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2026 SEJ Board Elections

As SEJ prepares for our next Board of Directors election, we invite you to take an active role in shaping the future of environmental reporting. Run for the board or cast your vote! Oct. 26 is the deadline to submit the Intent to Run form and meet eligibility.

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SEJ Speaks on FOI Issues

See the latest actions taken by SEJ advocating access to environmental information, press freedom and supporting the media's right to know on behalf of the public, including voicing concern over NPS limits on info sharing, urging FCC to protect cellphone privacy and anonymous communications, opposing federal worker nondisclosure agreements, urging congress to reject the Pentagon proposal to exempt unclassified records from FOIA and condemning the arrests and harassment of journalists at Newark's Delaney Hall. 

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Mentor Program

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.

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Donate to SEJ

Layoffs, political pressure and a tidal wave of disinformation threaten environmental journalism today — but SEJ is here for the reporters on the front lines. Help us keep fueling the journalism our communities depend on. Support SEJ

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SEJ Publication Highlights

Walking the Walk Along the Pacific Crest Trail
09/23/2026 – A summer newsroom fellowship led student scientist Bing Lin to travel a mountainous length of a storied North American footpath and turn the experience into an award-winning series for a leading environmental journalism outlet. In the new EJ Academy, he recounts what he learned amid numerous challenges about reporting, writing and photography, and his reasons for being on the trail.
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OSHA Has Data. Does It Have Safety and Health?
09/23/2026 – Occupational exposure to toxic chemicals can serve as an early warning system for broader public risks, just one reason the extensive data gathered by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is a valuable tool for environmental journalists — even if much of the resulting reporting focuses on agency failings. Reporter’s Toolbox on OSHA datasets.
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Farm Bill Stuck in the Mud?
09/16/2026 – The Farm Bill — omnibus legislation that affects the food supply of millions of Americans, as well as their air, water and soil — is bogged down in hyperpartisan division. But as Backgrounder outlines, environmental journalists would be wise to track how Congress ultimately uses it to address matters like land and water conservation, rural water supply and pollution, pesticides and more.
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"It is the absolute right of the state to supervise the formation of public opinion."

—Joseph Goebbels, Nazi propaganda minister, 1923

 

 


Quick Links

SEJ.org is a treasure chest of information useful to your reporting. Search website content by topics on the beat, including:

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WHY Join SEJ?

SEJ's mission is to strengthen coverage of environment, energy, health and climate news, by supporting the journalists who report that news. The benefits of joining include: access to grants for environmental reporting; mentoring by experienced journalists; and members-only e-mailing lists for sharing professional tips, news, and information. SEJ members meet and learn face-to-face from fellow members, other media professionals and topic experts, at our annual conference and volunteer-organized regional gatherings.

 

 

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