Journalism & Media

"Trump’s Public Lands Chief Wrote For A Cult Extremist’s Magazine"

"William Perry Pendley, a top Trump administration official in charge of managing one-tenth of all land in the United States, is a past contributor to 21st Century Science & Technology, a fringe magazine of the late cult leader, convicted fraudster and paranoid conspiracy theorist Lyndon LaRouche."

Source: HuffPost, 10/29/2019

NIEHS Head Was Barred From Saying PFAS Cause Disease. She’s Saying It Now

"The widespread environmental contaminants known as PFAS cause multiple health problems in people, according to Linda Birnbaum, who retired as director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program earlier this month."

Source: The Intercept, 10/28/2019

Massachusetts Sues Exxon Over Climate Change, Accuses Oil Giant of Fraud

"Oil giant ExxonMobil, already fighting a climate-related investor fraud case in New York, was hit with a second lawsuit late Thursday: The Massachusetts Attorney General is accusing the company of defrauding investors and threatening the world economy."

Source: InsideClimate News, 10/25/2019

Exxon Sowed Doubt About Climate Crisis, House Dems Hear In Testimony

"House Democrats on Wednesday laid out four decades of evidence that oil behemoth Exxon knew since the 1970s that the burning of fossil fuels was heating the planet and intentionally sowed doubt about the climate crisis."

Source: Guardian, 10/24/2019
July 22, 2024

DEADLINE: ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network Grants

ProPublica's Local Reporting Network pays the salary and a stipend for benefits for reporters at news organizations across the country so they can spend a year working on an accountability journalism project of importance to their communities. Next deadline, for five open spots: Jul 22, 2024.

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November 14, 2019 to November 15, 2019

People-Powered Publishing Conference 2019

This fourth annual event, at Columbia College Chicago, will tackle culture change in the newsroom with programs, workshops, talks and clinics. How do you build and protect a newsroom culture that is focused on what makes you essential for your community amid unpredictable social media trends, shifting corporate priorities, and constant cuts? Cost: $25.

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