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What Journalists Should Know About the Threat of Chikungunya

"Dengue, malaria, West Nile, Zika … most people have heard of these diseases. But far fewer people are familiar with chikungunya, a tropical disease likely to increase with the continuing effects of climate change." Find basics, study findings, story ideas and resources.

What Journalists Should Know About the Threat of Chikungunya

Summary:

"Dengue, malaria, West Nile, Zika … most people have heard of these diseases. But far fewer people are familiar with chikungunya, a tropical disease likely to increase with the continuing effects of climate change." Find basics, study findings, story ideas and resources.

Author:

Tara Haelle

Published By:

Association of Health Care Journalists

Date:

January 16, 2025

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Investigating the Climate Crisis: A Toolbox for Accessing Databases and Sources

"A 'toolbox' for finding and using reliable climate data, maps, and platforms. Includes guidance on ethically incorporating Indigenous perspectives in reporting. Speakers:

Heron Martins, environmental engineer; expert in Amazon data systems; currently with Center for Climate Crime Analysis
Ikaruni Nawa, Indigenous journalist and anthropologist; co-leader of the Brazilian Indigenous Journalists Network

Investigating the Climate Crisis: A Toolbox for Accessing Databases and Sources

Summary:

"A 'toolbox' for finding and using reliable climate data, maps, and platforms. Includes guidance on ethically incorporating Indigenous perspectives in reporting. Speakers:

Heron Martins, environmental engineer; expert in Amazon data systems; currently with Center for Climate Crime Analysis
Ikaruni Nawa, Indigenous journalist and anthropologist; co-leader of the Brazilian Indigenous Journalists Network

Published By:

Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas

Date:

August 13, 2025

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Article

Covering Science in the Context of Conflict

"War is a science story. War creates untold humanitarian and environmental crises, disrupts research, and destroys scientific infrastructure—yet these critical science stories often remain undertold. To find and tell science stories from regions in turmoil, journalists have to dig for unique angles, gather and verify context about conflicts, track down and protect sources, and, above all, stay safe. To find a science angle, track the destruction of scientific facilities, highlight researchers who are displaced or experiments that are disrupted, or uncover long-term health impacts of warfare."

Video

How To Report on the Green Transition and Critical Minerals

Pulitzer Center

"This webinar will help journalists explore how to cover the green transition with nuance, uncover supply chain complexities, and investigate who benefits, and who bears the cost, of this mineral rush. Participants will learn how to:

Identify underreported angles in the green transition
Investigate the impacts of mining on communities and ecosystems
Analyze corporate and government claims around sustainability
Use tools to trace mineral supply chains and global trade"

Resource Database / Guide

Resources To Help You Cover Data Centers in Your Community

SciLine

"As data centers are being built in more and more U.S. localities to meet demand for generative AI, they are consuming massive amounts of energy, increasing electricity costs for consumers, and driving debates about land use. A range of data sources and types of expertise can deepen your coverage of these centers and how they will impact your community."

Resources To Help You Cover Data Centers in Your Community

Summary:

"As data centers are being built in more and more U.S. localities to meet demand for generative AI, they are consuming massive amounts of energy, increasing electricity costs for consumers, and driving debates about land use. A range of data sources and types of expertise can deepen your coverage of these centers and how they will impact your community."

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SciLine

Date:

August 19, 2025

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Blog

ScienceBlog.com

"ScienceBlog.com is a leading platform for science enthusiasts and experts to share their knowledge and insights with a dedicated audience." The website hosts multiple blogs on topics including:

Brain & Behavior
Earth, Energy & Environment
Health
Life & Non-Humans
Physics & Mathematics
Space
Technology

Resource Database / Guide

GIJN Reporting Guide for Landfill Methane Emissions and Solutions

"This GIJN guide will describe what resources are available and what questions to ask about methane emissions from landfills and how to reduce them. Examples of great investigations on the issue can be found at the end of this guide." Topics include:

How landfills contribute to climate change
Finding out about methane emissions
What to ask about solutions

GIJN Reporting Guide for Landfill Methane Emissions and Solutions

Summary:

"This GIJN guide will describe what resources are available and what questions to ask about methane emissions from landfills and how to reduce them. Examples of great investigations on the issue can be found at the end of this guide." Topics include:

How landfills contribute to climate change
Finding out about methane emissions
What to ask about solutions

Published By:

Global Investigative Journalism Network

Date:

July 30, 2025

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Video

Is Climate Change to Blame? Understanding and Communicating the Link Between Climate Change and Extreme Weather

"On June 12, 2024, the Yale Center for Environmental Communication hosted a conversation focused on the field of attribution science — a field focused on determining the influence of human-induced climate change on extreme weather events. We learned how scientists establish these connections as well as how to effectively communicate the impact of human-caused climate change on extreme weather events."

