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Two #Ghanian video journalists traveled their country to document how contamination from illegal #goldmining was harming the #health of workers and nearby communities. #SEJournalInsideStory

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An #endocrine #disruptor found in widely used epoxy resins remains largely unregulated. We spoke with reporter @megwilcox.bsky.social about her prizewinning reporting on the topic, in #SEJournalInsideStory www.sej.org/publications... @sejorg.bsky.social @ejtodaynews.bsky.social

When reporters collaborated on a multipart series about Texas environmental regulators, they found state agencies sidestepping science, the law and accountability. The beneficiaries? The oil and gas industry. Read an #SEJournalInsideStory Q&A with @psskow.bsky.social: www.sej.org/publications...

As expanded development on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula encroaches on prime wildlife habitat, big cats find it harder to avoid people, and many wind up dead. Learn more in the latest #SEJournalInsideStory:
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A project of vast scope was needed to tell the story of stolen lands promised to Indigenous nations. But for @tahtone.bsky.social @grist.org, smaller stories arising out of the data were the proudest results. Lessons from a Pulliam-winning project. #SEJournalInsideStory www.sej.org/publications...

When a pair of journalists reported on a degraded Colombian mangrove swamp, they turned to two local fishermen to help tell the story, tapping into their experience as they worked to repair the ecosystem that fed their community. #SEJournalInsideStory Q&A: www.sej.org/publications...

Contaminated water sickened thousands of residents near Mexico City for 40 years — and official knew. An investigative news team produced an #SEJaward -winning feature focused on it. Read a revealing Q&A with investigative producer Carlos Carabaña. #SEJournalInsideStory: www.sej.org/publications...

The fossil fuel industry’s outsized climate policy role in California is the core of award-winning coverage from investigative journalist @AaronCantu.bsky.social. In this #SEJournalInsideStory Q&A, Cantú shares what challenged and surprised him: www.sej.org/publications...

Beat Reporter Spotlights Costs of California's Environmental Reckoning The fossil fuel industry’s outsized climate policy role in the U.S.’s most populous state is the core of award-winning coverage from investigative journalist Aaron Cantú for nonprofit newsroom Capitol...

#SEJournalInsideStory Q&A explores how investigative journalism reveals the human cost of pollution and regulatory loopholes in #California's environmental policies.

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Is carbon capture a climate solution or a dangerous distraction? That was the question that Inside Climate News reporter Nicholas Kusnetz asked in his award-winning explanatory series, “Pipe Dreams.” Learn more in the latest #SEJournalInsideStory: www.sej.org/publications...

A team of reporters made the journey to the Congo Basin and returned with an award-winning New York Times feature that told the tale not just of the peatlands, but of the people who protect it. The latest #SEJournalInsideStory Q&A with Ruth Maclean and Caleb Kabanda: www.sej.org/publications...

Unique Award-Winner Highlights Risks to Whales From Fight Over Fish Whales and fishers chasing the same catch can lead to serious impacts on marine mammals, including illegal shootings. To tell the story, journalist Nick Rahaim took an unusual tack — reporting while w...

Whales and fishers chasing the same catch can lead to serious impacts on these unique marine mammals. Nick Rahaim reported the #SEJAward-winning story while working as a deckhand on a fishing vessel. More in the latest #SEJournalInsideStory. www.sej.org/publications...