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SEJ holds webinars, regional conferences and other events to help its more than 1,400 members polish their craft and get important background on current environmental issues. Do you have an idea for your organization to partner with SEJ on an event in your area? Let us know.

Register now for SEJ2026, April 15-18 hosted by the University of Illinois Chicago, to secure your spot in a community dedicated to uncovering solutions and pursuing stories that matter in a rapidly changing world. Together, we’ll meet this critical moment with shared purpose and determination to safeguard and shape the future of environmental journalism.

• Full Conference Passes: SEJ Members
• Full Conference Passes: Nonmembers
• Single Day Passes

Wanted: Mentors! Member-to-member help is an important part of SEJ's mission to improve environmental journalism, and that's what our mentoring program is all about. We pair veteran environmental reporters with newcomers to the beat, university students, or with less experienced reporters who want to improve their skills. Apply to be a mentor or mentee. You must be an SEJ member. Not a member? Join us.

Here you'll find FOIA basics; key online resources; SEJ's WatchDog, news and tools on access to environmental information; volunteer Freedom of Information Task Force; and positions taken by SEJ advocating access to environmental information and supporting media's right to know on behalf of the public.

Check out the many awards and fellowships competitions with recurring deadlines, such as the Fund for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) Grants, the IRP Reporting Trip to Nepal and the UC Berkeley-11th Hour Food and Farming Journalism Fellowship.

In March 2020, WatchDog TipSheet became WatchDog Alert.

TipSheet is a biweekly source for story ideas, background, interview leads and reporting tools for journalists who cover news of the environment.

Find the latest stories from SEJournal Online, the weekly digital news magazine of the Society of Environmental Journalists.