SEJ's 34th Annual Conference • #SEJ2025 | Arizona | April 23-26 • Contact
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Agenda

#SEJ2025 Draft Agenda

All information is subject to change.

Most sessions, as well as registration, exhibits and breaks, will take place at the Omni Tempe Hotel at ASU, 7 E University Dr, Tempe, AZ 85281 (unless otherwise indicated). Omni meeting-space floor plan.

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

All-Day Workshops ($75 fee, includes breakfast and lunch):

  1. Reporting on Ag & Water: Scarcity and Solutions Amid Changing Times
  2. How To Investigate the Biggest Story on the Planet
  3. Staying Safe: Caring for Physical and Digital Security in Environmental Journalism

SEJ Newcomers Orientation

Opening Meet & Greet & Food

Thursday, April 24, 2025

All-Day Tours ($75-85 fee, includes lunch and snacks):

  1. How Does Arizona Keep Taps Flowing in the Desert?
  2. Urban and Exurban Development, Rising Heat and Water Shortages
  3. Phoenix From the Inside Out: Heat Stress and Housing Discrimination in the Valley of the Sun
  4. From the Waste to Wildlife: Environmental Management in the Borderlands
  5. Reinventing Desert Agriculture in Central Arizona
  6. Wolves, Prairie Dogs and Wildlife Crossings: Biodiversity Conservation and Wildlife Coexistence
  7. Just Transition: When Tribal Cultures, Lithium and Water Collide
  8. Living and Curated Biological Collections: From Desert Field Monitoring to Biorepository Resources ($85)
  9. Exploring Wildfire and the Wildland-Urban Interface in a Biodiverse Landscape
  10. Decarbonizing Arizona With Solar and Nuclear: Meeting Challenges of Growing Energy Demand

Independent Hospitality Receptions and Exhibits

The detailed agenda for Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26 is still being finalized. Stay tuned!


As a journalism organization that believes in an open society, SEJ each year welcomes a diverse group of attendees to our annual conference. Attendees include representatives of business, government and environmental groups, as well as working journalists, academics and students.

Speakers, presentations, questions and responses do not necessarily reflect the views of SEJ or any of its members.

As our guest, please respect our interest in open discussions of environmental issues by respecting all participants in sessions you attend and not disrupting presentations of views you disagree with.

Please respect our rule that SEJ members are given preference during question-and-answer sessions.

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