SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS

SOCIETY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISTS About SEJ Join SEJ Support SEJ SEJ2026 Conference SEJ - The Short List Top Environment and Energy Topics To Watch in 2026 Explore our 10th annual Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy, as we scour the beat to identify 15 top stories to put on your radar for 2026. Our updated format for the special report provides a quick read and a broad scope — with insights on climate change and environmental justice, bird and insect declines, data centers and deep sea mining, deregulation and PFAS and much more. Get started here. GO SEJ Annual Conferences Register now for SEJ2026, April 15-18 hosted by the University of Illinois Chicago, to secure your spot in a community dedicated to uncovering solutions and pursuing stories that matter in a rapidly changing world. Together, we’ll meet this critical moment with shared purpose and determination to safeguard and shape the future of environmental journalism. Visit the conference website Full Conference Passes: SEJ Members Full Conference Passes: Nonmembers Single Day Passes GO 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 condemning the arrests of journalists Don Lemon, Georgia Fort and the FBI search of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home and seizure of her electronic devices, and urging protection for reporters covering immigration raids. GO 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 GO SEJ Publication Highlights Winter Storm — Reporting Resources From SEJ Publications 01/28/2026 – As a major winter storm dumped snow and ice across much of the United States this weekend, taking lives, leaving many without power and stalling transportation, the SEJ Publications team offers resources for winter storm reporting in your region. We’ve got the latest headlines, plus a Toolbox on data sources, and an array of snow-related TipSheets to help tell the local climate story. VIEW ARTICLE The Joy of Rewilding 01/28/2026 – Rewilding is a global movement to restore natural processes and boost biodiversity. It’s also the name of an online magazine launched by journalists Kat Tancock and Domini Clark. Their goal? To expose more people to the concept and inspire action through positive storytelling. Co-founder Tancock on the magazine’s editorial vision, opportunities for freelancers to contribute and what rewilding means to her. VIEW ARTICLE Trump Tries (and Fails) To Disappear Climate Disaster Data 01/28/2026 – Even though the United States suffers multiple billion-dollar climate change-related catastrophes, the federal government has ceased sharing the data publicly. And it’s far from the only example of environmental data being blacked out, notes the latest Reporter’s Toolbox. But at least in some cases, civil society organizations have rescued the information and put it back online. See what’s still available. VIEW ARTICLE Enjoy our selection of quotes celebrating journalism and free speech. Submit yours! Click here. "Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity." — Lord Acton