Journalism & Media

December 15, 2020 to December 17, 2020

Covering the Environment Using Google Tools for Journalists

Join Google News Labs’ Maggie Farley for a quick tour of Google’s new tools for journalists, with a particular focus on environmental journalism. Learn how to find and analyze data, then learn how to tell stories using clear, powerful data visualization tools. Noon-12:30 p.m. ET each day. Sponsored by SEJ and The Resilience Media Project of Columbia University's Earth Institute.

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"Many U.S. States Are Behind On Their Own Climate Milestones: Report"

"Many of the U.S. states with bold commitments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions are on track to miss their targets, according to an analysis published on Tuesday by green group Environmental Defense Fund."

Source: Reuters, 12/09/2020

Police Raid Home Of Fired Florida COVID-19 Data Whistleblower

"State police brandishing firearms Monday raided the Tallahassee home of Rebekah Jones, the former Department of Health data scientist who built the state's much-praised COVID-19 dashboard before being fired over what she said was refusing to "manipulate data.""

Source: Tallahassee Democrat, 12/08/2020

Searching for Narrative in the Groundwater Where It Happens

A graduate field scientist-cum-multimedia storyteller trains her eye on the confounding challenges of western water, with award-winning student reporting on three family farms that face the draining of critical groundwater basins. Could land that drought makes untenable for farming be restored as habitat for endangered species? That, plus how the “ladder of abstraction” helped her tell the tale. The most recent entry in EJ Academy.

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Grant Gives Reporter Time To Immerse in Sewage Story

The “underworld” of sewage treatment had fascinated one journalist for years. But it was only after winning a reporting grant that Christine Woodside had the luxury of spending dozens of hours to focus on how one old, malfunctioning plant left a local community appalled and angered. Woodside shares the details in the latest installment of SEJournal’s newest column, FEJ StoryLog.

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December 2, 2020

What's Next for Climate Reporting in 2021?

Attention Journalists! Join Covering Climate Now at Noon ET for a “Talking Shop” webinar about what’s next for climate reporting with a new administration soon taking office in Washington. The session is by and for journalists; CCNow membership is not required.

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