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June 5, 2024 to June 6, 2024

White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council Public Meeting [1]

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. 

Other Events [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [4]
Diversity [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Government [9]
People & Population [10]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [11]
January 23, 2026 to February 6, 2026

IIJ Freelance Webinar Series [12]

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.

Other Events [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Diversity [5]
Journalism & Media [13]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [11]
International [14]
August 31, 2023

US EPA Webinar: Food Sovereignty (Part 2) – Food Forests & Sustainable Healthy Foods [15]

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.

Other Events [2]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [16]
Diversity [5]
Food [17]
Forests [18]
Government [9]
Health [19]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [11]
May 12, 2026

DEADLINE: USC Annenberg Impact Fund for Reporting on Health Equity and Health Systems [20]

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. Applications are due May 12, 2026

Awards and Grants [21]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Diversity [5]
Health [19]
Journalism & Media [13]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [11]
July 31, 2025

DEADLINE: AXS Film Fund [22]

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.

Awards and Grants [21]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Diversity [5]
Journalism & Media [13]

The Community We’ve Long Ignored [23]

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.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Voices of Environmental Justice [24]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [25]
Agriculture [16]
Climate Change [4]
Diversity [5]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Health [19]
Journalism & Media [13]
People & Population [10]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [11]
California [26]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
August 12, 2024

DEADLINE: CBC Indigenous Pathways to Journalism [27]

CBC's paid, full-time, 9-month learning and development opportunity supports seven First Nations, Inuit or Métis candidates to hone their skills as storytellers in CBC newsrooms across Canada. Apply by Aug 5 or 12, 2024 (by location).

Workshops and Fellowships [28]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Diversity [5]
Journalism & Media [13]
Region: 
International [14]
Canada [29]
July 28, 2023

DEADLINE: IJNR Klamath River Institute [30]

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources invites applications until July 28 for an expenses-paid Institute for journalists, Sep 17-23, 2023 (tentative), to explore the Klamath River Basin from southern Oregon to northern California, and investigate the impact of the removal of four dams beginning later this year.

Workshops and Fellowships [28]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [16]
Diversity [5]
Energy & Fuel [6]
Fish & Fisheries [31]
Food [17]
People & Population [10]
Water & Oceans [32]
Wildlife [33]
Region: 
California [26]
Northwest (OR WA) [34]
June 30, 2023

DEADLINE: Eyewitness Photojournalism Grant [35]

Diversify Photo and the Pulitzer Center invite applications from photojournalists worldwide for stories on systemic and underreported issues in our communities, including but not limited to racial justice, climate change, environmental justice, gender equality and human rights. Three $3,000 awards. Deadline: Jun 30, 2023.

Awards and Grants [21]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [4]
Diversity [5]
Environmental Justice [7]
Journalism & Media [13]
People & Population [10]
Region: 
International [14]

Grant Prompts Improved Coverage of Indigenous Perspectives at Bears Ears [36]

Inspired by a discussion at a Society of Environmental Journalists conference, freelancer Rico Moore (pictured, left) applied for a Fund for Environmental Journalism grant to report on Bears Ears National Monument. Then, armed with advice for better covering Indigenous communities and Native American tribes, Moore found a new way to write about the cultural and environmental richness of those lands. His experience, in the new FEJ StoryLog.

SEJ Publication Types: 
FEJ StoryLog [37]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [25]
Diversity [5]
Environmental Justice [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Journalism & Media [13]
Natural Resources [38]
People & Population [10]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [11]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [39]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

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[1] https://www.sej.org/calendar/white-house-environmental-justice-advisory-council-public-meeting [2] https://www.sej.org/category/event-type/other-events [3] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [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-justice [8] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [9] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [10] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/people-population [11] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [12] https://www.sej.org/calendar/iij-freelance-webinar-series [13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media [14] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [15] https://www.sej.org/calendar/us-epa-webinar-food-sovereignty-part-2-food-forests-sustainable-healthy-foods [16] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/food [18] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests [19] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/health [20] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-usc-annenberg-impact-fund-reporting-health-equity-and-health-systems [21] https://www.sej.org/category/event-type/awards [22] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-axs-film-fund [23] https://www.sej.org/publications/voices-environmental-justice/community-we-ve-long-ignored [24] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/voices-environmental-justice [25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/activism [26] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california [27] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-cbc-indigenous-pathways-journalism [28] https://www.sej.org/category/event-type/workshops/fellowships [29] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/canada [30] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-ijnr-klamath-river-institute [31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/fisheries [32] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/water [33] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/wildlife [34] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/northwest [35] https://www.sej.org/calendar/deadline-eyewitness-photojournalism-grant [36] https://www.sej.org/publications/fej-storylog/grant-prompts-improved-coverage-indigenous-perspectives-bears-ears [37] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication-types/fej-storylog [38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land [39] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west [40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity?page=8 [41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity?page=5 [42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity?page=6 [43] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity?page=7 [44] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity?page=10 [45] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity?page=11 [46] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity?page=12 [47] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity?page=13 [48] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/diversity?page=26