See also: YPCCC Resources on Extreme Heat and Climate Change, July 30, 2025

Is Climate Change to Blame? Understanding and Communicating the Link Between Climate Change and Extreme Weather

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"On June 12, 2024, the Yale Center for Environmental Communication hosted a conversation focused on the field of attribution science — a field focused on determining the influence of human-induced climate change on extreme weather events. We learned how scientists establish these connections as well as how to effectively communicate the impact of human-caused climate change on extreme weather events."

See also: YPCCC Resources on Extreme Heat and Climate Change, July 30, 2025

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Yale Center for Environmental Communication

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Newsletter

SciLine Newsletter: Matter of Fact

"Every Wednesday [beginning Aug. 13, 2025], Matter of Fact brings you localizable story ideas, data, advice, and resources to help you cover current news using scientific evidence and expertise."

Article

Risk Journalism: A Guide to Clear Reporting on Any Topic

"This guide is designed for journalists who cover stories about risks in any sector: health, environment, artificial intelligence etc. You will identify the concepts that will help you explain, for example, why false flood alarms occur, the pros and cons of installing a nuclear plant in a certain area, or the uncertainty of a study that finds a particular diet increases the risk of developing cancer."

Risk Journalism: A Guide to Clear Reporting on Any Topic

Summary:

"This guide is designed for journalists who cover stories about risks in any sector: health, environment, artificial intelligence etc. You will identify the concepts that will help you explain, for example, why false flood alarms occur, the pros and cons of installing a nuclear plant in a certain area, or the uncertainty of a study that finds a particular diet increases the risk of developing cancer."

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October 21, 2024

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Resource Database / Guide

Resource Center – Global Investigative Journalism Network

Global Investigative Journalism Network

"GIJN’s Resource Center is here to help journalists expand their knowledge and skills. The Center holds more than 2,000 items in 14 languages – from tip sheets and guides to instructional videos. Use the menu on the right to navigate it or the search box below to find topics you’re interested in."

Resource Center – Global Investigative Journalism Network

Summary:

"GIJN’s Resource Center is here to help journalists expand their knowledge and skills. The Center holds more than 2,000 items in 14 languages – from tip sheets and guides to instructional videos. Use the menu on the right to navigate it or the search box below to find topics you’re interested in."

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Global Investigative Journalism Network

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Resource Database / Guide

Investigating Health and Medicine – Global Investigative Journalism Network

Global Investigative Journalism Network

This guide to reporting on health and medicine issues was originally published in November 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Original authors Serena Tinari and Catherine Riva have updated it as of November 2024, to include a revised introduction, additional insights throughout including lessons learned from covering the coronavirus outbreak, and a new chapter on behind-the-scenes reporting strategies. Available in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic.

Investigating Health and Medicine – Global Investigative Journalism Network

Summary:

This guide to reporting on health and medicine issues was originally published in November 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Original authors Serena Tinari and Catherine Riva have updated it as of November 2024, to include a revised introduction, additional insights throughout including lessons learned from covering the coronavirus outbreak, and a new chapter on behind-the-scenes reporting strategies. Available in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic.

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Global Investigative Journalism Network

Date:

December 10, 2024

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Article

Using Open Data to Sharpen Science Stories

"Many reporters are familiar with the idea of using data to bring nuance and depth to a story. They may draw from public government data, such as census data or COVID-19 dashboards, for example. But ... journalists aren’t widely utilizing the vast troves of freely accessible data that researchers and organizations share online. These “open” research datasets are distinct from other types of data in a journalist’s toolkit, including data collected via Freedom of Information Act requests or scraped from the web. ... "Taking advantage of open data might seem daunting—especially if you don’t have formal research training. ... But if you know what types of open data exist, where to look, and what questions to ask experts, these data can open a world of possible stories."

