Impact Investigations: Environmental Coverage with a Racial Equity Lens

Please join the Fund for Investigative Journalism next Thursday (April 29) at 11:30 a.m. Eastern for a free online forum, “Impact Investigations: Environmental Coverage with a Racial Equity Lens.”

You’ll hear from several leading journalists, including two of their grantees whose recent stories examine the impact of environmental issues on communities of color. The discussion will be moderated by Lottie Joiner, an award-winning journalist who serves on the FIJ’s Board of Directors.

We are delighted that this event is co-sponsored with the Uproot Project, a newly launched network for journalists of color who cover the environmental beat, as well as students and others who aspire to cover the environment.

Speakers include:

• Yanick Rice Lamb, freelance journalist and journalism professor at Howard University, who recently published The Rubber Industry’s Toxic Legacy in Akron in the Center for Public Integrity and Belt Magazine, with a grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism
• Ese Olumhense, reporter and adjunct professor at Columbia Journalism School, who is reporting on how poor air quality in the Bronx, New York, exacerbated COVID-19 infection in Black and Latino communities. She and Anjali Tsui received a grant from the Fund for Investigative Journalism for their coverage.
• Yvette Cabrera, senior staff writer on environmental justice at Grist and member of the Steering Committee of the Uproot Project
• Manola Secaira, indigenous affairs reporter at Crosscut and member of the Steering Committee of the Uproot Project

This session will provide insights, lessons and tips for investigative reporting on the environment and its impact on communities of color.

Register here.