Fellows at Work: Bison for Lunch, Ice-storm Opportunities, Climate Anxiety and more

Fellows & Grantees at Work

Sacred Planet with Gulnaz Khan Gulnaz Kahn, PBS (2022 SEJ Post-Conference Tour, South Texas Coast)

Sludge Contaminated 10,000 Acres of Farmland. What Should Be Done? Caroline Gutman, The New York Times (2024 Water Infrastructure Workshop)

Young People Are Using Parties and Free Menstrual Cups to Fight Climate Anxiety Colleen Hamilton, Teen Vogue (supported by a 2025 Mary G. Hager Memorial Reporting Grant)

As tribes restore bison, an effort to get them on school lunch menus Nancy Averett, NPR (supported by a 2024 Indigenous Reporting Grant)

Decline of whitefish in Lake Michigan sparks fears that the fish might disappear Danielle Kaeding, WPR (2015 Lake Superior Institute)

This class of toxic pesticides is now prevalent in Michigan waters Garret Ellison, MLive (2024 Water Infrastructure Workshop)

Ice storm damaged northern Michigan forests at $40M cost, but presents an opportunity Carol Thompson, The Detroit News (2024 Great Lakes Energy Workshop)

The race to protect homes from speculators post-wildfire Annie Rosenthal, High Country News (2025 Southern California Wildfire Institute)

Opportunities & Announcements

Floodlight is hiring an editor-in-chief as well as a Louisiana investigative reporter.

Vox is hiring a deputy editor for Future Perfect.

The Bill Lane Center for the American West and Stanford University is accepting applications for its Western Media Fellowships.

Grist is hiring an Upper Great Lakes reporter, based at Interlochen Public Radio.

Canary Media is hiring a copy and production editor.

The (Charleston, S.C.) Post and Courier is hiring a climate reporter to join its Rising Waters Lab.

The Seattle Times is hiring a climate reporter.