Fellows at Work: Wood Pellets, Salmon, Pesticides and More
Fellows & Grantees at Work
Europe burns wood pellets. Impacts rise for US communities, forests. Melba Newsome, The Chrisitan Science Monitor (2023 Environmental Justice Reporting Grant)
Timber Wars Podcast, Season 2: Salmon Wars Tony Schick, ProPublica/OPB (2021 Environmental Racism Workshop)
Is Nuclear Power Clean Energy? Sheri McWhirter, Great Lakes Now (2024 Great Lakes Energy Future Workshop)
Traces of weedkiller found in urine of 7 in 10 pregnant women in Indiana, new study says Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star (2019 Great Lakes Water Quality Institute)
US energy industry methane emissions are triple what government thinks, study finds Seth Borenstein, Associated Press (2003 Midnight Sun Institute)
Opportunities & Announcements
The McGraw Center at the Newmark School is accepting proposals for grants to cover environment stories that “follow the money”
The Vermont Law and Graduate School invites applications for its 2024 Summer Media Fellowships
The Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital invites journalists to attend and reach out with interview requests for the filmmakers