Fellows at Work: River Restoration, Political Sewage, Post-Fire Rebuilding and more
February 19, 2026
Fellows & Grantees at Work
EPA ousts Michigan water advisor who criticized Trump changes Garret Ellison, MLive (2025 Great Lakes Federal Funding Workshop)
A year later, Altadena fire survivors confront hard choices about housing Nick Kirkpatrick, The Washington Post (2025 Southern California Wildfire Institute)
In Mendocino, river restoration pays off for salmon Tanvi Dutta Gupta, High Country News (2024 Land Back Workshop)
As evidence of Idaho homeowners insurance crisis mounts, so does bipartisan concern Murphy Woodhouse, Boise State Public Radio (2024 Western Wildfire Institute)
Potomac Sewage Spill Becomes Ecological Disaster and Political Fight Eric Niiler, The New York Times (2023 Wildfire Policy, Politics and Science Workshop)
‘The Industry Comes In and Kills the Work of Local Citizens’ Ariel Wittenberg, POLITICO (2020 Environmental Racism Workshop)
Desperate in failing Colorado River negotiations, Wyoming water officials pitch conservation bill at home Dustin Bleizeffer, WyoFile (2006 Energy Country Institute)
Opportunities & Announcements
The Metcalf Institute is accepting applications for the 2026 Annual Science Immersion Workshop for Journalists.
The Examination is hiring an investigative editor.
The Transmitter is hiring a science reporting intern.
The Maine Morning Star is hiring an environment and energy reporter.
The Center for Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado boulder is accepting applications for the Ted Scripps Fellowship in Environmental Journalism.
The New York Times is hiring an assistant climate editor.
Montana Free Press/Mountain Journal is hiring an environmental reporter through the High Country News Western Environmental Reporting Collaborative.
POLITICO is hiring a California energy, environment and climate editor.
IndigiNews is accepting applications for the Refocus Photojournalism Fellowship: Mi’kma’ki.
Registration is open for NLGJA’s 2026 student conference.
Bay Nature is accepting applications for a general assignment reporting fellowship.
The Johns Hopkins Center for a Liveable Future is accepting applications for a food systems and public health journalism fellowship.
The Suncoast Searchlight is hiring a watchdog/investigative reporter.
The Miami Herald is hiring a Surviving Miami reporter.
The Lever is hiring a senior investigative reporter.
High Country News is hiring a membership development manager.