For #ClimateWeek we're highlighting important journalism from our Metcalf network, with today's focus on extreme weather coverage. AWJ 2025 alum @alereports.bsky.social covered the deadly 4th of July floods for the @texastribune.org: ow.ly/Egkn50X0j0v #ClimateMatters @climatecentral.org

Solutions journalism is often rooted in optimism, but how do you tell hopeful stories without glossing over challenges? We’re offering a training with @soljourno.bsky.social on covering marine carbon dioxide removal with @davidho.bsky.social and Jaime Palter Oct. 7! uri-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Our Assistant Director Erin Edmonds was published alongside the URI @dwell-lab.bsky.social team! The North Woods Project is a blend of AR, GIS mapping, web technologies, and field‑based methods showcasing the area as a vibrant site for learning and SciComm! kairos.technorhetoric.net/30.1/topoi/j...

It’s not too late to sign up! If you’re attending #ONA2025, grab a spot for Metcalf Institute’s workshop: Is Your News Organization Climate-Ready? This hands-on session helps newsrooms map out a plan for covering the climate crisis. @journalists.org 📆 Sept. 13. 10 AM - 1 PM tally.so/r/3N9BeN

We’re looking forward to connecting with our network at #ONA25 September 10-13! Don’t miss sessions with Metcalf staff – see the schedule for details on our Taking Care panel and Attribution Science workshop next Thursday and Friday! @journalists.org ow.ly/zefN50WPASJ

The inaugural Metcalf Ocean Nexus Academy (MONA) took place this summer! Watch the video for a behind-the-scenes glimpse of what the fellows learned during the experience! 🌊 @uprootproject.bsky.social @rachelreports.bsky.social @mjoel17.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhTo...

If you’re attending the Online News Association's annual conference in New Orleans, sign up for Metcalf Institute’s workshop – Is Your News Organization Climate-Ready? – on Saturday, September 13 (10 AM–2 PM CDT)! #ONA2025 @journalists.org tally.so/r/3N9BeN

Congrats to Metcalf alum, @mstarling.bsky.social, whose story for @deseret.com.web.brid.gy, “Consider the Condor,” won second place in the @spj-posts.bsky.social 2025 Top of the Rockies excellence in journalism awards for feature writing! 📰: www.deseret.com/magazine/202... 📸: The Peregrine Fund

Looking to interview experts on environmental topics? This is the resource for you! The team behind the SciComm Identities Project (SCIP) created a source book of experts for journalists covering climate and environmental topics. 🌎📖 web.uri.edu/metcalf/look...

This summer, Metcalf partnered with RI NSF EPSCoR to launch a new undergraduate fellowship, The Open Newsroom. Join us Monday, August 18, 5-7 PM at the Providence Public Library for a culminating showcase of students’ work! web.uri.edu/rinsfepscor/...

Deadline extended! New England newsrooms now have until Tuesday, August 19 to apply for Metcalf Institute's second cohort of the Climate Ready Newsrooms fellowship! 📰🌎 Learn more and apply online: web.uri.edu/metcalf/loca...

Calling all Metcalf alumni: we want to share your news and celebrate your accomplishments! Fill out this handy form (as many times as you'd like!) to tell us what’s new in your world, from new jobs to impactful projects. ✍️ form.asana.com?k=j6tAPErgXQ...

Congrats Metcalf alum Ayurella Horn-Muller! Her book, Devoured: The Extraordinary Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Ate the South, received a James A. Duke Excellence in Botanical Literature Awards honorable mention from the American Botanical Council @lsupress.bsky.social lsupress.org/978080718239...

Beginning this fall, the second cohort of the Metcalf Institute's Climate Ready Newsrooms fellowship aims to prepare local newsrooms – not just individuals – to report on the science of climate and environmental change! Apply by August 15 ➡️ web.uri.edu/metcalf/loca...

After federal agencies skipped standard testing for toxic metals in the soil of burned homes following the Eaton and Palisades wildfires, Metcalf alum and @latimes.com reporter Tony Briscoe led a team to collect soil samples and report on the alarming findings. 🎙️: www.youtube.com/watch?v=omXa...

