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#SEJSpotlight: Carolyn Boiarsky, Professor Emeritas English, Purdue University Northwest [1]

Meet SEJ member Carolyn Boiarsky! Beginning her career as an investigative reporter, she eventually assumed an academic life, becoming a professor of English at Purdue University Northwest and authoring five books on teaching writing.

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Help SEJ Support Journalists Like Karen Pinchin [4]

Karen Pinchin is an investigative science journalist based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She writes about food systems, climate change, ocean science and the culture, history and social justice threads that connect those fields. You can help SEJ support journalists like Karen by giving to SEJ programs, Fund for Environmental Journalism, annual conference travel fellowships, members-in-need fund or creating a legacy with a free will.

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December 5, 2024

Down to Earth — The Challenge of Reporting the Environment [5]

This Fetisov Journalism Awards' Winning Stories webinar will provide insights into how winners coped with pressures, the ethical choices they had to make and what can be done to make reporting the environment safer and more secure. 13:00 UTC / 8:00 a.m. EST.

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House Passes Bill To Let Treasury Target Nonprofits It Deems "Terrorist" [8]

"The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism, alarming civil liberties groups about how a second Trump presidency could invoke it to punish political opponents."

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Source: AP [15], 11/26/2024

FCC's Carr Says ’60 Minutes’ Complaint “Likely To Arise” in Merger Review [16]

"Brendan Carr, Donald Trump‘s pick to serve as chairman of the FCC, said that the agency would examine a complaint over the way that 60 Minutes edited an interview with Kamala Harris as it reviews the merger of Skydance with Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS."

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Source: Deadline [17], 11/26/2024

It’s Not Just Oil Giants. Their Favourite PR Firms Are in Baku, Too. [18]

"Fossil-friendly communications companies are represented on some national delegations to the climate talks, DeSmog analysis finds."

Climate Change [19]
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Source: DeSmog [21], 11/22/2024

"Trump Has A Plan To Cripple Government Transparency" [22]

"Federal agencies set a record for censoring and withholding documents sought through freedom-of-information requests in Trump's first term. Now it's likely to be much worse."

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Source: HuffPost [23], 11/22/2024

Trump Demands GOP ‘Kill’ Bill That Would Protect Journalists' Sources [24]

"In between his posts on Truth Social announcing nominees for his incoming administration, President-elect Donald Trump urged Republicans Wednesday to nix a bipartisan bill that would give journalists greater protections under federal law."

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Source: CNN [25], 11/22/2024
April 11, 2025

DEADLINE: Investintech-CAJ Data Journalism Scholarship [26]

The scholarship will go to one Canadian student who shows an interest and understanding of data journalism tools and techniques before they even enter the newsroom professionally, to get Canadian and journalism students to really think about the data used in stories. Deadline: Apr 11, 2025.

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May 30, 2025 to May 31, 2025

Canadian Association of Journalists Annual Conference [30]

In 2025, the CAJ conference will be held May 30-31 in Calgary, Alberta. 

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