#SEJ2025 LIVE — On-the-Ground Coverage From Reporters in Our Student Newsroom

Sammy Roth (left) moderates a discussion with Emily Fischer (second to left), Lena Gonzalez (center), Anne Hedges (second to right) and Nada Wolff Culver (right) during the Society of Environmental Journalists conference on April 25, 2025, at the Omni Hotel in Tempe, Arizona. Photo: Jay Corella/Special for The Arizona Republic.

SEJ News: #SEJ2025 LIVE — On-the-Ground Coverage From Reporters in Our Student Newsroom

A team of student journalists reported on key environmental issues at the annual Society of Environmental Journalists’ conference, which took place April 23-26, 2025 in Tempe, Arizona.

The #SEJ2025 LIVE initiative comprised 16 student journalist fellows working under the guidance of eight newsroom editors from The Arizona Republic. SEJournal editor Adam Glenn served as a facilitator during the run-up to the coverage.

The program was supported by the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, Arizona State University’s Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, the Arizona Media Association’s Local News Foundation and the University of Arizona's School of Journalism.

The stories are available open-source for other outlets and organizations to share and republish, with credit and links (you can select from SEJournal's coverage or sign up here for AZCentral’s climate newsletter to track the reporting and pick any up for republication).

* From the weekly news magazine SEJournal Online, Vol. 10, No. 17. Content from each new issue of SEJournal Online is available to the public via the SEJournal Online main page. Subscribe to the e-newsletter here. And see past issues of the SEJournal archived here.