Rachel Nuwer is an award-winning freelance journalist who regularly writes about conservation, ecology and wildlife trade, and is the author of "Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking." More about Rachel Nuwer. |
"SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism grants have allowed me to pursue stories in Myanmar and Tanzania that I was very passionate about, but that I otherwise would not have been able to report."
- Rachel Nuwer, Freelance Journalist
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journalists like Rachel:
Give to SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism to support small story grants, such as:
- "Saving Eden: Conservationists Are Looking to Ecotourism To Preserve Myanmar's Wilderness, But Challenges Abound" by Rachel Nuwer
- "The Only Catfish Native to the Western U.S. Is Running Out of Water" by Maya L. Kapoor
- "How Biodiversity Conservation Can Help Manage Future Pandemics — for Plants and for Humans" by Simran Sethi
Give to SEJ Programs to support essential training, resources, and convening, such as:
- SEJ Webinars like "All Life, Great and Small — Covering Biodiversity"
- #SEJ2023 Annual Conference events like "Birds, Conservation, Diversity and Inclusion" and "What Will It Take To End Extinction?"
- SEJournal resources like "Inside Story Q&A: Field Reporting Yields 'Impact' for Poaching Package"
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