#SEJ2026 highlights are here! This week: on-the-scene coverage from the conference tours in Chicago — plus a post-conference spoof, “War and Pizza,” roasting the earnest sessions, blown-up tours, and beat dinners.' @ejtodaynews.bsky.social Read: www.SEJ.org/SEJournal #SEJournal

On-the-ground coverage of daylong tours from the Society of Environmental Journalists conference (April 15–18, Chicago), reported by early-career freelance journalists in the #SEJournal newsroom for #SEJ2026. @ejtodaynews.bsky.social www.sej.org/publications...

EJ2026 recap: David Helvarg roasts Chicago—pitching his book while skewering sessions, overhyped tours, and beat dinners. Read the #Chicago spoof 👇 @ejtodaynews.bsky.social www.sej.org/publications...

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New SEJournal highlights are here! This week: why the silencing of protest matters, starting with Standing Rock back in the news — plus a TipSheet on the National Trails System packed with story ideas and reporting resources. Read: www.SEJ.org/SEJournal

A walk in the woods can bring more than fresh air, it can spark a story. 🌲 #SEJournalTipSheet explores the National #Trails System, with story ideas, traveler insights and #reportingresources for covering your local landscapes. @ejtodaynews.bsky.social Read: www.sej.org/publications...

At #SEJ2026 we asked @mariaramos.bsky.social : What do you think is the biggest challenge facing the environment today? And, What is the greatest hope for the environment beat?

Efforts to label protest as domestic terrorism are rising. @yessfun.com urges environmental journalists to examine the impact—starting with Standing Rock’s return and what comes next. @ejtodaynews.bsky.social Read more at www.sej.org/publications...

Fascinating!

VOA’s legal lifeline and what it means for #climate coverage + U.S. press freedom, plus a Reporter’s Toolbox on mapping nearby #PFAS for smarter #drinkingwater reporting. Read: www.SEJ.org/SEJournal. New issues every Wednesday. @ejtodaynews.bsky.social #PressFreedom #ClimateNews

Tracking #PFAS rules is tough for #water safety reporters. A government mapping tool from #SEJournalReportersToolbox helps spot nearby facilities, with data sources and reporting tips. @ejtodaynews.bsky.social www.sej.org/publications...

Once a U.S. propaganda vehicle, the Voice of America became much more — a lifeline for millions across the globe. And one that, #SEJournalWatchDogOpinion notes, offered more #climate news than most. @ejtodaynews.bsky.social Read at: www.sej.org/publications...

As the Iran war disrupts the Strait of Hormuz and drives up U.S. #gas prices, raising inflation concerns, journalists should highlight #fossilfuels’ environmental impacts. See #SEJournalTipSheet for story ideas and resources. @ejtodaynews.bsky.social www.sej.org/publications...

New SEJournal highlights are here! This week: a timely #SEJournalTipSheet on covering gas price spikes as an #environment and human story, plus a powerful reflection on why reporting on #extinction still matters. @ejtodaynews.bsky.social Read at www.SEJ.org/SEJournal. New issues every Wednesday.

Reporting on #species who are gone forever can be disheartening, but don’t let that stop you. After more than two decades on the #extinction beat, @johnrplatt.bsky.social has learned this work can also be deeply rewarding. @ejtodaynews.bsky.social www.sej.org/.../feat.../...

#SEJournalIssueBackgrounder peers beneath the detritus to find what #insects do, how we try to kill them and how they survive, and why it’s so hard to pin down the data around their shifting numbers. www.sej.org/publications...

The capacity to visualize Earth’s #ecosystems in detail is an invaluable aid to reporting on the environment. That’s now being bolstered with an ongoing upgrade to #NASA’s Earthdata program. #SEJournalReportersToolbox @ejtodaynews.bsky.social www.sej.org/publications...

New SEJournal highlights are here! A Reporter’s Toolbox look at NASA Earthdata and what satellites can reveal for environmental reporting, plus a Backgrounder on insect decline and the foundational risks for ecosystems (and people). @ejtodaynews.bsky.social SEJ.org/SEJournal

New SEJournal highlights are here! Read at www.SEJ.org/SEJournal New issues every Wednesday. Check back next week for the latest. #SEJournal #EnvironmentalJournalism

Two #Ghanian video journalists traveled their country to document how contamination from illegal #goldmining was harming the #health of workers and nearby communities. #SEJournalInsideStory @therockyfiles.bsky.social @cllewisnews.bsky.social @ejtodaynews.bsky.social www.sej.org/publications...

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New SEJournal highlights are here! From a survival guide for environmental journalists to a wildfire mapping tool and a look at press freedom. Read at www.SEJ.org/SEJournal @ejtodaynews.bsky.social New issues every Wednesday. Check back for the latest. #SEJournal #EnvironmentalJournalism

Political upheaval. Economic uncertainty. Security fears. Today’s #environmentaljournalism landscape is strewn with @seattlescienceguy.bsky.social share insights and advice. #SEJournalFeature @ejtodaynews.bsky.social www.sej.org/publications...

I love this new quick-hit weekly video alerting readers to the rich info in the current issue of #SEJournal! Way to go Chioma!

Hey, check this out and let us know what you think!

