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With Wildfire, When Is Climate Change the Spark? [1]

Massive wildfires have been a huge news story this summer. But caught up in the conflagration is a big question: To what extent can climate change be blamed? This week’s TipSheet looks at the controversy, and helps journalists work their way through the challenge without getting burned.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Forests [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [7]
Planning & Growth [8]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
California [10]
Visibility: 
Public [11]
August 12, 2025

DEADLINE: USC Annenberg Data Fellowship [12]

The USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism invites journalists to apply for the 2025 fellowship, Oct 7-10, an online training on how to “interview the data” as if it were a human source. Fellows receive a grant and mentoring to work on an ambitious reporting project. Deadline: Aug 12.

Workshops and Fellowships [13]
Visibility: 
Public [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [6]
Technology [14]
Region: 
California [10]
September 29, 2023 to November 3, 2023

Metcalf Institute Inclusive SciComm Symposium [15]

Metcalf Institute's biennial symposium brings together people who work to shift science and science communication toward a just, equitable, and inclusive future. In-person at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island, October 19-21, 2023; virtual sessions on 9/29/23, 10/6/23, 10/13/23, and 11/3/23.

Workshops and Fellowships [13]
Visibility: 
Public [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Science [16]
Region: 
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [17]

SEJ Names Meaghan Parker as New Executive Director [18]

The Society of Environmental Journalists has tapped former long-time associate board member Meaghan Parker as its new executive director, following a nearly six-month-long search. Parker, praised by SEJ President Bobby Magill for her experience, vision and commitment to environmental journalism, will take on the post on Sept. 17.

SEJ Publication Types: 
SEJ News [19]
Visibility: 
Public [11]

Journalism, Science Students Taught To Tune Their B.S. Detectors [20]

​When it comes to nosing out the real “fake news,” reporters who cover environment, health and science have a long history of unmasking hype, misinformation and propaganda. The latest EJ Academy shares a new initiative to teach budding journalism and science students together, so they can be advocates for science and information literacy.

SEJ Publication Types: 
EJ Academy [21]
Topics on the Beat: 
Agriculture [22]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [23]
Health [24]
Journalism & Media [6]
Science [16]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility: 
Public [11]

Hurricane Reporting, By the Numbers [25]

​Smart coverage of the ongoing hurricane season means reporting not just people stories, but numbers stories too. This week’s TipSheet explains and offers half a dozen metrics, including pressure, width, surge and rainfall, to better track these extreme storms. Plus, should there be a “Category 6?”

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Journalism & Media [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [26]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [17]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
International [28]
Mexico [29]
Central America & the Caribbean [30]
Visibility: 
Public [11]

Hostwriter [31]

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Hostwriter is an open network that helps journalists to easily collaborate across borders. They connect thousands of journalists from 135 countries to seek and offer help, whether in the form of local advice, story collaboration or accommodation. And they award cash in two categories for the annual #HostwriterPrize.

Useful Links [32]
Visibility: 
Public [11]
International [28]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [7]

Delaware River Basin Interactive Map [33]

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Environment America used >5,000 data points from more than a dozen sources to create this map for journalists, policymakers and citizens to pinpoint pollution sources and other threats to this important water source for drinking, wildlife and recreation.

Useful Links [32]
Visibility: 
Public [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [26]
Pollution [34]
Water & Oceans [35]
August 6, 2024

DEADLINE: African Climate Change and Environmental Reporting Awards [36]

The Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) seeks submissions from professional African journalists. Theme is "Advancing for Accountability in Climate Finance for Climate Justice and Equity." Cash awards in six categories. Enter by Aug 6, 2024.

Awards and Grants [37]
Visibility: 
Public [11]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Journalism & Media [6]
Pollution [34]
Region: 
Africa [38]
August 17, 2018

DEADLINE: IJNR's Saint Lawrence River Institute [39]

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources will take journalists to Quebec, Ontario and New York, Sep 23-29, 2018, for a look at the economic and ecological impacts of this major shipping thoroughfare, including topics such as endangered and invasive species, as well as the impacts of current agricultural and municipal practices and the region's legacy of industrial activity. Apply by Aug 10 extended to Aug 17.

Workshops and Fellowships [13]
Visibility: 
Public [11]
Region: 
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [17]
Canada [40]

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