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In Testimony, RCFP Attorney Highlights Government Threats To Free Speech [1]

"An attorney from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press highlighted several government threats to free speech, including the recent White House ban on The Associated Press, while testifying on Tuesday before a U.S. Senate subcommittee about “The Censorship-Industrial Complex.”

Environmental Politics [2]
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National (U.S.) [7]
Source: RCFP [8], 03/27/2025

"The Doublespeak of Energy Secretary Chris Wright" [9]

"In his confirmation hearing, the Liberty Energy founder pledged broad support for renewable energy. But when speaking to conservatives, he declared, “We don’t have replacements” for coal, oil and gas."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [2]
Journalism & Media [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: ProPublica [12], 03/25/2025

"Voice Of America Journalists Sue Trump Officials For Dismantling The Outlet" [13]

"The lawsuit asks a federal judge to order Trump administration officials to restore VOA."

"Six Voice of America journalists — including its former White House bureau chief — sued members of the Trump administration Friday, accusing officials of unlawfully shuttering a federally funded media outlet that has delivered news coverage to millions across the globe since its founding during World War II.

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Source: Washington Post [14], 03/25/2025

Hazardous Risk Reporting Resource at Risk of Trump Blackout [15]

Hazardous sites around the United States are supposed to have disaster plans, which make for a localizable story environmental journalists can tell to help protect their communities. The problem, reports TipSheet, is that a key federal database of these plans may be shut down by the Trump administration. More on the Risk Management Program, efforts to protect the data and how reporters can use it.

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Chemicals [17]
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Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [2]
Government [3]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [21]
Waste [22]
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March 28, 2025

FIJ Webinar: Inside the Investigation — Georgia Gee [23]

The Fund for Investigative Journalism is holding a free webinar with Georgia Gee sharing how she investigated environmental hazards at a Florida school stretching back six decades. Concrete tips and resources that other journalists can use to do similar investigations will also be shared. Noon ET.

Other Events [24]
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Chemicals [17]
Journalism & Media [4]
People & Population [25]
Planning & Growth [26]
Pollution [21]
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National (U.S.) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]

‘A Myriad of Voices’ Tells of Restoring a Swamp in Crisis [28]

When a pair of journalists reported on a degraded Colombian mangrove swamp, they turned to two local fishermen to help tell the story, tapping into their experience as they worked to repair the ecosystem that fed their community. In the latest Inside Story Q&A, reporter Jacobo Patiño Giraldo explains their successful use of primary source solutions journalism.

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Inside Story [29]
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Activism [30]
Biodiversity [31]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [32]
Fish & Fisheries [33]
Forests [34]
Journalism & Media [4]
Natural Resources [35]
People & Population [25]
Water & Oceans [36]
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International [37]
South America [38]
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Public [6]
April 16, 2025

Behind the Byline: Voices From Environmental Journalism Release [39]

Join Green 2.0 and SEJ for the release of Behind the Byline: Voices From Environmental Journalism, which explores the demographics of newsrooms and the experiences of environmental journalists of color to provide an understanding of the field trends and examine how systemic issues impact individual journalists. 2 p.m. ET.

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Diversity [41]
Journalism & Media [4]
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National (U.S.) [7]

Experts Say US Weather Forecasts Will Worsen As DOGE Cuts Balloon Launches [42]

"With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations, which meteorologists and former agency leaders said will degrade the accuracy of forecasts just as severe weather season kicks in."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [43]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Politics [2]
Environmental Studies [44]
Government [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Science [45]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: AP [46], 03/24/2025

Oil And Gas Money Shapes Research, ‘Echo Chamber’ In Higher Education [47]

"Jackson Voss loves his alma mater, Louisiana State University. He appreciates that his undergraduate education was paid for by a program dreamed up by an oil magnate and that he received additional scholarships from ExxonMobil and Shell. But the socially conscious Louisiana native was also aware of what the support of those companies seemed to buy — silence."

Climate Change [10]
Economy & Business [48]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Environmental Politics [2]
Environmental Studies [44]
Journalism & Media [4]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Source: Floodlight [49], 03/24/2025
March 1, 2026

DEADLINE: JHU/CLF Food Systems and Public Health Fellowship for Journalists [50]

This program, established by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF), supports early-to-mid-career journalists reporting on issues at the intersection of public health and food systems. 

Workshops and Fellowships [51]
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Food [53]
Journalism & Media [4]
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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [54]

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