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"Pruitt Defends Soundproof Phone Booth, Contact With Green Groups" [1]

"U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt this week justified his purchase of a $25,000 soundproof phone booth by explaining the difficultly of making "secure" phone calls at the agency's Washington headquarters."

Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Greenwire [7], 11/20/2017
January 10, 2020

DEADLINE: CAJ/APTN Indigenous Investigative Journalism Fellowship [8]

During a 12-week, paid placement with the APTN Investigates team based in Winnipeg, Man., in winter-spring 2020, fellowship recipients will produce a 22-minute original investigative documentary on an issue facing First Nation, Métis or Inuit peoples in Canada. The documentary will air on APTN Investigates. Apply by Jan 10, 2020.

Workshops and Fellowships [9]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [10]
Journalism & Media [3]

"Documents Show Undisclosed EPA Health Concerns On Fracking Chemicals" [11]

"A new set of documents, obtained from the Environmental Protection Agency by the Partnership for Policy Integrity and shared with Marketplace, shows that the agency has previously undisclosed health concerns that some fracking chemicals might cause things like liver poisoning and tumors."

Chemicals [12]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Health [14]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [15]
Science [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: Marketplace [18], 11/16/2017
March 14, 2025

DEADLINE: IWMF Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award [19]

This award honors the late Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus. It celebrates women and non-binary photojournalists whose work inspires us to take action and better understand the world. $20,000 cash prize and work showcased. Open to full-time women photojournalists worldwide. Deadline: Mar 14, 2025.

Awards and Grants [20]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
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Journalism & Media [3]

Reporting on Turkey, Trauma-Free [21]

Turkeys are a favorite American food, but also a multi-billion-dollar industry with myriad environment and food safety issues, not to mention confusing consumer labelling. With Thanksgiving approaching, this week's TipSheet helps reporters carve out a bird beat, serving up story ideas, resources and more.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [22]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [23]
Consumer [24]
Food [25]
Health [26]
Journalism & Media [3]
Pollution [15]
Waste [27]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

Teaching Journalism Skills … To All Comers [28]

If you can both do and teach journalism, your skills are in demand, writes educator Dave Poulson in the new EJ Academy column. Here's how to maximize your chances of finding such opportunities. Plus, Poulson's take on the value of fostering reporting skills and journalistic values, even among non-journalists.

SEJ Publication Types: 
EJ Academy [29]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [23]
Food [25]
Journalism & Media [3]
Science [16]
Region: 
International [30]
Africa [31]
South America [32]
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Public [5]

"Endowments Boom as Colleges Bury Earnings Overseas" [33]

"In 2006, the endowments of Indiana University and Texas Christian University invested millions of dollars in a partnership, hoping to mint riches from oil, gas and coal."

Economy & Business [34]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: NY Times [35], 11/13/2017

State Clean Water Fund Means Local Projects, Local News [36]

An EPA program that helps pay for municipal water infrastructure is facing Congressional appropriations scrutiny. But with the program looking like it may escape big cuts, it remains a reservoir of reportable local projects. Find out more in the latest TipSheet, plus get state-by-state resources.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [22]
Topics on the Beat: 
Consumer [24]
Government [37]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [38]
California [39]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [40]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [41]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [42]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [43]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [44]
Northwest (OR WA) [45]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [46]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
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Public [5]

"EPA Won’t Say Which Areas Don’t Meet Obama Smog Rule" [48]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) won’t yet say which areas of the country do not meet the Obama administration’s 2015 regulation on ozone."

Air [49]
Environmental Health [14]
Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Pollution [15]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [50], 11/07/2017

"GAO To Review Whether EPA Violated Anti-Propaganda Law" [51]

"Congress’s watchdog agency is examining whether the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) violated legal provisions prohibiting lobbying and propaganda using agency resources."

Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [6]
Source: The Hill [52], 11/07/2017

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