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| Amy Westervelt is an award-winning investigative journalist and executive producer of the independent podcast production company Critical Frequency, which specializes in reported narrative podcasts. More about Amy. |
"SEJ provides a community of other environmental journalists to bounce ideas off of, commiserate with, and get advice from — in a lot of ways it's what makes it possible to work effectively as an independent journalist."
- Amy Westervelt, Critical Frequency
Here's how you can help
journalists like Amy:
Give to SEJ Programs to support essential training, resources and convening, such as:
- Annual Conference events like "Covering Gender and Environment Connections, at Home and Abroad" and "Podcasting Across Divides and in Community"
- SEJournal resources like "Disinformation Presents New Challenges to Environmental Journalists"
Give to SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism to support small story grants, such as:
- "Indigenous Women Battle Growing Amazon Violence With Trauma Center” by Melissa Godin for Thomson Reuters Foundation
- "Saving Oregon's Rocky Coast: To Help Black Oystercatchers, Groups Push for Education — And a Few New Rules" by Kate Kaye for Jefferson Public Radio and Oregon Public Broadcasting
- "(Un)Covering Oil" by Antonia Juhasz for KGNU
Give to SEJ's Conference Diversity Travel Fellowships to help cover the costs of registration, travel, lodging and other expenses of Diversity Fellowships. Here's what past participants had to say:
- "I would not have been able to attend without the SEJ/Uproot diversity fellowship, and I am truly grateful for it as this is easily the best conference I've been to as a newer journalist. I am truly grateful for the program and hope it can be expanded so even more people, who otherwise would not be able to, can attend."
- "As an emerging freelance photojournalist in the midwest I have limited resources and opportunities to attend conference. This limits my ability for professional growth and networking. I would not have been able to attend the workshop without the Uproot Project Fellowship."
Give to the SEJ Members in Need Fund to help cover fee waivers and other costs of participating in SEJ programs, for members experiencing financial hardship.
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