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Uproot members come together to support each other through the celebrations and challenges of the year, and we are so grateful for our network. We'll be taking the next week off social media to spend time with our in-person communities. See you soon!
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🎓📰 @idabwellssociety.bsky.social is partnering with news organizations across the country to offer investigative reporting internships to collegiate journalists and recent college graduates during the summer of 2026.
idabwellssociety.org/news/summer-...
Summer 2026 Investigative Reporting Internship Applications Are Now Open! – Ida B. Wells Society
idabwellssociety.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
✍️Fellowship Opportunity ✍️ Early-career journalists pursuing or interested in pursuing careers in science, health, and/or environmental reporting are invited to apply to a National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowship. healthjournalism.org/fellowships/...
National Science-Health-Environment Reporting Fellowships
The SHERF fellowships are made to support early-career journalists who are pursuing careers in science, health or environmental reporting.
healthjournalism.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @scifri.bsky.social is hiring a Senior Social Media Manager to design and execute an innovative social media strategy. www.sciencefriday.com/senior-socia...
Senior Social Media Manager
www.sciencefriday.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
In Puerto Rico, "the lack of a plan to address climate change and the absence of precise data on landslide damage are hindering road and highway repairs, posing a constant risk." Uprooter @mjoel17.bsky.social for @cpipr.bsky.social

periodismoinvestigativo.com/2025/10/slow...
Delays in Using Reconstruction Funds After Hurricane María Leave Puerto Rico’s Roads Exposed to Landslides
The lack of a plan to address climate change and the absence of precise data on landslide damage are hindering road and highway repairs, posing a constant risk.
periodismoinvestigativo.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @mississippitoday.org is hiring a reporter to cover issues and stories important to the Jackson community. www.journalismjobs.com/1691808-jack...
JournalismJobs.com - Job Listing - Jackson Reporter
JournalismJobs.com has journalism and media job listings with digital media, newspapers, tv stations, radio stations, magazines, nonprofits, and academia.
www.journalismjobs.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
📝Fellowship Opportunity📝 @nationalpress.bsky.social is accepting applications for its Widening the Pipeline Fellowship, designed to support journalists of color staying in – and leading – the newsrooms of tomorrow. DEADLINE: Dec. 14, 2025 nationalpress.org/training/wid...
APPLY by Dec. 14: Widening the Pipeline Fellowship 2026 - National Press Foundation
Journalists of color receive free training and mentorship for a year, setting them up for success as newsroom leaders.
nationalpress.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"From city permits to state acquiescence and federal contracts, how every level of government enabled toxic detention..." Uprooter @ricomoore.bsky.social for @themarginus.bsky.social

themargin.us/features/lic...
Licensed to Contaminate - The Margin
From city permits to state acquiescence and federal contracts, how every level of government enabled toxic detention
themargin.us
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Reposted by The Uproot Project
The media is under increasing attack in the Trump-era, so I built this list of resources and associations for guidance, help, and mutual aid.
Do you have ideas for additional resources to include?
@niemanlab.org @eff.org @knightcolumbia.org @rcfp.org @uprootproject.bsky.social