Fellowships & Grants

COP30 Climate Change Media Partnership Reporting Fellowship

Earth Journalism Network

"The Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP), led by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) and the Stanley Center for Peace and Security, is pleased to announce the COP30 CCMP Reporting Fellowship Program for journalists from low- and middle-income countries interested in covering the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP30). Hosted this year by Brazil, the conference is scheduled to take place in the city of Belém from November 10-21, 2025, with the World Leaders’ Summit on November 6-7." Deadline: July 15, 2025, 11:59 PM (Pacific/Niue).

Resource Database / Guide

2025 Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy

Society of Environmental Journalists

"In this special report, '2025 Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy,' the SEJournal looks ahead in our ninth annual guide to key issues in the coming year. Check out the guide’s special forward-focused TipSheets, Backgrounders, WatchDogs, a new EJ TransitionWatch column and an overview analysis."

Book

“Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science”

National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine

"'Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science' characterizes the nature, scope, and impacts of this phenomenon, and provides guidance on interventions, policies, and future research. This report is a comprehensive assessment of the available evidence and reflects a systems view of the problem given the broader historical and contemporary contexts that shape the lived experiences of people and their relationships to information. The report aims to illuminate the impacts of misinformation about science and potential solutions across a diversity of individual peoples, communities, and societies."

Conference

Building Trust in Science: A One-Day Conference for a More Informed Future

Aspen Institute

"Building Trust in Science: A One-Day Conference for a More Informed Future, a collaboration between the Aspen Institute Science & Society Program and the MIT Press, aims to bridge the gap between decades of research in neuroscience and social science about how humans process and understand information, and the vulnerabilities to misinformation and propaganda we endure when we fail to leverage this knowledge in communicating science, especially in the age of generative AI.

"This conference, planned for March 10, 2025 in Boston, at MIT in Cambridge, MA, will be ideal for science communicators, journalists, researchers, students, policymakers, and anyone interested in mobilizing knowledge for a better world. This conference will explore how journalists, science communicators, researchers, and policymakers can utilize knowledge about human learning to empower diverse groups to make informed decisions in a complex world;
combat disinformation and build trust in science and scientists;
amplify voices and perspectives historically marginalized by science and journalism; and craft impactful messaging that fosters active and engaged communities where science is a cornerstone."

Fellowships & Grants

Spreading Love Through the Media: Request for Proposals

Greater Good Science Center

"The GGSC [Greater Good Science Center] is pleased to announce a request for proposals (RFP) to support nonfiction content and reported stories related to love. We are interested in projects that extend well beyond romantic love; we define love as a deep, unselfish commitment to another person’s well-being—even to put their interests before your own. With funding from the John Templeton Foundation, the GGSC will distribute grants of between $5,000 and $50,000 to two dozen journalists and media producers who approach the topic of love from a variety of angles and across a range of media, including articles, videos, radio stories, podcasts, social media content, and more." The application deadline is 11:59 pm PT on March 24, 2025.

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Spreading Love Through the Media: Request for Proposals

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"The GGSC [Greater Good Science Center] is pleased to announce a request for proposals (RFP) to support nonfiction content and reported stories related to love. We are interested in projects that extend well beyond romantic love; we define love as a deep, unselfish commitment to another person’s well-being—even to put their interests before your own. With funding from the John Templeton Foundation, the GGSC will distribute grants of between $5,000 and $50,000 to two dozen journalists and media producers who approach the topic of love from a variety of angles and across a range of media, including articles, videos, radio stories, podcasts, social media content, and more." The application deadline is 11:59 pm PT on March 24, 2025.

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Greater Good Science Center

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Awards

Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards

Covering Climate Now

"The annual Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards has become a recognized standard for excellence in climate journalism. Since our program’s launch in 2021, it has grown every year by leaps and bounds. We now routinely receive more than 1,000 entries, from dozens of countries, on every continent. A similarly global panel of more than 100 judges — all journalists, including many prior CCNow Award recipients — selects the winners." Entry submissions cover 14 subject-based categories. The awards also have a “Large projects & collaborations” category; an “Emerging Journalists of the Year" and a “Journalists of the Year” award, given to "three journalists who demonstrate exemplary commitment to the climate story and whose work has had a transformative impact on our profession." Deadline: March 31, 2025.

Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards

Summary:

"The annual Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards has become a recognized standard for excellence in climate journalism. Since our program’s launch in 2021, it has grown every year by leaps and bounds. We now routinely receive more than 1,000 entries, from dozens of countries, on every continent. A similarly global panel of more than 100 judges — all journalists, including many prior CCNow Award recipients — selects the winners." Entry submissions cover 14 subject-based categories. The awards also have a “Large projects & collaborations” category; an “Emerging Journalists of the Year" and a “Journalists of the Year” award, given to "three journalists who demonstrate exemplary commitment to the climate story and whose work has had a transformative impact on our profession." Deadline: March 31, 2025.

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Covering Climate Now

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Fellowships & Grants

Public Health Reporting Fellowship

National Press Club Journalism Institute

"The Common Health Coalition and the National Press Club Journalism Institute have launched a new fellowship opportunity for mid-career journalists. The Public Health Reporting Fellowship will award up to $7,500 each to five individuals to support reporting projects focused on the intersection of public health policy and health care delivery. " "Applicants will be asked to propose a significant reporting project covering a critical community, regional, state, or national public health issue, to be published or distributed by July 2025." The deadline to apply for the six-month program is January 6, 2025.

Video

Communicating Science to a Skeptical Public: “Your Local Epidemiologist” Katelyn Jetelina

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

"Launched as a 'direct line' to accessible information during the COVID-19 pandemic, the newsletter 'Your Local Epidemiologist' has blossomed into a trusted, wide-ranging science source to more than 250,000 followers. In this event, the newsletter’s founder, epidemiologist and data scientist Katelyn Jetelina, speaks about how public health leaders can cut through misinformation and partisanship with effective, empathetic communication."

Communicating Science to a Skeptical Public: “Your Local Epidemiologist” Katelyn Jetelina

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"Launched as a 'direct line' to accessible information during the COVID-19 pandemic, the newsletter 'Your Local Epidemiologist' has blossomed into a trusted, wide-ranging science source to more than 250,000 followers. In this event, the newsletter’s founder, epidemiologist and data scientist Katelyn Jetelina, speaks about how public health leaders can cut through misinformation and partisanship with effective, empathetic communication."

Organization:

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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October 28, 2024

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Article

9 local story ideas from the 2024 Lancet Countdown report on climate change and health

"Health threats from climate change are reaching record-breaking levels, affecting people in every country, according to the eighth annual Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change report, which provides an up-to-date assessment of the links between health and climate change." This explainer from The Journalist's Resource highlights major findings from the report and offers nine story ideas for local journalists based on its research.

Fellowships & Grants

2025 United Nations Foundation Polio Press Fellowship for Individual Reporting to Africa

United Nations Foundation

The UN Foundation has launched a call for applications for its 2025 Polio Press Fellowship, geared toward journalists who are interested in reporting on stories on polio eradication in Africa. The goal of this fellowship is to provide professional journalists with the means to travel outside their country of residence to areas affected by polio to report on the importance of polio eradication work, as well as ways in which polio infrastructure can contribute to broader health goals. Upon participating in a series of virtual polio training sessions, selected journalists will receive funding to travel independently to one or more countries in Africa at the forefront of the polio eradication effort to gather stories and interviews with polio survivors, health care workers, community members, families, and health authorities. Preference will be given to reporters interested in traveling to the following countries: Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Niger, Nigeria, Madagascar, and Mozambique. The deadline to apply is January 3, 2025.

2025 United Nations Foundation Polio Press Fellowship for Individual Reporting to Africa

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The UN Foundation has launched a call for applications for its 2025 Polio Press Fellowship, geared toward journalists who are interested in reporting on stories on polio eradication in Africa. The goal of this fellowship is to provide professional journalists with the means to travel outside their country of residence to areas affected by polio to report on the importance of polio eradication work, as well as ways in which polio infrastructure can contribute to broader health goals. Upon participating in a series of virtual polio training sessions, selected journalists will receive funding to travel independently to one or more countries in Africa at the forefront of the polio eradication effort to gather stories and interviews with polio survivors, health care workers, community members, families, and health authorities. Preference will be given to reporters interested in traveling to the following countries: Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Niger, Nigeria, Madagascar, and Mozambique. The deadline to apply is January 3, 2025.

