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Radon — The Forgotten Environmental Health Story [1]

Thousands of lives are lost each year to lung cancers caused by radon exposure. Yet as the latest TipSheet explains the story often remains untold. Get the context to help turn this life-and-death environmental health concern into local news reporting. Plus, Reporter’s Toolbox highlights databases [2] that can kick-start coverage.

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TipSheet [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
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National (U.S.) [9]
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Public [10]
February 2, 2026

DEADLINE: New America's Fellows Program [11]

New America invests in thinkers with big, bold ideas that have an impact and spark new conversations about the most pressing issues of our day. $15k-$30k stipend provided for Sep-May fellowship. Stay in your current job, coming together for two cohort gatherings during the fellowship year. Apply by Feb 2, 2026.

Workshops and Fellowships [12]
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Public [10]
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Journalism & Media [7]
Planning & Growth [13]

"Bayer AG Discussed Plans To Give Not-For-Profit Funding For Influence" [14]

"Bayer AG discussed plans to give the German drugs giant influence within a prestigious American not-for-profit dedicated to media freedoms that would protect and promote the company’s business interests in exchange for generous funding, records obtained by the Guardian show."

Agriculture [15]
Chemicals [16]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [17]
Journalism & Media [7]
Public [10]
International [18]
Source: Guardian [19], 11/22/2019

Supreme Court Weighs Lawsuit Pitting Climate Scientist Against Skeptics [20]

"The Supreme Court on Friday will consider whether to take up a prominent climatologist's defamation suit against a venerated conservative magazine, in a case that pits climate scientists against the free speech rights of global warming skeptics."

Climate Change [21]
Environmental Politics [17]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Science [22]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: The Hill [23], 11/22/2019

"Oxford Names ‘Climate Emergency’ Its 2019 Word of the Year" [24]

"Oxford Dictionaries has named “climate emergency” as its 2019 Word of the Year, choosing it from an all-environmental shortlist that also included “climate action,” “climate denial,” “eco-anxiety,” “extinction” and “flight shame.”"

Climate Change [21]
Journalism & Media [7]
Public [10]
International [18]
Source: NY Times [25], 11/21/2019

"‘Dark Waters’ Faces Inconvenient Truth of Environmental Activism" [26]

"Actor-producer Mark Ruffalo is ... trying to translate film into political activism with Friday’s theatrical release of his Dark Waters, based on lawyer Rob Bilott’s years-long fight to hold DuPont Co. accountable for chemical contamination that a West Virginia farmer believed was killing his cattle."

Chemicals [16]
Environmental Health [5]
Journalism & Media [7]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [27], 11/21/2019

‘Red List’ Is Among Top Data Resources on Threatened Species [28]

When it comes to rare species, good news can be equally rare. But that makes their stories all the more compelling to tell. And that’s why our latest Reporter’s Toolbox details a leading database, soon to be updated, called Red List. Plus, other species databases for reporters.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [29]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [30]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Studies [31]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Science [22]
Wildlife [32]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
International [18]
Visibility: 
Public [10]
December 15, 2019

DEADLINE: Ecotrust's Rural Reporting Fellowship [33]

This yearlong fellowship is for a journalist living in and reporting on a rural community in Northern California, Oregon, Washington or Alaska. $25,000 stipend plus expenses. Journalists who identify as Black, Indigenous and people of color are strongly encouraged to apply by the Dec 15, 2019 deadline.

Workshops and Fellowships [12]
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Public [10]
Topics on the Beat: 
Diversity [34]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [35]
Region: 
Alaska and Hawaii [36]
California [37]
Northwest (OR WA) [38]
September 16, 2020 to September 30, 2020

SEJ's 30th Anniversary Conference (Part 1), Virtual, Sept 2020 [39]

Registration is now open for part one of SEJ's 30th Anniversary Conference:
#SEJ2020 Virtual Conference, September 16, 17, 23 and 30, will convene the SEJ community to investigate environmental angles on the 2020 elections and other timely events, celebrate the winners of the SEJ Awards for Reporting on the Environment, and preview workshops, tours and panels coming in June. Part two, the in-person conference in Boise, takes place June 2-6 (#SEJ2021). Special thanks to our partners at Boise State University and the city of Boise for graciously adapting to these changes necessary to protect everyone's health. Go to the conference website. [40]

SEJ Annual Conferences [41]
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Agriculture [15]
Biodiversity [30]
Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [17]
Forests [43]
Journalism & Media [7]
Natural Resources [44]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [45]
Planning & Growth [13]
Water & Oceans [46]
Wildlife [32]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [47]
International [18]

SEJ's 30th Anniversary Conference, Sept. 2020 [48]

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#SEJ2020, our first-ever virtual conference, took place September 16, 17, 23 and 30. Registered attendees can watch recordings of #SEJ2020 in the Whova app.

Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [15]
Biodiversity [30]
Climate Change [21]
Energy & Fuel [42]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [17]
Forests [43]
Journalism & Media [7]
Natural Resources [44]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [45]
Planning & Growth [13]
Water & Oceans [46]
Wildlife [32]
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National (U.S.) [9]
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