Join the Association of Science Communicators for SCIENCE TALK ’25, April 3-4, 2025 at McKimmon Center in Raleigh, NC and virtually March 17-28. Early-bird conference registration is open now through the end of January.
FRONTIERS, an initiative funded by the European Research Council, offers immersive residencies of 3-5 months at European research institutions. Open to science journalists worldwide, residing in or outside Europe. Round 2 deadline is Sep 25, 2024.
Santa Fe Institute offers a four-week Summer 2025 residential journalism fellowship in New Mexico for accomplished reporters with a demonstrated interest in and record of reporting about matters related to complex systems. Apply by Feb 17.
PBS News SRL seeks talented college video journalists, ages 18-25, from underrepresented backgrounds to produce powerful stories about climate change and the environment — especially young people working on solutions — during the spring 2025 semester. Stipend, mentorship, equipment, expenses. Apply by Dec 31.
"The reintroduction of endangered wolves to Yellowstone National Park 30 years ago was a major conservation victory. But as wolves have spread across the West, anger and resentment at the apex predator has escalated, with hunters in some states increasingly targeting them."
"More than a hundred industrial trade groups and chambers of commerce are urging President-elect Donald Trump to weaken or eliminate numerous Biden administration regulations on energy, air pollution, recycling, worker heat protections, consumer safeguards and corporate financing, claiming that the rules are “strangling” the nation’s economy."
"Malaria killed almost 600,000 people in 2023, as cases rose for the fifth consecutive year, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO). Biological threats such as rising resistance to drugs and insecticides, and climate and humanitarian disasters continue to hamper control efforts, world health leaders warned."
"In Nevada, plans are moving ahead for transmission lines, solar farms, geothermal plants and more in the name of fighting climate change. Yet even among environmental groups and government officials, the projects are controversial."
"New export terminals along the rugged Pacific coastline have reignited a generations-old debate over identity and environmental stewardship."
"Texas has seen surging interest from companies hoping to bury carbon dioxide in its oilfields, putting the state at the vanguard of a government-subsidized program to fight climate change. But pumping CO2 into the ground could exacerbate earthquakes and well blowouts already happening in the Permian Basin as Texas struggles to manage wastewater disposal, potentially undermining public support."
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