Highlights from the latest #SEJournal are here. A quick roundup of three new articles from #SEJReporterToolbox, #SEJBackgrounder, and #SEJBookShelf. Read: sej.org/SEJournal New issues every Wednesday. Check back for the latest. @ejtodaynews.bsky.social

Looks like a great investigative reporting tool!

Keeping tabs to see how this will play out with the partial shutdown with DHS and disaster aid!

Drones are a critical tool for journalist; this threatens that!

Millions of acres of #Canadian #forest are a big North American story, and the latest #SEJournalReportersToolbox points you to a central data source that can help quantify, analyze and visualize the numbers: www.sej.org/publications... @sejorg.bsky.social @ejtodaynews.bsky.social

An #endocrine #disruptor found in widely used epoxy resins remains largely unregulated. We spoke with reporter @megwilcox.bsky.social about her prizewinning reporting on the topic, in #SEJournalInsideStory www.sej.org/publications... @sejorg.bsky.social @ejtodaynews.bsky.social

Two nonprofit teach young writers the basics #environmental #journalism — FL Student News Watch w. @davidsonhiers.bsky.social and IN Youth Environmental Press Team. #SEJournalEJAcademy: www.sej.org/publications... @sejorg.bsky.social @ejtodaynews.bsky.social

Every U.S. state has at least one #Superfund site and millions live near them. #SEJournalTipSheet has a look at the state of the cleanup program under Trump and how reporters can generate local stories: www.sej.org/publications... @sejorg.bsky.social @ejtodaynews.bsky.social

Journalists love a secret. And #SEJournalWatchDog has a whopper from one of the most contested ecosystems in the U.S., the #ArcticNationalWildlifeRefuge, reopened for #oilleasing by the Trump administration: www.sej.org/publications... @sejorg.bsky.social @ejtodaynews.bsky.social

#Rewilding: a global movement to restore natural processes and boost biodiversity + an online magazine designed to expose more people to the concept. @kattancock.bsky.social explains: www.sej.org/publications... @sejorg.bsky.social @ejtodaynews.bsky.social @johnrplatt.bsky.social

Even though the U.S. suffers multiple billion-$ #climatechange-related catastrophes, the gov't has ceased sharing the #data, per #SEJournalReportersToolbox. But in this case, civil society has rescued the info: www.sej.org/publications... @sejorg.bsky.social @ejtodaynews.bsky.social

Writer @yessfun.com calls on #climate reporters to offer a sense of hope by leaning into #solutions narratives — hard-hitting, data-driven stories that hold the powerful accountable. www.sej.org/publications... #SEJournalVoicesofEnvironmentalJustice @sejorg.bsky.social @ejtodaynews.bsky.social

On point! From my FPF colleague on real meaning of charges against Don Lemon and Georgia Fort:

More heat pumps than ever are going into homes and businesses in the U.S. these days. But they're just one small-scale use of #geothermal #energy, a promising utility-scale technology. #SEJournalBackgrounder explains: www.sej.org/publications... @sejorg.bsky.social @ejtodaynews.bsky.social

Government surveillance of whistleblowers, ordinary citizens, even journalists, could be about to get much worse. Worth the quick watch to find out why.

In the wake of the massive snowstorm across the U.S., #SEJournalSEJNews offers resources for winter storm reporting in your region. Headlines, Toolboxes and TipSheets for local climate coverage: www.sej.org/publications... @sejorg.bsky.social @ejtodaynews.bsky.social

#Bird populations remain in steep decline, mostly thanks to human activity. But as #SEJournalTipSheet reports, reporting on their disappearance can lead journalists to some bread-and-butter environmental stories: sej.org/publications... @sejorg.bsky.social @ejtodaynews.bsky.social

Hundreds of thousands of polluted, abandoned industrial sites — #brownfields — dot the U.S. For reporters seeking local environmental stories, these problem spots cry out for coverage: www.sej.org/publications... #SEJournalReportersToolbox bsky.app/profile/sejo... bsky.app/profile/ejto...

Writers w. #disabilities & chronic #illnesses explore perspectives on #nature & #environment in a unique anthology, “Moving Mountains.” Editor @louisekenward.bsky.social discusses the recent volume in a new #SEJournalBookShelf Q&A: www.sej.org/publications... @sejorg.bsky.social

This is the second of a new weekly, 90-second press freedom debrief from my boss. Worth checking out and following @Freedom.press, while you're at it!

Seattle’s heavily polluted Duwamish River is no place to catch fish — except for #salmon. With fishing pole in hand, environmental journalist Alex Brown has this unexpected story. #SEJournalFeature @sejorg.bsky.social @ejtodaynews.bsky.social www.sej.org/publications...

Winter weather can reveal a lot about climate change's impacts on your locale. For environmental journalists, an outing to nearby ski slopes could be a smart reporting trip. #SEJournalTipSheet offers up story angles, resources. @sejorg.bsky.social @ejtodaynews.bsky.social www.sej.org/publications...

Such an important perspective from my colleague at SEJournal!

The newly installed Interior Dept head hails from a top fossil fuel-producing state and has close oil industry ties, reports #SEJournalEJTransitionWatch. What former ND Gov. Doug Burgum had to say at his Senate confirmation about U.S. “energy dominance.” www.sej.org/publications...