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Environmental Justice Grants Disappear. Environmental Injustice Does Not

Decades of effort to tackle the often-intractable problems of environmental injustice, supported in recent years by billions in funding, are now facing the knife under the Trump administration. The latest TipSheet provides a thumbnail history of government initiatives and why it matters, then offers a dozen story ideas and reporting resources to tell the story in your community.

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#SEJ2025 Annual Conference, Arizona, April 23-26

See multimedia coverage of SEJ's 34th annual conference, hosted at Arizona State University. Find videos of the Friday plenaries and soon audio-recordings of most sessions.

Share How SEJ2025 Is Shaping Your Work: Are you working on a story, series or project sparked or shaped by your time in Arizona and experience at SEJ2025? We’d love to hear about it! SEJ is always looking to highlight the powerful work and collaborations our community produces.

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#SEJSpotlight on Members

Meet SEJ member Stephanie Anderson! Meet SEJ member Anzula Jafarova! Anzula is a journalist, editor and lecturer specializing in international data journalism. She is the director and chief editor of 24media.az, the first platform in Azerbaijan where students from different universities collaborate to produce news content. At Baku State University, Anzula teaches journalism fundamentals, focusing on news reporting, editing and data-driven storytelling. Want SEJ to promote your work to our social media followers? Here's how.

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SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues

See the latest actions taken by SEJ advocating access to environmental information, press freedom and supporting the media's right to know on behalf of the public.

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SEJ Publication Highlights

‘Misplaced Trust’ Aims Big, But Finds Details Make the Difference
05/14/2025 – A project of vast scope was needed to tell the untold story of stolen lands originally promised to Indigenous nations. But for Tristan Ahtone, it was the pursuit of "smaller" stories arising out of the detailed data that was the Grist team’s proudest result. Explore the high points — plus three key lessons — of this Pulliam Prize-winning project, in Ahtone’s Inside Story Q&A.
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Environmentalists Will Be Seeing Trump Forces in Court — Often
05/14/2025 – The judiciary is looking to become a major environmental battleground for journalists to watch in the coming months and years, as activists confront the Trump administration over its deregulatory campaign. The new Issue Backgrounder maps out the action, explaining how key laws foster citizen suits, while numerous nonprofits are staffed up to sue. Plus, some ways to track the action.
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#SEJ2025 LIVE — On-the-Ground Coverage of Day One Sessions From Reporters in Our Student Newsroom
05/07/2025 – From the climate crisis and the AI revolution to reporting underserved communities and combating disinformation, the #SEJ2025 LIVE student newsroom covered more than two dozen topical sessions and plenaries from the opening day of the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference in Tempe, Arizona, last week. Get key takeaways and top perspectives in Part 1 of our coverage from the April 25 program. Plus, see Part 2, with coverage of the April 26 program, and our complete on-the-scene reporting from April 24 conference tours.
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— George Orwell

 

 


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WHY Join SEJ?

SEJ's mission is to strengthen coverage of environment, energy, health and climate news, by supporting the journalists who report that news. The benefits of joining include: access to grants for environmental reporting; mentoring by experienced journalists; and members-only e-mailing lists for sharing professional tips, news, and information. SEJ members meet and learn face-to-face from fellow members, other media professionals and topic experts, at our annual conference and volunteer-organized regional gatherings.

 

 

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