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October 16, 2023

Uproot/IJA Webinar: How To Cover Indigenous Stories As a Non-Indigenous Journalist

Join The Uproot Project and the Indigenous Journalists Association for a panel discussion on how reporters can best cover Indigenous communities and why having Indigenous reporters in newsrooms is essential. 7:00 p.m. ET.

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November 6, 2023

IJA/AARP Webinar: Preventing Fraud and Scams Targeted at Indigenous Communities

The Indigenous Journalists Association (IJA) and AARP (formerly called the American Association of Retired Persons) will co-host this webinar via Zoom to discuss recent research, level of crisis in communities and opportunities for journalists to reframe reporting on victims. 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET.

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November 3, 2023

Design 101: How To Create Visuals When It’s Not Usually Your Job

If you’re a journalist or communication professional now handling (or who wants to handle) quick-turn graphics, get a head start with the National Press Club Journalism Institute’s beginner course for designing visuals regardless of your hands-on design experience. Noon ET. $15 NPC members/$20 nonmembers.

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Fungal Networks Could Help Make The Planet More Resilient To Climate Change

"A team of scientists loaded into a gray minivan in this capital city earlier this year and drove for hundreds of miles west through the Kazakh steppe — a vast region marked by endless open plains of grass, abandoned farms and flower-filled meadows."

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Source: Washington Post, 10/11/2023

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Watchdog Group Warns Of Big Ongoing Flaw In A Montreal Ozone Treaty

"Findings by the Environmental Investigation Agency point to a perceived loophole in the Montreal Protocol".

Source: Washington Post, 10/11/2023

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"Gene Editing Offers Chickens Some Protection Against Bird Flu - Study"

"Scientists in Britain have found they can partially protect chickens from bird flu infections by editing their genes, signaling a new potential strategy to reduce the spread of the deadly virus."

Source: Reuters, 10/11/2023

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November 8, 2023

CJF Webcast: Is Climate Solutions Journalism the Solution?

This virtual Canadian Journalism Foundation J-Talk event will bring together climate journalists, academics and editors who are telling the climate story to discuss how to make climate journalism more engaging and impactful with global audiences. 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET.

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Deadly Humid Heat Could Hit Billions, Spread As Far As US Midwest: Study

"Billions of people could struggle to survive in periods of deadly, humid heat within this century as temperatures rise, particularly in some of the world's largest cities, from Delhi to Shanghai, according to research published on Monday."

Source: Reuters, 10/10/2023

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SEJ's 2024 Journalists' Guide to Environment and Energy

Watch the video recording of the 12th annual edition of the Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy on November 16, where leading environmental journalists from major news outlets predicted the top stories of the year ahead, David Byrne joined as our special guest, and the winner of the $10,000 Nina Mason Pulliam Award for Environmental Reporting was announced and presented live.