A person with a large backpack hikes along a narrow dirt trail through a grassy desert landscape dotted with yellow wildflowers, heading toward rugged mountains under a colorful sunset sky. Below the image, text reads: “National Trails System — You Can Get There From Here” and “SEJournal TipSheet,” alongside the SEJ logo.

A walk in the woods can bring more than fresh air, it can spark a story. 🌲

#SEJournalTipSheet explores the National #Trails System, with story ideas, traveler insights and #reportingresources for covering your local landscapes.

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“Indigenous worldviews hold solutions the world needs in order to be able to tackle the climate catastrophe at our doorsteps.”

We’re thrilled to bring SEJ’s global community to Halifax for our first international conference. Stay tuned for details!

✉️Share ideas for SEJ2027: conference@sej.org

Thank you for being part of SEJ’s 35th annual conference in Chicago. We can't wait to gather in Kjipuktuk, Mi’kma’ki (Halifax, Nova Scotia) to continue building the connections and collaboration that define environmental journalism today.

#SEJ2027 #internationaljournalism #environmentaljournalism

#SEJ2027 is headed to Canada!!

Mark your calendars for April 14–17 and get your passports ready — we’re heading to Halifax, Nova Scotia!

At #SEJ2026 we asked @mariaramos.bsky.social : What do you think is the biggest challenge facing the environment today? And, What is the greatest hope for the environment beat?

SEJ’s closing lunch plenary focuses on how to better support environmental journalists and one another, especially local reporters and freelancers covering environmental crises, including natural disasters. Join us!

📅 April 18; 11:45 AM – 1:45 PM
 📍 Main Hall A&B

Efforts to label protest as domestic terrorism are rising. Yessenia Funes urges environmental journalists to examine the impact—starting with Standing Rock’s return and what comes next.

Efforts to label protest as domestic terrorism are rising. @yessfun.com urges environmental journalists to examine the impact—starting with Standing Rock’s return and what comes next.

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At #SEJ2026 we asked @mjoel17.bsky.social : What is the greatest hope for the environment beat?

Later, we gathered for a screening of PBS documentary Henry David Thoreau, followed by a conversation between WTTW's Patty Wetli and director Erik Ewers on the film’s relevance to today’s environmental reporting.

A packed night at #SEJ2026!

Journalists and partners filled the exhibit hall for our annual Hospitality Reception — connecting across beats, building sources and sharing ideas.

Grist CEO Nikhil Swaminathan will moderate a conversation with this year’s Pulliam winner and climate reporter Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco on how collaborative accountability reporting drives deeper understanding and real change in communities.

📅 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM
📍 Main Hall A&B

Join us for the return of the SEJ Awards Luncheon at #SEJ2026!

Celebrate the winners of the 24th annual SEJ Awards for Reporting on the Environment, and learn who’s receiving this year’s Nina Mason Pulliam Award, honoring the “best of the best” among the 10 first-place winners.

What a great start to SEJ2026!

We kicked off at the Shedd Aquarium with co-chairs Lucia Priselac and Melina Walling, remarks from UIC leadership and lightning talks from faculty experts.

Excited for what’s ahead.

Don’t miss one of the biggest gatherings of SEJ2026.
Join us Thursday for the Hospitality Reception & Exhibit Hall Opening, the conference’s highest-attendance networking event.

Free food and drinks included!

📍 Exhibit Hall, Main Hall C
🗓 Thursday, April 16 | 5–7 p.m.

She’ll be joined by John Palfrey and moderator Sasha-Ann Simons to discuss why climate and environmental coverage matters for human health and community well-being.

Friday | 4:00–5:00 PM
Main Hall A&B

Read more about Chancellor Miranda’s work: www.sej2026.org/news#whyuic

At a moment when science and public trust are under pressure, don’t miss this conversation.

Hear from Marie Lynn Miranda, Chancellor of the University of Illinois Chicago and a nationally recognized expert in environmental health, for Friday’s plenary.