If you're a climate journalist and feeling overwhelmed, tune in TOMORROW, July 15, for the free virtual C.A.R.E.S. Climate and Mental Health Training. This collab between Metcalf and @soljourno.bsky.social features speakers @yessfun.com and Rebecca Weston. Sign up: uri-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

In this week’s alumni spotlight: Ashley Miznazi! Ashley was part of our 2025 AWJ fellowship, which focused on food systems. Motivated by a science immersion here in RI, she checked in with lychee growers in South Florida for @miamiherald.com www.miamiherald.com/news/local/e... 📸: Ashley Miznazi

With the help of Ocean Nexus researchers and the Metcalf team, last week MONA fellows @mjoel17.bsky.social, @rachelreports.bsky.social, and Eva Tesfaye identified new stories to pursue with science translation training and expanded content knowledge on ocean equity! @uprootproject.bsky.social

We're teaming up with @soljourno.bsky.social to offer the C.A.R.E.S. Climate and Mental Health Training July 15, exploring what happens inside our bodies when we’re exposed to bad news and strategies for climate journalists, with @yessfun.com and Rebecca Weston. Sign up online! ow.ly/Bat850WkAlH

Metcalf alum @cloelogan.bsky.social hit the road – the ice road – to uncover how climate change, especially increased temperatures caused by the burning of fossil fuels, affects these important transportation routes in northern Canada. Read the series online: ow.ly/7uom50WjoOH 📸 by Jesse Winter

Season 2 of Human Footprint premiered on PBS – and there's a lot of Metcalf alumni talent behind it! David Hutchinson (who was part of #AWJ2025), Rick Smith, and Elliott Kennerson were all involved. We love to see the variety of work our alumni pursue! www.pbs.org/about/about-...

Join us in welcoming @mjoel17.bsky.social, an award-winning reporter for Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism, and MONA fellow! Created by Metcalf in collaboration with Ocean Nexus and @uprootproject.bsky.social, the workshop kicks off next week! web.uri.edu/metcalf/metc...

Metcalf's annual Leeson Lecture took place June 10, presenting @julianagyeman.bsky.social. His talk, “Just Sustainabilities in Policy, Planning and Practice,” elaborated on urban planning concepts that emphasize spatial and food justice. Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/ZgL3UxZqt4s 📸 Therese Iacono

Meet @rachelreports.bsky.social, an independent journalist covering climate change and environment, and former climate writer at CNN. She’s one of our fellows for the new MONA program convening next week to explore our intertwined relationships with the oceans! 🌊 web.uri.edu/metcalf/metc...

We’re excited to welcome 3 fellows for the first-ever Metcalf Ocean Nexus Academy (MONA)! Eva Tesfaye, of WWNO’s Coastal Desk, is among the cohort of journalists joining us for this unique program advancing transformative changes at the nexus of ocean and social justice. web.uri.edu/metcalf/metc...

That's a wrap for #AWJ2025! After talking about food security in a changing climate and planting trees in the silvopasture at URI's Peckham Farm Friday, it was only fitting to round out the week with a reminder that food is also joy, with an enlightening cooking demonstration by Silvermoon LaRose. 🌱

The #AWJ2025 fellows rolled up their sleeves and put on waders to learn about bivalves at Roger Williams University! They got to witness the three phases of shellfish aquaculture at the CEED lab and on the water, along with learning about the impacts of climate change on the shellfish economy. 🦪🌊

From touring the Sankofa gardens and market and learning about soil remediation to discussing community in journalism and science over a delicious meal by Sina's Kitchen and Catering, yesterday's #AWJ2025 immersion let fellows experience local food systems in action, right in Providence. 🌱🍲

The #AWJ2025 fellows visited the aquarium at @urigso.bsky.social to dive deeper into their investigation of the effects of climate change on underwater life with experts Ed Baker and Riley Secor. Undeterred by claws, the fellows weighed lobsters and checked for shell disease! 🦞 #URIGSO #SciComm

By water and by land, the fellows had a busy first day of #AWJ2025 aboard URI's coastal research vessel Cap'n Bert in the morning, lunch with scientists, and then a visit to Ashawaug Farm to learn about Indigenous agricultural practices! 🐟🔬🍅

Give a warm welcome to Metcalf's #AWJ2025 fellows! Follow along this week as these environmental journalists dive into food systems and climate change through a social justice lens, bringing what they learn in the field to their science reporting! 🦞🌱🦪🐄🌽 #SciComm

The Metcalf Institute's Leeson Lecture is this Tuesday! @julianagyeman.bsky.social presents “Just Sustainabilities in Policy, Planning and Practice,” a can’t-miss talk for anyone engaged in urban planning and food justice. ⬇️ June 10 @ 3:30pm URI Bay Campus web.uri.edu/metcalf/crit...

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