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The National Association of Science Writers invites proposals from individuals or groups for grants of up to $15,000 to support projects and programs that will help science writers in their professional lives or benefit the field of science writing. NASW membership not required. Deadline for this round is Feb 12, 2024.
"The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill on Thursday to ban releases of oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve from being exported to China, though the measure faces an uncertain future in the Senate."
"In the late 1970s, scientists at Exxon fitted one of the company’s supertankers with state-of-the-art equipment to measure carbon dioxide in the ocean and in the air, an early example of substantial research the oil giant conducted into the science of climate change."
The Banff Centre is looking for an image taken anywhere in the world to represent the 2023 Mountain Film and Book Festival & 2023-24 World Tour. The chosen image will be used on Festival and World Tour marketing materials in over 40 countries. $3,000CAD payment for image use. Enter by Mar 1, 2023.
Add depth, dimension and soul to your storytelling. In this Berkeley Advanced Media Institute introductory online mini-course, Sound Design for Podcasters, you’ll gain foundational insight into the vital art of pre- and post-production sound design. $125. 5:30-7:00 p.m. ET each day.
Join The Writers' Co-op for their February event on finding higher-paid clients. Past events have focused on finding clients but this time, the discussion will be on tactics to identify clients who would pay you at least $100/hour or more. 3:00-4:00pm ET.
California high school students with a strong interest in journalism can apply to this free Asian American Journalists Association/CalMatters program. Spend June 17-21, 2024 working in the CalMatters newsroom in Sacramento, gaining regional journalism connections and reporting on water and drought in local communities. Apply by Feb 28.
"For D.I.Y. enthusiasts, Matt Blashaw is a familiar face, judging bathroom remodels or planning surprise home makeovers on popular cable television shows. Mr. Blashaw also has an unusually strong opinion about how Americans should heat their homes: by burning propane, or liquid petroleum gas."
If you’re looking to engage key constituencies for your journalism — whether editors, sources, students or people who have been marginalized — a new set of short videos from award-winning journalists (like KESQ's Angela Chen, at left) can serve as a helpful resource. Inside Story has a roadmap of how to make smart use of these video nuggets to, for instance, convince newsroom powerbrokers to give you more time and support for ambitious stories.