Journalism & Media

Uncovering the Environmental Impacts of a Controversial Water Project

Months spent gathering thousands of documents and talking to local residents led reporter Dheeraj Mishra to uncover the negative environmental impacts of a major hydro project in a water-scarce region of India. And his resulting investigative reporting got him noticed in the 2022 Society of Environmental Journalists’ 2022 awards contest. Mishra shares his insights in the new Inside Story Q&A.

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Asthma Data — A Starting Point for Key Environment-Health Stories

Whether marginalized communities suffering from asthma or cities cloaked in smoke from far-away wildfires, journalists looking to connect public health and environmental concerns around air pollution will find much of the data they need via the Centers for Disease Control’s asthma surveillance data. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox outlines the source and smart ways to use it.

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‘Halliburton Loophole’ Allows Fracking Firms to Avoid Chemical Regulation

"For almost 20 years, U.S. public-health advocates have worried that toxic chemicals are getting into ground water and harming human health because of an exemption to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act that allows operators of oil and gas fracking operations to use chemicals that would be regulated if used for any other purpose."

Source: Inside Climate News, 08/07/2023

"Climate Education Suffers From Partisan Culture Wars"

"Climate change education has been caught in the crossfire of the culture wars. While some U.S. states are boosting climate literacy, others are effectively miseducating children by depriving them of the skills they’ll need to face the biggest challenge of their generation."

Source: The Revelator, 08/01/2023

"For This Smoky Summer, 12 New Books And Reports On Wildfires"

"As a counterpoint to the joyous “grove of tree books” Yale Climate Connections put together for Arbor Day, this month’s bookshelf presents 12 titles on the climate-charged threat to their — and our — future: wildfires."

Source: Yale Climate Connections, 07/27/2023
July 27, 2023

Webinar: Journalism Up Against the State

Investigative journalism faces numerous threats not least being a culture of secrecy, suffocating bureaucracy and physical intimidation. This Fetisov Journalism Awards webinar gives tips and advice from the stories of award-winning journalists and begins with a focus on a nuclear waste scandal in the U.S. 11:30 a.m. ET.

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August 2, 2023

SEJ Webinar: Covering Contaminated Sites in Your Community

In this SEJ webinar, investigative journalist Jordan Gass-Pooré provides tips for journalists to report on contaminated sites by incorporating impacted local voices and the knowledge of experts who lay out how future extreme weather events fueled by climate change may threaten to further spread that pollution. 1-2pm ET.

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