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Concurrent Sessions 4

22 Apr 2023

10:45 am - 12:00 pm MT

Concurrent Sessions 4

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The Society of Environmental Journalists is North America’s largest membership organization for journalists covering energy and environment. A 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization, SEJ provides educational opportunities and vital support to journalists, faculty, and students. www.sej.org

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To help environmental journalists, we continue to

To help environmental journalists, we continue to expand our growing Climate Change Resource Guide. Explore dozens of new sources in a just-added Disaster and Extreme Weather section. Plus hundreds of additional resources in the full guide — for deadline reporting, local coverage, science 101s, key sources/experts, policy and more. 🔗 in 📜

A new way for journalists to get more accurate num

A new way for journalists to get more accurate numbers on greenhouse gas emissions was introduced at #COP27. #SEJournalReportersToolbox looks at the Climate Trace service, which compiles data from hundreds of specialized satellites. 🔗 in 📜. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech. An artist's rendering of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)-2, launched in 2014 as one of a new generation of specialized satellites designed to take measurements of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

#SEJSpotlight: Meet SEJ member Nick Cunningham, a $#SEJSpotlight: Meet SEJ member Nick Cunningham, a freelance reporter covering the oil and gas industry, including the environmental, social, geopolitical and financial impacts associated with fracking. Learn more and read his work at the 🔗 in our bio. Follow along on Twitter this Friday as he takes over @ sejorg!$

It’s #GivingTuesday! Help SEJ support journalist

It’s #GivingTuesday! Help SEJ support journalists like @parimal.m.rohit, veteran journalist and host of @erasedenviro, a weekly environmental news podcast. SEJ provides journalists with essential training, resources and networking opportunities, and our mission is to increase and improve environmental journalism across all media. Give today at SEJ.org/donate (🔗 in 📜) — thank you!

Regulation of coal ash, watered down in the face o

Regulation of coal ash, watered down in the face of resistance from utilities and further weakened by the Trump administration, has meant many coal-fired power plants simply ignore disposal requirements for the toxic waste product. That’s per a new report that #SEJournalTipSheet suggests offers useful ways to report an overlooked environmental story in your area. 🔗 in 📜. Map: @earthjustice. A map released by two advocacy groups shows 746 coal ash operations across the United States, the vast majority of which they say are contaminating groundwater with toxic substances at levels exceeding federal safety standards.

This giving season, help SEJ support journalists l

This giving season, help SEJ support journalists like @rachel_nuwer, an award-winning freelancer and #FundforEnvironmentalJournalism grantee, who regularly writes about conservation, ecology and wildlife trade. Give today at SEJ.org/donate (🔗 in 📜) — thank you!

As the economic impacts of climate change intensif

As the economic impacts of climate change intensify, the reporting lags on how individuals are affected, particularly in the Global South. @pulitzercenter’s Christine Spolar details a new initiative to encourage reporters to fill the gap. #SEJournalFeature 🔗 in 📜

Help SEJ support freelancers like @ptr_yeung, who

Help SEJ support freelancers like @ptr_yeung, who often reports from the Global South with a pragmatic, solutions-oriented focus and armed with a camera and drone to bring to life the stories of the world's most vulnerable. Give today at SEJ.org/donate — thank you!

“Extreme Rainfall Offers Journalists a Deluge of

“Extreme Rainfall Offers Journalists a Deluge of Environment, Climate Stories” The increased frequency and intensity of precipitation presents reporters with challenging coverage about flooding, property damage, insurance shortfalls and risk to human life, as well as the climate change driving the downpours. #SEJournalTipSheet offers context, story ideas & resources to cover the big storms in your area. 🔗 in 📜. Photo: Glenn Fawcett/U.S. Customs and Border Protection via Flickr. A mailbox on a flooded suburban Houston street in the aftermath of the hurricane.

“This has been a book about people trying to sol

“This has been a book about people trying to solve the problems created by people trying to solve problems,” writer @ElizabethKolbert said. Check out the latest #SEJournalBookshelf review of “Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future.” 🔗 in 📜

Help SEJ support journalists like Carey Gillam (@c

Help SEJ support journalists like Carey Gillam (@clg724) of @thenewlede. Your donation will support essential training, resources, convening and #FundforEnvironmentalJournalism story grants for journalists telling the world’s most important stories. Give today at SEJ.org/donate. Thank you!

Writer @noahgallaghershannon followed scientists i

Writer @noahgallaghershannon followed scientists into the heart of the megastorms ravaging an agricultural region in Argentina, and learned not just about their high-risk fieldwork and what these massive thunderstorms might tell us about the storms of the future in the United States, but also their impact on affected communities. Find out about his reporting experience in this #SEJournalInsideStory Q&A. Plus, see a slideshow of images from photographer @mitchdobrowner. 🔗 in 📜
Photo: Mitch Dobrowner for the New York Times. Graduate students launch a weather balloon, or a ‘‘sounding,’’ in the foothills of the Sierras de Córdoba, in central Argentina.

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