Winners: SEJ 21st Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment
And the winners are...
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"Family, Friends Mourn British Journalist Killed In Brazil"
"Gathered at a cemetery on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, friends and relatives paid their final respects on Sunday to British journalist Dom Phillips, killed in the Brazilian Amazon while researching for a book about how to save the world’s largest rainforest."
Source: AP, 06/27/2022
"DOE Keeps Hiring Oil Industry Public Relations Firm"
"The Department of Energy retained a global public relations firm with longstanding fossil fuel ties, continuing a practice that ramped up during the Trump administration."
Source: E&E News, 06/27/2022
#SEJSpotlight: Leah Mahan, Independent Documentary Filmmaker
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Meet SEJ member Leah Mahan! Leah is an independent documentary filmmaker whose work has been nominated by the Directors Guild of America for Outstanding Directorial Achievement. She is also a nonfiction producer, writer, storytelling consultant and teacher.
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Court Says Calif. Utilities Commission Must Obey State Public Records Act
"In a broad victory for government transparency, an appeals court has ruled that the California Public Utilities Commission must comply with a state law requiring all agencies to promptly release information to the public."
Source: LA Times, 06/21/2022
"In An Unusual Step, a Top Medical Journal Weighs in on Climate Change"
"For years, research journals devoted to the earth sciences have warned of the dire consequences that could result from global warming and pollution going unchecked. Now, one of the nation’s oldest medical journals has committed itself to increasing the public’s knowledge about the health effects of the planet’s changing climate."
Source: Inside Climate News, 06/21/2022
Environmental Journalist Recounts His Historical Slave-Era Find
The historic discovery of the Clotilda — America’s “Last Slave Ship” — is only part of the story told in a new book by Alabama-based journalist Ben Raines, which tells the far larger tale about the ship’s survivors, the remarkable Jim Crow-era community they created and its ultimate erosion when faced by decades of environmental racism. A review by BookShelf Editor Tom Henry.
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EPA Leak on Problem Coal Ash Sites Could Yield Local Drinking Water Stories
Closure plans for more than 160 coal ash facilities crisscrossing the United States are under renewed scrutiny by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to a newly leaked list. The latest TipSheet credits that leak with offering local environmental reporters story leads on potential drinking water pollution in their communities. Get the details, plus story ideas and reporting resources.
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#SEJSpotlight: Steve Herman, Chief National Correspondent, Voice of America
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