Ali Rae’s All Hail the Planet, a 10-part series for @aljazeera.com, asks why change isn’t happening faster, tracing the psychology, history and power structures behind our response. A masterclass, per judges. 🌍
1st Place, Outstanding Explanatory Reporting (Large). #SEJAwards 🏆 sej2026.org/awards

📣 State of Climate Journalism webinar 🌡️

Join us this Thursday, April 16, at 12pm ET, for a conversation launching a new CCNow white paper about the state of climate journalism. We're broadcasting from @sejorg.bsky.social's annual conference!

RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The evening begins with a welcome from our host, the University of Illinois Chicago, and lightning talks from faculty experts working at the intersection of climate, health and urban resilience, setting the tone for the days ahead.

See you there!

We can’t wait to welcome you to SEJ2026 tomorrow evening at Shedd Aquarium!

📅 Wednesday, April 15 | 6–9 p.m.
📍 Open to full-conference registrants and Wednesday day-pass holders

VOA’s legal lifeline and what it means for #climate coverage + U.S. press freedom, plus a Reporter’s Toolbox on mapping nearby #PFAS for smarter #drinkingwater reporting.

Read: www.SEJ.org/SEJournal. New issues every Wednesday.

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Erin McCormick and Verónica García de León Robles spent a year exposing how U.S. hazardous waste was poisoning a Monterrey neighborhood, including a primary school with lead levels 1,760x the U.S. health threshold. 🌎

1st Place Kevin Carmody Award (Large). #SEJAwards 🏆 sej2026.org/awards

A graphic titled “Report on PFAS Better, With a Better Mapping Tool” shows a U.S. map covered in small hexagonal dots shaded from light to dark orange, indicating varying levels of PFAS contamination. Larger colored circles are scattered across regions, highlighting specific sites or data points. Below the map, the text reads “SEJournal Reporter’s Toolbox,” alongside the SEJ logo.

Tracking #PFAS rules is tough for #water safety reporters. A government mapping tool from #SEJournalReportersToolbox helps spot nearby facilities, with data sources and reporting tips.

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Black-and-white photo of a female reporter standing on a city street near the U.S. Capitol, speaking into a microphone labeled “VOA” while recording on a smartphone mounted to a tripod. The background shows blurred buildings, vehicles, and pedestrians. Below the image, text reads: “Opinion: Bringing Back National Interest — and Climate Coverage — with VOA?” and “SEJournal WatchDog,” alongside the SEJ logo.

Once a U.S. propaganda vehicle, the Voice of America became much more — a lifeline for millions across the globe. And one that, #SEJournalWatchDogOpinion notes, offered more #climate news than most.

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Bing Lin reported along a 500-mile stretch of the Pacific Crest Trail while finishing his PhD at Princeton, documenting the affect of climate change on the local landscapes for @insideclimatenews.org 🏔️ Meet the 1st Place Outstanding Student Reporting winner. #SEJAwards 🏆 sej2026.org/awards

🦅 Mahmoud Elsobky and Wael Elsayegh spent 15 months exposing a transnational poaching network that reached the EU Parliament and prompted new conservation measures in Egypt. Meet the 1st Place, Kevin Carmody Award for Investigative Reporting (Small). #SEJAwards 🏆 sej2026.org/awards

If you’re registered for the conference, search your email for “SEJ2026 Registration” and follow the links to book a tour.

Or register today and add tours to your schedule at: www.sej2026.org/register

🚌 Add a field tour to your #SEJ2026 schedule

The Great Lakes region is rich with pragmatic solutions to environmental challenges, see them up close while you’re in Chicago.

New SEJournal highlights are here!

This week: a timely #SEJournalTipSheet on covering gas price spikes as an #environment and human story, plus a powerful reflection on why reporting on #extinction still matters.

@ejtodaynews.bsky.social Read at www.SEJ.org/SEJournal. New issues every Wednesday.

🏆 Albert Han and Bukola Adebayo went inside the world of illegal oil refining in Nigeria for Thomson Reuters Foundation's @contextnewsroom.bsky.social. Meet the 1st Place, Outstanding Feature Story (Small) winners. #SEJAwards

Watch the doc: sej2026.org/awards