Materials At Odds With Trump Administration [23]

"Should the National Park Service discuss climate-change impacts or the fact that George Washington enslaved more than 100 fellow humans? "

Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [25]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [26]
People & Population [17]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [19]
Source: National Parks Traveler [27], 07/23/2025
September 12, 2025 to September 14, 2025

Freeland Film Festival [28]

The 2025 Freeland Film Festival in Green Lake, Wisconsin, features storytellers, musicians, educators and media broadcasters. See short, medium or feature length films on various environmental themes for audiences of all ages.  

Other Events [14]
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Public [3]
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Activism [29]
Journalism & Media [6]
Region: 
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]

SEJ Awards: 2025 Categories and Entry Forms [31]

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Journalism & Media [6]
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August 10, 2025

DEADLINE: ICFJ International Scholarships for UMD's Howard Center Data Journalism Training Program [33]

The International Center for Journalists invites applications by Aug 10, 2025 from non-US mid-career journalists for this program comprising four online courses in a final project. Suitable for data journalists looking to advance, as well as for journalists seeking to sharpen their investigative skills.

Workshops and Fellowships [34]
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Public [3]
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Journalism & Media [6]
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National (U.S.) [19]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [35]
International [7]
August 31, 2025

DEADLINE: Civic Science Media Funding Opportunity [36]

The Center for Cooperative Media offers 10 awards up to $15,000 each for short-term civic science media projects in the U.S. that can bridge the gap between scientists, media and communities. Includes hands-on coaching. Deadline: Aug 31, 2025.

Awards and Grants [2]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [17]
Science [37]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [19]
August 29, 2025

DEADLINE: GHHIN/EJN Extreme Heat Photo Contest [38]

The Global Heat Health Information Network, in partnership with Internews’ Earth Journalism Network, is launching a global photography competition to showcase the real impacts of extreme heat, and the ways communities around the world are responding to it. Deadline: Aug 29, 2025.

Awards and Grants [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [39]
Disasters [15]
Environmental Health [4]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [19]
International [7]

RFK Jr. Attacks Some Unwelcome Truth-Telling [40]

When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to forbid government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals, WatchDog was among those who paid heed to this worrisome move to censor science, and the harm it portends for environmental science, environmental journalism and, ultimately, public health. But as WatchDog warns, it could be just the tip of the iceberg.

SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog [41]
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Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [25]
Environmental Studies [42]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Policy [18]
Science [37]
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National (U.S.) [19]
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Public [3]

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