Fellows at Work: Carrying Fire, Sniffing out Truffles, Protecting Mycorrhizal Networks and more
Fellows & Grantees at Work
Lincoln County, New Mexico, wants to turn flood-prone properties into public land Annie Rosenthal, High Country News (supported by a 2026 field reporting grant)
Wolf numbers have rebounded on Isle Royale. Moose is another story Carol Thompson, The Detroit News (2024 Great Lakes Energy Future Workshop)
Iconic whitefish on edge of collapse as Great Lakes biodiversity crisis deepens Kelly House, Bridge Michigan (2024 Great Lakes Energy Future Workshop)
This herbicide is so toxic it’s been banned in over 70 countries. But plants in the South are releasing it into the air. Delaney Nolan, The Lens (2024 field reporting grant recipient)
Why mycorrhizal fungi networks need more protection Kylie Mohr, High Country News (2023 Wildfire Workshop)
Wisconsin data center boom will demand massive water, energy resources Caitlin Looby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2026 Big Data, Great Lakes Workshop)
Ocean observatories go dark off Pacific Northwest coast John Ryan, KUOW (2019 Bristol Bay Institute)
Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System Eric Niiler, The New York Times (2023 Wildfire Workshop)
Alberta allows windfall oil and gas payments to ranchers — on public land Drew Anderson, The Narwhal (2025 Crown of the Continent Institute)
As Wildfire Risks Rise, Forest Service Shutters Labs That Study Them Eric Niiler (2023 Wildfire Workshop), photos by John Stember (2025 Crown of the Continent Institute), The New York Times
How Indigenous leaders are ‘carrying fire’ from Northwest history to the present Ashley Braun, Oregon Public Broadcasting (2024 Wildfire Institute)
Scientists Filmed a Whale Birth. The Surprise: Mom Had Many Helpers. Catrin Einhorn, The New York Times (2021 Ocean + Climate Workshop Series)
The Fight Against the Ambler Road in Alaska Is Far From Over Sarah Gilman, Sierra Magazine (2017 Great Bear Institute)
Sniffing Out American Truffles Irina Zhorov, Gravy Podcast (2017 Great Bear Institute)
Google pitches Michigan on a different kind of data center. Some don’t buy it Lucas Smolcic Larson, MLive (2026 Big Data, Great Lakes Workshop)
Microplastics and algal blooms threaten double-whammy of trouble for Lake Erie Tom Henry, The Toledo Blade (2025 Federal Funding Workshop)
Hurricane Helene ravaged farmers’ topsoil. They’re still fighting to build it back. Irina Zhorov, Grist (2017 Great Bear Institute)
Home on the Range No More: Trump Wants Bison Gone photographs by John Stember, The New York Times (2025 Crown of the Continent Institute)
In Florida, an Agricultural Town in Need of an Economic Boost Eyes Hyperscale Data Centers Amy Green, Inside Climate News (2026 Big Data, Great Lakes workshop)
Great waste in the Great Lakes: How plastic pollution is clogging our waters Michael Hawthorne, The Chicago Tribune (2025 Federal Funding Workshop)
Opportunities, Announcements & Accolades
Congratulations to the several IJNR alumni who won Headliner Awards this year, including Gabriel Pietrorazio, Caitlin Looby, Olga Loginova, Kelly House, Dan Kraker, Keerti Gopal and Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco.
Congratulations to the IJNR alumni who won awards from Investigative Reporters & Editors, including Chiara Eisner and Grace Toohey.
Congratulations to the IJNR alumni who have been named finalists for awards from the Institute for Nonprofit News, including Alex Ip, Emma Foehringer Merchant, Maria Parazo Rose, Ko Bragg, Olga Loginova, Keerti Gopal, and Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco.
Alumna Adriana Martinez-Smiley has been awarded a Chips Quinn reporting fellowshop. ICT is hosting a virtual event, America 250 Through an Indigenous Lens
ICT is hiring an Indigenous Affairs Reporter to cover California.
The Guardian is hiring a breaking news reporter.
GJS is providing a hostile environment training course for freelance journalists.
The Food and Farming Journalism Network is hosting a webinar, From Big Ag to Big Aquaculture, Finding Overlooked Stories.
The Center for Health Journalism is accepting applications for its data fellowship.
Deep South Today is hiring a director for Deep South Today Studios.
The Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk is hiring a part-time data journalist.
U.S. Right to Know is hiring a part-time science reporter.
Buffalo’s Fire/Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance is hiring a general assignment reporter.