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DEADLINE: COP30 Climate Change Media Partnership Reporting Fellowship [9]

The Climate Change Media Partnership, led by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network and the Stanley Center for Peace and Security, will provide in-person and virtual fellowships to journalists from low- and middle-income countries to cover COP30 in Brazil, Nov 10-21, 2025. Apply by Jul 15.

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GlobalFact: Global Fact-Checking Summit [12]

Hosted by the International Fact-Checking Network, this 12th annual event takes place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and virtually, featuring keynote presentations, interactive learning sessions and networking events. Topics include climate change, investigaing disinformation campaigns, AI and more.

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"Ahead of UN Climate Talks, Brazil Fast-Tracks Oil And Highway Projects" [14]

"Months before hosting the U.N.'s first climate talks held in the Amazon, Brazil is fast-tracking a series of controversial decisions that undercut President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s lofty environmental rhetoric and show widening divisions within his cabinet."

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Energy & Fuel [15]

Environmental Politics [16]

Forests [17]

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Source: AP [22], 06/13/2025

Read more about "Ahead of UN Climate Talks, Brazil Fast-Tracks Oil And Highway Projects" [14]

#SEJSpotlight: María Gabriela Ensinck, Freelance Journalist [23]

Meet SEJ member María Gabriela Ensinck! Gabi is an award-winning Argentine journalist in print, radio and online media, covering science, health, environment, innovation and business.

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Read more about #SEJSpotlight: María Gabriela Ensinck, Freelance Journalist [23]

Friends Complete Murdered Journalist Dom Phillips's Book on The Amazon [24]

"After British journalist Dom Phillips was shot and killed while researching an ambitious book on how to protect the world’s largest rainforest, friends vowed to finish the project. Three years later, their task is complete."

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Environmental Politics [16]

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GIJN Webinar: Behind the Data — Tools and Techniques From the 2025 Sigma Award Winners [29]

Source: AP [28], 05/29/2025

Read more about Friends Complete Murdered Journalist Dom Phillips's Book on The Amazon [24]

Moderated by journalist and newsroom leader Gina Chua, this Global Investigative Journalism Network session offers a unique, behind-the-scenes look at the workflows powering award-winning journalism featuring groundbreaking investigations (many of them environmental) from around the globe. 9 a.m. ET.

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"Amazon Catholics Hope The New Pope Will Protect The Rain Forest" [35]

"The bishop sat quietly near the front row, hands folded, listening as Indigenous leaders and church workers spoke about the threats to Peru’s northern forests, a part of the Amazon rain forest. It was 2016, a year after Laudato Si, Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment."

Biodiversity [26]

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Forests [17]

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People & Population [36]

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DEADLINE: Columbia Journalism School's Summer Investigative Reporting Course [39]

Source: AP [38], 05/13/2025

Read more about "Amazon Catholics Hope The New Pope Will Protect The Rain Forest" [35]

This course, July 7-25, 2025 in NYC, is for journalists worldwide who report stories as well as editors who manage investigative projects or teams. Six full scholarships are available to aspiring investigative reporters and editors living and working in Latin America. Apply by May 15.

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DEADLINE: EurekAlert! Travel Awards for International Science Reporters [42]

EurekAlert! provides travel funding and support to early-career science, technology and health journalists from low- and middle-income countries to attend the AAAS Annual Meeting. The 2026 Meeting takes place in Phoenix, AZ, February 12-14. Apply by May 12, 2025.

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