⚡ The USC Annenberg Center for Climate Journalism and Communication is pleased to announce that Season 3, Episode 1 of the Electric Futures podcast, a series that explores the transition to greener energy, is dropping on April 9, 2026. Read the full press release for Season 3 here!
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‼️ Interested in learning more about the intersection of science, communications and our planet? Sign up for this one of a kind maymaster program! 🌎
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Join us on Thursday, April 9th at 12pm for a Electric Futures Live!
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⭐Pizza will be provided 🍕
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Join us on April 9 for a live recording of an episode of Electric Futures and learn about the key issues surrounding data centers, the focus of season 3 of the podcast. More info here!
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Join us for a special water career networking + movie screening of 𝑼𝒏𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑮𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝑻𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝑾𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈, at USC on Wednesday, February 25th.
After the film, the director and a panel of local water experts will discuss about careers, water, and share their California water perspectives.
The USC Trojan Sustainability Network and the Annenberg Center for Climate Journalism and Communication are proud to present the next TSN Talk, focused on one of the most significant milestones coming to Los Angeles: the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games!
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👏 Congratulations to Sophia Apteker, who helped develop the communications strategy for MIT Climate Machine in our Certificate in Sustainability Communication program.
The next certificate cohort convenes online in January.
Apply today - climatecenter.usc.edu
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🌡️🌎 Take our latest Temperature Check survey to help us better understand what’s driving the climate conversation now and how professionals across journalism, sustainability, science, PR, and advocacy are navigating these changes. Survey closes 12/22!
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🚨Attention students!🚨 Whether you’re passionate about politics, science, food or local reporting, this mentorship program will help you develop the skills and confidence to cover climate change with depth, accuracy, and impact. 🌎 🙌
🌎 Start the new year by learning how to communicate about climate change with balance and accuracy through America's first online, non-credit sustainability communication certificate program designed to build the strategic skills today’s leaders need! 🗣️
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🌡️ Our Temperature Check survey is the first report of its kind that focuses on trends in climate communication across various professions. Your responses inform our work and the work of many other climate professionals around the world. Take the survey here!
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📣 New blog post! "Palau Embraces Climate Action" by Abigayle (Dirruei) Cariño. Read here:
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Check out this great op-ed by @allisonagsten.bsky.social in The Hill on Greenland’s rare earth mining and what’s at stake. Read here!
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🌿 In honor of California Biodiversity Day, join us for a conversation on how language shapes public understanding of the natural world. Learn new strategies for communicating biodiversity in ways that inspire awareness and action!
Registration link: usc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Our colleagues at @chjreportinghealth.bsky.social are hosting a webinar: "Extreme Heat — A Rising Public Health Threat" on August 7, 10-11 am PST/ 1-2 pm EST
Learn more and register here!
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🎙️CCJC is pleased to announce the launch of season two of Electric Futures, "Your Community, Electrified." This season explores a new neighborhood in Southern California that was built with climate disasters in mind.
👇Check it out here!
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@uscclimate.bsky.social is accepting applications for its journalism fellowship, which “supports ambitious investigative or explanatory projects about health in the context of wildfires, hurricanes, flooding, extreme heat, and other disastrous impacts of climate change.” buff.ly/bHD507z
Released for #BiodiversityDay — a new guide that outlines 8 communication challenges and how to overcome them.
Developed by @uscclimate, @USCDornsife, @JaneGoodallInst, and @SierraClub
Let’s change the story.
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#CommunicatingBiodiversity #HopeInAction
More details here!: climatecenter.usc.edu/training/hea...
Apply to the Health and Climate Change Reporting Fellowship! We welcome ambitious projects that explore health in the context of wildfires, hurricanes, flooding, extreme heat and other impacts of climate change. @chjreportinghealth.bsky.social
Learn more here! climatecenter.usc.edu/training/hea...
Congratulations to the team at @slateauto.bsky.social for the launch of their new company – and new truck – last week. It has been a pleasure to work with the executive group to prepare for this moment. Who wouldn’t be intrigued by cool new electric vehicle for under $20k??
New CCJC blog post by @allisonagsten.bsky.social.
Read here! 👇
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@coveringclimatenow.org launched Climate at the Border, a free, comprehensive training and reporting collaborative initiative to strengthen climate journalism along the US-Mexico border starting in March 2025. 👏
Check out link below! ↙️
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CCJC announces an upcoming public program: A conversation with Tom Steyer, renowned climate investor, author, and environmentalist, and Dean Willow Bay discussing Steyer’s new book "Cheaper, Faster, Better: How We’ll Win the Climate War," followed by a book signing, on Monday, March 3. Use QR code!
New blog post! @rhysea.bsky.social highlights the ongoing challenges faced by nearly 10 million residents of L.A. County in the aftermath of the LA wildfires and shares some tips she learned from attending a webinar organized by the Coalition for Clean Air.
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CCJC's center director @allisonagsten.bsky.social was featured on BBC Radio 4 - The Media Show and spoke about reporting on the LA Fires. Listen to Agsten's interview by jumping to 18:50!
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