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May 12, 2025

DEADLINE: EurekAlert! Travel Awards for International Science Reporters

EurekAlert! provides travel funding and support to early-career science, technology and health journalists from low- and middle-income countries to attend the AAAS Annual Meeting. The 2026 Meeting takes place in Phoenix, AZ, February 12-14. Apply by May 12, 2025. 

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May 16, 2025

DEADLINE: SAJA Scholarship Program

The South Asian Journalists Association offers scholarships to help students afford tuition and other costs associated with higher education to pursue their journalism degree. In 2025, up to $30,000 will be distributed among up to six students in the US or Canada. Deadline: May 16, 2025.

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May 11, 2025

DEADLINE: Multimedia Storytelling Workshop for Students at Vermejo Ranch, NM

Planet Forward filmmakers and editorial staff will take five students to remote and wild landscapes in New Mexico, July 16-20, 2025. Learn how to film and photograph the natural beauty of vast grasslands, vital riparian ecosystems, roaming bison and more. Apply by May 11.

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#SEJSpotlight: Stephanie Anderson, Author; Assistant Professor of Creative Nonfiction, Florida Atlantic University

Meet SEJ member Stephanie Anderson! Stephanie is the author of "From the Ground Up: The Women Revolutionizing Regenerative Agriculture" and "One Size Fits None: A Farm Girl’s Search for the Promise of Regenerative Agriculture." She also serves as Assistant Professor of Creative Nonfiction at Florida Atlantic University.

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"Elon Musk’s xAI in Memphis: 35 Gas Turbines, No Air Pollution Permits"

"Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company is belching smog-forming pollution into an area of South Memphis that already leads the state in emergency department visits for asthma."

Source: E&E News, 05/05/2025

"Trump Buyouts Drive Brain Drain At Federal Agencies"

"Federal workers who once held energy and environment positions protecting national parks and public health or trying to bolster the electric grid to avoid disasters are heading for the exit as President Donald Trump’s campaign to shrink the government accelerates."

Source: E&E News, 05/05/2025

Man Accused Of Hacking US Climate Activists Loses UK Extradition Fight

"A judge in the United Kingdom has recommended the extradition of a private investigator to the United States whom the Justice Department accuses of leading a hacking operation that targeted American climate activists."

Source: NPR, 05/05/2025

"Out at the E.P.A.: Independent Scientists. In: Approving New Chemicals."

"The Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that it would disperse scientists from its independent research office to other divisions where they among other things will be tasked with approving the use of new chemicals."

Source: NYTimes, 05/05/2025

Scientific Societies To Do Climate Assessment After Trump Dismissed Authors

"Two major US scientific societies have announced they will join forces to produce peer-reviewed research on the climate crisis’s impact days after Donald Trump’s administration dismissed contributors to a key Congress-mandated report on climate crisis preparedness."

Source: Guardian, 05/05/2025

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