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Journalism & Media

March 30, 2025

DEADLINE: EJN Biodiversity Media Grants

Internews' Earth Journalism Network is offering grants to support projects that strengthen reporting on biodiversity issues. Media organizations in countries classified as either low- or middle-income by the World Bank are eligible to apply for this opportunity. Deadline: Mar 30, 2025.

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Trump Official Who Tried To Downplay Major Climate Report Now Will Oversee It

"A former Trump official who alarmed scientists years ago when he attempted to meddle with a congressionally mandated climate report has returned to the White House in a role that’s expected to heavily influence the next version of the assessment."

Source: E&E News, 03/04/2025
March 10, 2025

DEADLINE: Waterman Fund Essay Contest for Emerging Writers

This annual contest is for writers who have not published a major work of fiction or narrative nonfiction on topics of wilderness, wildness or the ethics and ecology of environmental issues. $3,000 for the first-place essay selection and $1,000 for a runner-up. Deadline: Mar 10, 2025.

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Tracking the Trackers in the Trump 2.0 Onslaught

Keeping up with the Trump administration is tricky, given the speed and volume with which the action is unfolding. But the new Reporter’s Toolbox has a handy list of more than a dozen Trump trackers, watching everything from campaign promises and executive orders to litigation launched against the administration. There’s even a tracker watching his time spent on the golf links.

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Media Spar With Trump Over ‘Viewpoint Discrimination’" and Press Freedom

"President Donald Trump’s executive order was clear: The Gulf of Mexico was out after hundreds of years. The Gulf of America was its name now. But The Associated Press decided to keep the original name for its style and also note that Trump changed it. Trump limited the global news outlet’s access to some presidential events. The AP sued."

Source: AP, 03/03/2025

‘They’re Back’ — Veteran Journalists on Braving the Specter of Trump’s Return

How can environmental reporters best cover the upheavals of a second Trump administration? SEJournal commissioned a special analysis to draw on the experience of reporters who were there to chronicle the first. Contributing editor Jennifer Weeks spoke to more than half a dozen news veterans of Trump’s earlier environmental and energy policy initiatives, with insights and tips on how to handle what’s ahead.

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March 28, 2025

Sunlight Research Training Webinars: Trade Secrets — Unlocking the Vault of Business Insights

Join Sunlight Research Center, private investigator and fraud examiner Lecia Kaslofsky, and Pulitzer Prize-winning former Wall Street Journal investigative reporter Laurie Cohen to learn tools and techniques to investigate businesses. March 7, 14 and 28. Register by day before each.

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Bezos Overhauls Washington Post Opinion Section. Editor Resigns.

"Jeff Bezos, the owner of The Washington Post, announced a major shift to the newspaper’s opinion section on Wednesday, saying it would now advocate “personal liberties and free markets” and not publish opposing viewpoints on those topics." "David Shipley, The Post’s opinion editor, is resigning after trying to persuade Jeff Bezos to reconsider the new direction."

Source: NYTimes, 02/27/2025

Top Execs Leave Oppo Firm That Targeted Climate Litigants, Move To RNC

"A founder of a conservative opposition research group that has investigated people who are suing the oil industry has left the group amid a staff reshuffling." "The former Argus Insight leaders have taken key roles at the Republican National Committee and the White House."

Source: E&E News, 02/26/2025

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