Explore our 10th annual Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy, as we scour the beat to identify 15 top stories to put on your radar for 2026. Our updated format for the special report provides a quick read and a broad scope — with insights on climate change and environmental justice, bird and insect declines, data centers and deep sea mining, deregulation and PFAS and much more. Get started here.
On Dec. 9, Freedom of the Press Foundation, the Association of Healthcare Journalists and the Society of Environmental Journalists hosted a webinar on what happens when whistleblowers, researchers, students and federal employees are intimidated into staying quiet. Details and recording.
Our Calendar lists professional meetings, webinars, press conferences, awards/fellowships/workshops deadlines and more. Dec. 11 Deadline: The Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources, in conjunction with the Society of Environmental Journalists, will conduct a virtual training program, "The Future of Chesapeake Bay," on Dec. 12 @ 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. EST, for professional journalists that explores the complicated past and future of the Bay.
Applications are open for the National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships (SHERF), a collaboration of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing (CASW), the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) and the Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ). Early-career US journalists will receive training, networking, mentoring, new sources and story ideas — while allowing them to stay at their jobs. Read the announcement, watch the recording of the Nov. 21 info webinar amd apply now (Dec. 19 deadline).
Enjoy our selection of quotes celebrating journalism and free speech. Submit yours! Click here.
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"THE PRESS MUST BE FREE. It has always been so, and much evil has been corrected by it. If Government finds itself annoyed by it, let it examine its own conduct, and it will find the cause; let it amend it, and it will find the remedy." — Thomas Erskine, 1792
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SEJ.org is a treasure chest of information useful to your reporting. Search website content by topics on the beat, including:
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SEJ's mission is to strengthen coverage of environment, energy, health and climate news, by supporting the journalists who report that news. The benefits of joining include: access to grants for environmental reporting; mentoring by experienced journalists; and members-only e-mailing lists for sharing professional tips, news, and information. SEJ members meet and learn face-to-face from fellow members, other media professionals and topic experts, at our annual conference 
and volunteer-organized regional gatherings.
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