On April 30, 2026, CASW Connector hosted a Chat with Alessandra Zimmermann, AAAS project director for R&D policy, and Max Kozlov, award-winning science journalist at Nature. The Chat was moderated by independent
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“Environmental stories are undercovered in part because the experts are hard to find. Naturalists, science communicators, curriculum designers, field educators, and community-based practitioners are doing work that is directly relevant
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“Carbon in Context is a free-to-use tool that converts greenhouse gas emissions quantities into familiar terms. It can help you better understand and communicate climate change with clarity. Gas types:”
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“Every journalist has their own approach to finding and interviewing sources. But the best reporters share some common tactics to vet potential sources, get a rambling source back on track
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“APS science policy data dashboards present a new approach to using publicly available data to highlight various impacts of federal R&D investments in the United States, including at the state,
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“U.S. federal agencies spend tens of billions of dollars on science each year, often following a predictable pattern. This site monitors both total obligation rates and award activity at five
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“Climate Central maintains this comprehensive database tracking U.S. weather and climate disasters since 1980 where overall damages/costs reached or exceeded $1 billion (including Consumer Price Index (CPI) adjustment to 2026).
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“If drinking water safety is on your beat, then keeping track of seesawing regulations around PFAS is a challenge. But as Reporter’s Toolbox writes, a powerful government data mapping tool
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“The Pew Charitable Trusts, in partnership with the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center, developed the Distributed Energy Resources State Policy Explorer to compile and share DER-related legislation enacted throughout
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“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, fueled
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This guide includes research, surveys, data, and other helpful information for journalists covering substance use, addiction, overdose, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery.” Read background information on the guide including why
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“AAAS provides several interactive data visualizations. They fall under three broad categories: Historical Dashboards which allow the user to visualize and manipulate historical R&D spending data at the state, national
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“Whether you’re a seasoned journalist or you’re just starting out, you’re sure to encounter ethical questions in your work. This might involve ethical dilemmas when covering topics like animal research,
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“Communities surrounded by forest can be a beautiful place to live … or a wildfire trap. Environmental journalists can readily map and identify these so-called wildland urban interfaces through a
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“Limited to familiar photographs of people on court steps, or stock images of corporate offices, the visual language of climate litigation is often restricted to depicting a technical process or
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“A massive trove of mappable water data from the U.S. Geological Survey offers reporters resources to cover present-day flooding threats, compare them to past flood events or help prepare reporting
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“Rare disease researchers, patients and caregivers alike often welcome news media coverage to bring awareness to conditions that, despite the term ‘rare,’ collectively impact more than 300 million people worldwide.
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“Drinking water may be ubiquitous in the United States, but that doesn’t mean it’s always safe. To report the answer in your community, the latest Reporter’s Toolbox suggests exploring the
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On January 29, 2026, top investigative reporters Charles Piller of Science and Liza Gross of Inside Climate News discussed the ins and outs of investigative science reporting. Piller is the recipient of CASW’s 2025 Victor Cohn Prize
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“Cropland can easily be found time and again at the heart of the key concerns on the environment beat, whether climate, water, chemicals or, of course, land. The latest Reporter’s
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“The climate emergency is a huge, multi-faceted story for every beat in the newsroom. So far, most climate coverage has focused on the problem itself, which makes sense; scientists call
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Climate Action Campaign tracks cuts to extreme weather preparedness, frozen investments, blocked pollution protections and more by the Trump 2.0 administration since December 2024.
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“In this 2026 Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy — the SEJournal’s 10th annual — we look ahead to the coming year’s news a bit differently than in the past.
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