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"‘Con,’ ‘Scam,’ ‘Hoax’: Trump’s UN Speech On Climate" [1]

"President Donald Trump rebuked world leaders for being overly concerned about climate change during a speech to the United Nations in which he called global warming a “con job.”"

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Science [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
International [9]
Source: E&E News [10], 09/24/2025
October 20, 2025 to October 23, 2025

The Uproot Project: Journey of a Story 2025 — Climate, Politics and Trust in the Media [11]

The Uproot Project's lineup of events for its annual Journey of a Story series, hosted in Washington D.C., includes a documentary screening, a virtual event, an event with the National Geographic Society and a media gallery exhibit.

Other Events [12]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [13]
October 31, 2025

DEADLINE: The Open Notebook Early-Career Fellowship [14]

This paid, part-time, remote fellowship program is for early-career science journalists anywhere in the world. For one year, fellows receive mentorship to plan, report and write articles for publication at The Open Notebook and become part of the TON editorial team. $6,600 stipend. Deadline: Oct 31, 2025.

Workshops and Fellowships [15]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [5]
Science [6]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
International [9]
October 15, 2025

DEADLINE: IJNR Great Lakes Federal Funding Hybrid Virtual/In-Person Workshop [16]

The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources will bring journalists to Western Lake Erie, Nov 18-21, 2025, to explore the impacts Trump administration changes are having on local communities and what they mean for interests across the Basin, from agriculture, to energy, to fisheries and more. Deadline: Oct 15.

Workshops and Fellowships [15]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Environmental Health [3]
Government [17]
Journalism & Media [5]
People & Population [18]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region: 
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [20]

"Trump Ends Annual Report On U.S. Hunger Amid Rising Food Insecurity" [21]

"The Trump administration is ending a decades-long effort to track food security at a time when many Americans are struggling to get proper nutrition or enough to eat."

Agriculture [22]
Consumer [23]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [4]
Food [25]
Journalism & Media [5]
People & Population [18]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: Washington Post [26], 09/23/2025
October 6, 2025

Webinar: How Can Open Science Practices Increase Trust In Research? [27]

Join The Journalist's Resource for this panel which will bring together representatives from each stage of open science, from active researchers to open publishing platform developers and journalists for a frank discussion. 12:30 p.m. ET.

Other Events [12]
Visibility: 
Public [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [5]
Science [6]
Region: 
International [9]

Trump Administration Icing Out NSIDC Data [28]

An important federal database that tracks Arctic ice and snowmelt — which help address concerns like sea level rise and fresh water resources — is facing funding cuts and reductions in services. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox looks at the kind of high-quality information the National Snow and Ice Data Center can provide environmental reporters, including for local stories. That is, while it lasts.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Reporters Toolbox [29]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [2]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Studies [30]
Journalism & Media [5]
Natural Resources [31]
Science [6]
Water & Oceans [19]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
California [32]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [33]
International [9]
Antarctica & Arctic [34]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

A Guide to Legal Resources [35]

Freelance journalists, including environmental reporters, need not brave legal woes alone, counsels Freelance Files co-editor Elyse Hauser. A wide variety of groups offers aid for everything from denials of access to assaults or arrests, and her latest entry IDs more than a dozen resources, including legal assistance, emergency financial help and more. Plus, how to prevent problems to begin with.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Freelance Files [36]
Topics on the Beat: 
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [8]
International [9]
Visibility: 
Public [7]

"A Trump Administration Playbook: No Data, No Problem" [38]

"When the Trump administration said last week that it would stop requiring thousands of industrial facilities to report their planet-warming pollution, the move fit a growing pattern: If data points to a problem, stop collecting the data."

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Science [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: NYTimes [39], 09/22/2025

Pentagon Requires Journos To Pledge Only To Report Released Information [40]

"The Pentagon says it will require credentialed journalists at the military headquarters to sign a pledge to refrain from reporting information that has not been authorized for release — including unclassified information. Journalists who don’t abide by the policy risk losing credentials that provide access to the Pentagon, under a 17-page memo distributed Friday that steps up media restrictions imposed by the administration of President Donald Trump."

Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Military [41]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Source: AP [42], 09/22/2025

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