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Two Communities, Two Hazards and the Two Award-Winners Reporting Them [1]

Two outstanding features — one on air pollution from a local coke plant in Pennsylvania, another on deaths from a shellfish toxin in Alaska, and both focused on public health, neglected communities and environmental justice — are the subject of the new Inside Story Q&A. Society of Environmental Journalists’ award-winners Nancy Averett and Zoya Teirstein share their reporting insights and advice.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Inside Story [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [3]
Climate Change [4]
Diversity [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Studies [9]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Food [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
People & Population [14]
Pollution [15]
Science [16]
Water & Oceans [17]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [18]
Alaska and Hawaii [19]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [20]
Visibility: 
Public [21]
September 22, 2021

NYC Climate Week: Protecting 80% of the Amazonia by 2025 [22]

As the Amazon rainforest is in danger of flipping toward a savanna due to extractive activities, this webinar brings together Indigenous leaders with researchers from the Amazon Geo-Referenced Socio-Environmental Information Network to present evidence-based solutions and a global call to action. 2-3:30 p.m ET.

Other Events [23]
Visibility: 
Public [21]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [24]
Biodiversity [25]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [26]
Diversity [5]
Economy & Business [27]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Forests [28]
Natural Resources [29]
People & Population [14]
Water & Oceans [17]

Canadian Miner Looms Large As Nauru Expedites Key Deep-Sea Mining Rules [30]

"Nauru, which sponsors a company to mine the seabed for minerals in ungoverned waters, has triggered a rule with the International Seabed Authority that requires it to allow seabed mining in two years, regardless of whether regulations have been written."

Diversity [5]
Fish & Fisheries [10]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [29]
Water & Oceans [17]
Public [21]
International [32]
Source: Mongabay [33], 07/28/2021

"First African American Named To Lead US Forest Service" [34]

"Veteran forester Randy Moore has been named chief of the U.S. Forest Service, the first African American to lead the agency in its 116-year history."

Diversity [5]
Environmental Politics [35]
Forests [28]
Government [36]
Public [21]
National (U.S.) [18]
Source: AP [37], 06/30/2021

#SEJSpotlight: Debra Krol, Indigenous Affairs Reporter, Arizona Republic [38]

#SEJSpotlight graphic for Debra Krol

 

Topics on the Beat: 
Diversity [5]
Journalism & Media [13]
Visibility: 
Public [21]

Reconciling the Divide — How To Report Environment and Religion Together [39]

New thinking and narratives are needed to solve complex environmental challenges like the climate crisis. But for journalists, the ongoing split between religion and environment beats hampers that effort. It’s a reality environmental journalist Meera Subramanian knows from conversations at her own kitchen table. So she helped organize a recent Society of Environmental Journalists’ webinar to explore closing the gap.

SEJ Publication Types: 
SEJ News [40]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [4]
Diversity [5]
Journalism & Media [13]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [41]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [18]
International [32]
Visibility: 
Public [21]
June 10, 2021

Authentic Authorship: Understanding Indigenous Claims and Connections [42]

The Native American Journalists Association will host this virtual roundtable intended to help non-Indigenous editors and producers understand the nuance and complexity of Indigenous connections to better examine Indigenous claims by sources and authors. 5 p.m. ET.

Other Events [23]
Visibility: 
Public [21]
Topics on the Beat: 
Diversity [5]
Journalism & Media [13]
People & Population [14]
May 8, 2023

DEADLINE: The Everyday Projects Grant [43]

In a new effort to help provide support to photojournalists from diverse backgrounds as they develop their craft, The Everyday Projects will award two $6,000 grants to photographers to work on a long-term project in their community. Deadline: May 8, 2023.

Awards and Grants [44]
Visibility: 
Public [21]
Topics on the Beat: 
Diversity [5]
Journalism & Media [13]
Region: 
International [32]
Africa [45]
June 3, 2021

Barriers in Science Communications for Black and People of Colour [46]

Science Writers and Communicators of Canada hosts this online panel discussion at Noon ET, moderated by genomics researcher and science communicator Farah Qaiser (pictured), to illuminate the challenges and barriers — and hopes for dismantling them — faced by Black and People of Colour science communicators in Canada.

Other Events [23]
Visibility: 
Public [21]
Topics on the Beat: 
Diversity [5]
Journalism & Media [13]
Science [16]
Region: 
Canada [47]
May 26, 2021

Envisioning Our Future: Climate and Racial Justice [48]

Environmental justice is racial justice. What are some of the most promising opportunities in helping communities most at risk of suffering the negative effects of climate change? Join Grist for a live conversation with Alicia Garza (pictured), principal, Black Futures Lab and co-creator, #BlackLivesMatter. 12pm ET.

Other Events [23]
Visibility: 
Public [21]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [24]
Climate Change [4]
Diversity [5]
Environmental Justice [8]
Health [12]
People & Population [14]

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[1] https://www.sej.org/publications/inside-story/two-communities-two-hazards-and-two-award-winners-reporting-them [2] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/inside-story [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity [6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-justice [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmentalists [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries [11] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food [12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health [13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [14] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [15] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution [16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science [17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [18] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [19] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/alaska-and-hawaii [20] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic [21] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [22] https://www.sej.org/calendar/nyc-climate-week-protecting-80-amazonia-2025 [23] https://www.sej.org/category/event-type/other-events [24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism [25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business [28] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests [29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [30] https://www.sej.org/headlines/canadian-miner-looms-large-nauru-expedites-key-deep-sea-mining-rules [31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws [32] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [33] https://news.mongabay.com/2021/07/canadian-miner-looms-large-as-nauru-expedites-key-deep-sea-mining-rules/ [34] https://www.sej.org/headlines/first-african-american-named-lead-us-forest-service [35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [37] https://apnews.com/article/forests-environment-and-nature-government-and-politics-cc4a96a6937eaeb3a4aeff167172dd9a [38] https://www.sej.org/sejspotlight-debra-krol-indigenous-affairs-reporter-arizona-republic [39] https://www.sej.org/publications/sej-news/reconciling-divide-how-report-environment-and-religion-together [40] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/sej-news [41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/religion-faith-and-spirituality [42] https://www.sej.org/calendar/authentic-authorship-understanding-indigenous-claims-and-connections [43] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-everyday-projects-grant [44] https://www.sej.org/category/event-type/awards [45] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/africa [46] https://www.sej.org/calendar/barriers-science-communications-black-and-people-colour [47] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/canada [48] https://www.sej.org/calendar/envisioning-our-future-climate-and-racial-justice [49] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity?page=15 [50] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity?page=12 [51] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity?page=13 [52] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity?page=14 [53] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity?page=17 [54] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity?page=18 [55] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity?page=19 [56] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity?page=20 [57] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity?page=25