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NAHJ Workshop in Chicago: Breaking Boundaries for Media Equality [21]

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Read more about Disabilities and Disasters — What Questions Should You Be Asking Planners? [1]

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) invites midwest-area journalists to attend a free half-day, in-person training at DePaul University. Keynote is 'Fact-checking isn't just for fact-checkers,' with presenter Monique Curet, assistant editor at PolitiFact.

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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [23]

To Cover Climate Equity Well, Journalists Must Maintain Mental Health [24]

When climate journalists — especially those confronting various forms of oppression in their own communities — witness environmental destruction and human suffering, the trauma can creep into our psyches. But sometimes our professional stance keeps us from seeing the harm to our mental health. In her new Voices of Environmental Justice column, Yessenia Funes looks at the question head-on, exploring resources and paths to better self-care.

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Voices of Environmental Justice [25]

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DEADLINE: East-West Center's Melvin M.S. Goo Writing Fellowship [29]

Alaska and Hawaii [26]

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Read more about To Cover Climate Equity Well, Journalists Must Maintain Mental Health [24]

The East-West Center will award up to three US$10,000 grants to individual journalists, authors or writers from the United States or China for a project that will promote better understanding between the people of the two countries; focus on underreported feature topics; and reach a broad audience. Deadline: Nov 1, 2024.

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White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council Public Meeting [30]

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The White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council will convene a free virtual public meeting, ~12:00 - 6:30 p.m. ET each day. Topics for public comment include carbon management and environmental justice issues affecting Indigenous Peoples and Tribal Nations.

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IIJ Freelance Webinar Series [33]

From Sep 2025 to Feb 2026, the Institute for Independent Journalists is offering free monthly webinars to help you strengthen your freelance journalism practice. 12-1:15 p.m. ET.

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US EPA Webinar: Food Sovereignty (Part 2) – Food Forests & Sustainable Healthy Foods [34]

International [27]

This EPA webinar will focus on how forests are an important source of healthy foods for tribal and Indigenous communities. Learn how tribes, tribal communities, indigenous communities, and any interested community can work with forest managers to access and support food forests.

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Agriculture [35]

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DEADLINE: USC Annenberg Impact Fund for Reporting on Health Equity and Health Systems [38]

This program supports investigative or explanatory projects on systemic racism in public health, health care policy and the practice of medicine, including inequity in treatment, access to care, patient experience and health outcomes for Black people, Indigenous people and other people of color. Apply by Apr 9, 2025.

Awards and Grants [39]

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DEADLINE: AXS Film Fund [40]

AXS Film Fund is for creators of color in documentary or nonfiction new media who identify as living with a disability. Up to five creators annually can receive $10,000 each to assist them in finishing their projects in any stage of production. Deadline is Jul 31, 2025.

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The Community We’ve Long Ignored [41]

Veteran environmental justice reporter Yessenia Funes this week launches “Voices of Environmental Justice,” her new SEJournal column. Each quarterly commentary will focus on spotlighting the perspectives of affected communities that environmental and climate journalists often ignore. For her inaugural entry, with Pride month nearing its end, a look at how climate change and environmental pollution exacerbate the already elevated health risks of LGBTQIA+ people.

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Voices of Environmental Justice [25]

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Activism [3]

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