Journalism & Media

#SEJSpotlight: Laura Paskus, Environment Reporter, New Mexico Public Broadcast Station

Meet SEJ Board Member Laura Paskus! Laura has covered environment issues in the U.S. Southwest since 2002, and currently works as the environment reporter for the New Mexico Public Broadcast Station (NMPBS), where she covers climate change, water, energy and the military's contamination of groundwater with PFAS.

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June 21, 2021 to June 24, 2021

Re-MEDIAting the Wild: 2021 Conference on Communication and Environment

The International Environmental Communication Association will gather virtually June 21-24, 2021 for their 16th Conference on Communication and Environment. Re-MEDIAting the Wild is to bring attention to research and practical experience on how best to communicate for the sake of Wildlife and Wild places.

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May 20, 2021

DEADLINE: Facebook Journalism Project for US Writers

Facebook's Journalism Project announces $5 million for U.S. writers creating public interest journalism in their communities. Applications are open for those looking to gain access to this new platform and the services they are offering to build an independent business. Deadline is May 20, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. ET.

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"U.S. Has Entered Unprecedented Climate Territory, EPA Warns"

"For years, President Donald Trump and his deputies played down the impact of greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels and delayed the release of an Environmental Protection Agency report detailing climate-related damage. But on Wednesday, the EPA released a detailed and disturbing account of the startling changes that Earth’s warming had on parts of the United States during Trump’s presidency."

Source: Washington Post, 05/13/2021

"For Some Anti-Vaccine Advocates, Misinformation Is Part Of A Business"

[Sayer Ji] "is one of many anti-vaccine advocates with a business on the side. They promote false claims about the dangers vaccines pose, while selling treatments, supplementals or other services. Their potential market is the roughly 20% of Americans say they do not want to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to recent polling."

Source: NPR, 05/12/2021

Storm Surge Maps Help Envision Potential Hurricane Flood Catastrophes

Dangerous storm surge that often follows hurricanes can be the focus of life-saving journalism. Reporter’s Toolbox helps environmental journalists get ahead of storm surge with a key resource — a powerful government database and related maps showing surge hazards. Together with real-time advisories and a better understanding of what causes storm surge, Toolbox helps you better cover this danger.

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To-Do List for Climate Change Gas Methane Is Long, Challenging … and Newsy

The climate change gas methane, relatively little controlled but with a global warming potential many times that of carbon dioxide, has been much in the news recently and promises to remain there. The latest Backgrounder helps environmental journalists track the problem by detailing methane’s sources — from oil and gas production, agriculture and landfills — and the politics surrounding its regulation.

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Native Tribal Nations Push for Changes in Public Lands

As Native tribal nations successfully exert ancestral rights to land stewardship across the West, journalists covering these developments must first grasp the legal principles that underpin Native governmental sovereignty. But also key is to create and sustain relationships with Native community members. Veteran environment and Indigenous affairs reporter Debra Krol lays out the basics for effective reporting from Indian Country.

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