"Outdoor Afro: Celebrating Black Joy in Nature"
"Black people like nature, too. But you wouldn’t know it from looking at outdoor magazines — at least not before Outdoor Afro got started."
Source: The Revelator, 11/17/2022
Journalism & Media
Growing Our Leadership Team To Serve SEJ Members
SEJ's new president of the board of directors, Colorado-based public radio journalist Luke Runyon (pictured, left), shares what the board has been up to recently, introduces the Leadership Committee and offers insight into where the organization is headed in 2023.
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Journalism Industry Program Supports Reporting on Workers — and Work — in a Warming World
As the economic impacts of climate change intensify, reporting on how individuals are affected, particularly in the Global South, is lagging. Veteran journalist Christine Spolar at The Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting details a new initiative to encourage journalists to fill this gap. The story of recent grantees Bhasker Tripathi and Susan Schulman, who have tracked job losses and migrations tied to climate change in India and Iraq.
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Extreme Rainfall Offers Journalists a Deluge of Environment, Climate Stories
The increased frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation presents environmental reporters with challenging coverage of flooding, property damage, insurance shortfalls and risk to human life, as well as about the climate change driving the downpours. The latest TipSheet offers context, story ideas and resources to cover such big storms in your area.
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Help SEJ Support Journalists Like Peter Yeung
Peter Yeung is a roving freelance journalist reporting on climate and the environment. He often reports from the Global South with a pragmatic, solutions-orientated focus and armed with a camera and drone to bring to life the stories of the world's most vulnerable.
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"UN Probes Egypt Police Misconduct Claims At Climate Talks"
"The United Nations says it is investigating allegations of misconduct by Egyptian police officers providing security at this year’s international climate talks."
Source: AP, 11/14/2022
"Biden Casts America as Climate Leader and Promises a ‘Low-Carbon Future’"
"President Biden appeared before an overflowing United Nations convention on Friday to reclaim America’s role as a leader on climate change and to stress a renewed U.S. commitment to stop the planet from catastrophic warming."
Source: NYTimes, 11/14/2022
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