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Covering Your Climate: The Emerald Corridor

This special report is designed to help journalists in the Pacific Northwest cover the impacts of climate change, as well as the actions taken to mitigate its worst effects and to adapt to what can’t be stopped. The report includes a wide-ranging issue backgrounder and tipsheets on climate impacts, mitigation and adaptation, plus a toolbox of sources. Read on for a wealth of story ideas for right now, and over the coming decade. We hope this is the first in a series of regional climate special reports, and welcome your suggestions and ideas for future editions of "Covering Your Climate."​

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March 8, 2020

DEADLINE: Knight Foundation Grants for Sustainable Publishing Solutions

The Knight Foundation has launched a three-year, $2 million initiative to help underserved news organizations access more sustainable publishing solutions. In its first year, the program offers a one-time subsidy grant of $20,000 to 25 publishers that can be applied to the adoption or management of a Content Management System (CMS) of their choice. Apply by Mar 8, 2020.

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"A Remedy For Harmful Algal Blooms? Scientist Thinks He's Found One"

"Covering the entire 40 acres of Lake Newport was a thick, green mat of algae. Looking across the lake in Youngstown, Ohio, last September, Peter Moeller, a government researcher, wondered if his experimental treatment could heal the lake by removing the toxin-producing cyanobacteria."

Source: Daily Climate, 02/06/2020

"Democrats Hit DOE For Holding Back Energy Efficiency Funds"

"Democrats on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee grilled Department of Energy (DOE) staff Wednesday on delays in releasing funds for energy efficiency research, a topic that has broad bipartisan support in Congress but not from the White House."

Source: The Hill, 02/06/2020

"They’re Stealthy at Sea, but They Can’t Hide From the Albatross"

"There’s a lot of ocean out there, and boats engaging in illegal fishing or human trafficking have good reason to hide." "Researchers outfitted 169 seabirds with radar detectors to pinpoint vessels that had turned off their transponders."

Source: NY Times, 01/29/2020
February 3, 2020 to March 1, 2020

Investigative Reporting in the Digital Age

This free Knight Center at the University of Texas at Austin course, designed for both beginner journalists and advanced investigators, will be taught by a team of four investigative journalists with decades of experience in investigating everything from political corruption to environmental hazards to human rights atrocities.

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