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"How Trump’s Return Is Pushing the Media to Self-Censor" [13]

"Trump—as he has made clear again and again—disdains the press. And that hatred has consequences. He has launched legal challenges against outlets whose coverage he deems unfavorable, mocked journalists, and picked an obsequious Federal Communications Commission nominee ready to help him do as he pleases."

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Source: Mother Jones [16], 05/27/2025

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#SEJSpotlight: Alessandra Bergamin, Freelance Journalist [17]

Meet SEJ member Alessandra Bergamin! Alessandra is an Australian freelance journalist based in Los Angeles, whose work focuses on environmental violence and human rights around the world.

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In West Bank, Hope for Future in Link Between Land and People [18]

On a tour of the West Bank this spring, Yessenia Funes found a region where the relationship between land and people serves as a counterweight to occupation and the threat of violence. For her Voices of Environmental Justice column, Funes exhorts fellow environment journalists to report on that struggle, through stories that touch on wildlife, wildfire, food, climate and more.

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Voices of Environmental Justice [19]

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Mapping Out Local PFAS Risk, As Federal Rules Waver [30]

As the Trump administration rolls back Biden-era rules limiting the presence of “forever chemicals” in drinking water, an updated data mapping tool helps pinpoint local angles on the PFAS story. The latest TipSheet outlines the basics on this class of widely used chemicals, their risks to humans and the challenges of regulating them, plus provides a half-dozen story ideas and questions to ask.

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TipSheet [31]

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May 28, 2025

FPF Webinar: Burn After Reporting — Leak Investigations and the Press [37]

Join Freedom of the Press Foundation for this webinar about government investigations into leaks and the impacts on journalists and their sources. 2 p.m. ET.

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Greens Urge Court To Force Feds To Restore Online Environmental Data [38]

"Advocacy groups are asking a federal court to restore public access to climate and environmental justice webpages removed by EPA and other agencies earlier this year."

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Source: E&E News [40], 05/21/2025

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May 23, 2025

'Silencing Voice of America', in Conversation With Liam Scott and Freedom of the Press Foundation [41]

This conversation about the Trump administration’s attacks on Voice of America and other publicly funded media outlets will examine how these moves threaten the independence of public-interest journalism, what’s at stake for reporters and audiences, and what comes next for press freedom in the U.S. and around the world. 12:30 p.m. ET.

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"Helene’s Unheard Warnings" [42]

"As Hurricane Helene barrels toward Yancey County in North Carolina, the predictions are grim. Communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains are particularly vulnerable. But there are no evacuation orders, even for the people living in homes along these rivers and creeks. Few grasp what’s coming."

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