Journalism & Media

February 20, 2025

GIJN Webinar: Investigating Fossil Fuels

In this Global Investigative Journalism Network webinar, moderated by SEJ member Amy Westervelt, journalists will learn key strategies for probing the fossil fuel industry, guided by insights from GIJN’s forthcoming Guide to Investigating Fossil Fuels. 3 p.m. Central European Time (9 a.m. Eastern Time).

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Press Freedom Issues Come to Fore As Trump 2.0 Launches

Salvaging disappearing web pages from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, fostering (and protecting) government whistleblower sources and sussing out the First Amendment’s prospects under the new attorney general at the Justice Department — the latest WatchDog Opinion scans the Trump administration’s information terrain. Plus, check out the latest actions from the Society of Environmental Journalists’ freedom of information efforts.

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"Big Oil and Gas Goes Long With Super Bowl Greenwashing"

"As New Orleans readies to host Super Bowl LIX this Sunday, a volunteer ambassador program has been working to help welcome the hundreds of thousands of football fans streaming into the Big Easy. Who is sponsoring that program? Chevron, one of the world’s biggest oil and gas producers and a top climate polluter."

Source: Sierra, 02/06/2025

"Data Scientists Restore a Climate Justice Tool Taken Down by Trump"

"One day after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, a digital mapping tool used by federal and state agencies to identify environmentally disadvantaged communities was taken offline. Within 48 hours, a coalition of data scientists known as the Public Environmental Data Project had resurrected a functional but unofficial copy of the tool on an independent domain."

Source: Inside Climate News, 02/05/2025

Advisers Push CDC To Explain Data Removal, Say When Info Will Be Restored

"Top advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are asking the agency’s acting director to explain the abrupt removal of information and data from CDC websites, and say when it will be restored." "Agencies took down info on topics including gender, vaccines, and climate change"

Source: STAT News, 02/04/2025
February 27, 2025

DEADLINE: EJN Story Grants to Support Reporting on the Marine Environment in the Adriatic Region

Internews’ Earth Journalism Network is offering grants to support in-depth reporting on the marine environment in the Adriatic region, as well as solutions to the climate and environmental threats confronting this ecosystem. Deadline: Feb 27, 2025.

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"Climate Books For Black History Month"

"To win allies for climate action, activists must understand how the environment, intersects with concerns for the health and well-being of people and communities. Inequities of the past and the present must be addressed by the policies and programs offered for a sustainable future."

Source: Yale Climate Connections, 02/03/2025

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