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United Nations Foundation

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Fellowships & Grants

Ferriss – UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship

UC Berkeley

"The Ferriss – UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship offers ten $10,000 reporting grants per year to journalists reporting in-depth print and audio stories on the science, policy, business and culture of this new era of psychedelics. In addition to underwriting individual stories, the Fellowship aims to establish and nurture a new generation of journalists covering the frontlines of this rapidly changing field. We’re looking for big, underreported, narratively compelling stories placed in rich political, economic, scientific, and cultural contexts. We are committed to supporting journalists from diverse backgrounds and of all nationalities. The fellowship is a project of the U.C. Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics." The deadline is January 31, 2025.

Ferriss – UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship

Summary:

"The Ferriss – UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship offers ten $10,000 reporting grants per year to journalists reporting in-depth print and audio stories on the science, policy, business and culture of this new era of psychedelics. In addition to underwriting individual stories, the Fellowship aims to establish and nurture a new generation of journalists covering the frontlines of this rapidly changing field. We’re looking for big, underreported, narratively compelling stories placed in rich political, economic, scientific, and cultural contexts. We are committed to supporting journalists from diverse backgrounds and of all nationalities. The fellowship is a project of the U.C. Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics." The deadline is January 31, 2025.

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UC Berkeley

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Fellowships & Grants

Climate and Environmental Science Fellowship for Local Journalism

Metcalf Institute, University of Rhode Island

"The Climate and Environmental Science Fellowship for Local Journalism is a new initiative designed to support local newsrooms in their efforts to report on the science of climate and environmental change. Importantly, this fellowship focuses on local newsrooms — not individuals in newsrooms — and their specific challenges in reporting on these issues for their communities. ... The first cohort for the fellowship will focus on newsrooms in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts with 10 newsrooms chosen from submitted and complete applications." The deadline for the first 2025 cohort was November 17, 2024.

Climate and Environmental Science Fellowship for Local Journalism

Summary:

"The Climate and Environmental Science Fellowship for Local Journalism is a new initiative designed to support local newsrooms in their efforts to report on the science of climate and environmental change. Importantly, this fellowship focuses on local newsrooms — not individuals in newsrooms — and their specific challenges in reporting on these issues for their communities. ... The first cohort for the fellowship will focus on newsrooms in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts with 10 newsrooms chosen from submitted and complete applications." The deadline for the first 2025 cohort was November 17, 2024.

Organization:

Metcalf Institute, University of Rhode Island

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What Journalists Should Know About the Threat of Chikungunya

Investigating the Climate Crisis: A Toolbox for Accessing Databases and Sources

Covering Science in the Context of Conflict

How To Report on the Green Transition and Critical Minerals

Resources To Help You Cover Data Centers in Your Community

ScienceBlog.com

GIJN Reporting Guide for Landfill Methane Emissions and Solutions

Is Climate Change to Blame? Understanding and Communicating the Link Between Climate Change and Extreme Weather

Risk Journalism: A Guide to Clear Reporting on Any Topic

Resource Center – Global Investigative Journalism Network

Investigating Health and Medicine – Global Investigative Journalism Network

Using Open Data to Sharpen Science Stories

COP30 Climate Change Media Partnership Reporting Fellowship

2025 Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy

“Understanding and Addressing Misinformation About Science”

Building Trust in Science: A One-Day Conference for a More Informed Future

Spreading Love Through the Media: Request for Proposals

Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards

Public Health Reporting Fellowship

Communicating Science to a Skeptical Public: “Your Local Epidemiologist” Katelyn Jetelina

9 local story ideas from the 2024 Lancet Countdown report on climate change and health

2025 United Nations Foundation Polio Press Fellowship for Individual Reporting to Africa

Ferriss – UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship

Climate and Environmental Science Fellowship for Local Journalism