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  • Storytelling or Storylistening: The Role of Receptivity in Crafting Narratives

    This edition of the Vital Impacts Online Speaker Series features Amy Martin, "the acclaimed environmental journalist and audio storyteller behind the award-winning podcast Threshold. "Since launching the series in 2016, Martin has taken listeners beyond the headlines through deeply reported, immersive seasons exploring topics such as the restoration of the American bison, the rapidly warming

  • DEADLINE: Waterman Fund Essay Contest for Emerging Writers

    "Since 2008, Appalachia, the mountaineering and conservation journal published by the Appalachian Mountain Club, and the Waterman Fund have joined to sponsor an annual essay contest for emerging writers. Writers who have not published a major work of fiction or narrative nonfiction on topics of wilderness, wildness, or the ethics and ecology of environmental issues

  • DEADLINE: Bay Nature General Assignment Reporter Fellowship

    "Bay Nature (baynature.org) has a reporting fellowship for someone seeking reporting and writing experience covering the environment and climate change in the San Francisco Bay Area. "For this full-time, one-year fellowship, you’ll further develop your general reporting and writing, data reporting, magazine fact-checking, and WordPress skills, as well as learn about and spend time in

  • ERC Office Hours

    "Stuck on a reporting decision? Can’t figure out how to move an investigation forward? Unsure about funding, framing, or strategy? Or maybe you just need a friendly, thoughtful conversation and a bit of inspiration. We’re excited to announce our new ERC Office Hours, a monthly space for you to bring the real questions you’re navigating right

  • DEADLINE: EVOME Science Journalism Fellowships

    "The National Science Foundation-supported Evolving Meta-Ecosystems Institute (EVOME) will provide fellowships for six science journalists to participate in a two-week immersion in interdisciplinary evolutionary and global change biology being conducted at the University of Alaska’s Toolik Field Station in northern Alaska. Fellowships will cover transportation costs to and from the Toolik Field Station through Fairbanks,

  • DEADLINE: Y. Eva Tan Fellowship in Environmental Journalism – Portuguese

    "Mongabay is now accepting applications for the first Portuguese-language cohort of the Y. Eva Tan Environmental Journalism Fellowship. "This six-month, fully remote fellowship supports early-career environmental journalists from eligible tropical Portuguese-speaking countries in building their reporting portfolios while working closely with Mongabay’s editors. "Fellows gain hands-on experience covering critical biodiversity and conservation issues and receive

  • DEADLINE: Propel Initiative Regional Training Series at Cal Poly SLO

    "The Propel Initiative Regional Training Series at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo takes place April 24-25, 2026. Sessions will be led by accomplished reporters, editors and news leaders and will serve journalists of all backgrounds working within the state of California and in all platforms and print, digital and broadcast. "The training is

  • SEJ2026 Annual Conference

    "We’re gathering this year on the shores of the Great Lakes for the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 35th annual conference. Hosted by the University of Illinois Chicago, SEJ2026 explores how climate, water, energy, food, agriculture and health intersect — and how journalists can illuminate the systems that sustain life on our planet. Join us to

  • Covering the Conflagration: Reporting From the Wildfire Frontiers

    "Wildfires are becoming not only annual events but also unmistakable signs of the broader climate emergency—scorching forests, forcing evacuations, disrupting ecosystems, and crossing borders. Covering the Conflagration brings together journalists who report directly from these frontlines, capturing both the immediate dangers and the longer-term consequences of fire. "Jesse Winter, Visual Journalist and recipient of the

  • DEADLINE: John B. Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism

    "The John B. Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism, which carries a $5,000 prize, is given annually for news reporting that makes an exceptional contribution to the public’s understanding of environmental issues. "The winner will receive $5,000 and will be recognized at a ceremony at Columbia Journalism School. All formats including text, audio and video

  • DEADLINE: Professional Development Grants for Environmental Journalism In Europe

    "Journalismfund.eu's Earth Investigations Programme in 2025/2026 will award €75,000 (per call) in Professional Development Grants for Environmental Journalism for projects on collective development and support services for environmental investigative journalism as a whole. "Any incorporated legal entity can apply. Applying entities do not necessarily need to be based in Europe. However, the proposed project should

  • DEADLINE: Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop

    The Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York invites applications by May 1 for the June 14-19, 2026 workshop. "Join a community of writers, improve your craft, and reimagine how you think about nature. Guided by award-winning instructors, the Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop provides an intimate space to connect with writers, artists, and editors, spark creativity,