go.bsky.app/SW8fM3i
November 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @newrepublic.com is hiring a Reporter-Researcher to work primarily as a fact checker, and is also encouraged to pitch ideas and write. www.journalismjobs.com/1691910-repo...
JournalismJobs.com - Job Listing - Reporter-Researcher
JournalismJobs.com has journalism and media job listings with digital media, newspapers, tv stations, radio stations, magazines, nonprofits, and academia.
www.journalismjobs.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The Mountain Club of Uganda is working to make rock climbing more accessible for its community. Uprooter KC Cheng for @csmonitor.bsky.social www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/...
Mountain Club of Uganda makes strides in making climbing more accessible
Muyenga quarry is the only outdoor rock-climbing crag in Kampala. A national club is working to expand options for climbers.
www.csmonitor.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Check out this week's Field Notes, a roundup of articles, events, and job postings that we've shared recently. uprootproject.org/field-notes/...
Field Notes - November 14, 2025
Articles, job postings, and upcoming events from the week.
uprootproject.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @ecorinews.bsky.social is hiring an Environmental Reporter to cover environmental challenges, report on local solutions to environmental problems, and investigate polluters and hold elected officials and state agencies to account. ecori.org/job-listings/
Job Listings - ecoRI News
Latest environmental job listings from local businesses, organizations and institutions.
ecori.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
In October, "a federal court ordered FEMA to revisit its grid-rebuilding plan and factor in solar." Uprooter @jillianmelero.bsky.social for Connect Puerto Rico, a newsletter about the issues affecting Puerto Rico's energy transition. connect-puerto-rico.beehiiv.com/p/fema-puert...
Federal Court Orders FEMA to Reassess Puerto Rico Grid Plan
A gas supplier seeks a costly deal as the U.S. military expands operations, Bad Bunny amplifies outage anger, and Hurricane Melissa spares Puerto Rico.
connect-puerto-rico.beehiiv.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @theexamination.org is hiring an editor to lead their food and polluting industries reporting teams. www.theexamination.org/careers/inve...
Investigative editor
We investigate corporate behavior that threatens the health of communities around the world. See our reporting on tobacco, food, polluters and more.
www.theexamination.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"The inherent tension Gates posits between 'quality of life' and 'lowering emissions' is simply false—and it’s a favored talking point of climate denialists." Uprooter @nitishpahwa.com for @slate.com

slate.com/technology/2...
Respectfully, Bill Gates Should Shut Up
The tech billionaire used to be a fierce climate advocate. What changed?
slate.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Join Ocean Nexus for the Communicating Environmental Justice and Social Equity in the Ocean Context webinar on 11/19/25 at 1 PM ET to hear from the MONA Fellows and the Directors of The Uproot Project, the @metcalfuri.bsky.social, and Ocean Nexus! oceannexus.org/webinar/
Ocean Nexus Webinar | Ocean Equity Learning Forum
Welcome to Ocean Nexus—Webinar Platform for ocean equity research dialogueFree and open to public VIEW ALL RECORDINGS Communicating Environmental Justice and Social Equity in the Ocean Context REGI…
oceannexus.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @bloomberg.com is hiring a Climate Reporter in New Delhi to cover climate change in India. bloomberg.avature.net/careers/JobD...
Climate Reporter - Delhi
bloomberg.avature.net
November 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"One in three fire departments in West Virginia is at risk of getting hit by a flood. Climate change is amplifying the risk to these and other key community service buildings." Uprooter @sarahbishi.bsky.social for @mtnstspotlight.bsky.social

mountainstatespotlight.org/2025/10/29/f...
From fire departments to hospitals, hundreds of first responder stations face a serious flood risk - Mountain State Spotlight
One in three fire departments in West Virginia is at risk of getting hit by a flood. Climate change is amplifying the risk to these and other key community service buildings.
mountainstatespotlight.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
You know what you need to do more of? Toot your own horn! Uprooters and journalists of color: reply with a link to something you've written lately that you're proud of! 📯✍️
November 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 Mongabay is hiring a Contributing Editor for their Ocean Desk to be responsible for the production and publication of news articles about oceans, averaging 12 per month. mongabay.org/opportunity/...
Contributing Editor-Ocean Desk - Environmental Journalism and Education
Overview Founded in 1999, Mongabay is an award-winning environmental science and conservation news organization, which publishes original news on a daily basis in an objective (does not advocate), acc...
mongabay.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Uproot Project Database is a valuable resource for journalists looking to connect with editors, mentors, experts, sources, and peers within the environmental space. uprootproject.org/members/
The Uproot Project Database
The Uproot Project Database is a valuable resource for journalists looking to connect with editors, mentors, experts, sources, and peers within the environmental space. While this database is open to ...
uprootproject.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @cnn.com is hiring a Vice President, Weather, to lead the transformation of CNN’s Weather vertical. careers.wbd.com/global/en/jo...
Vice President, Weather - CNN in New York, New York, United States of America | Creative, Content & Editorial at
Apply for Vice President, Weather - CNN job in New York, New York, United States of America. Creative, Content & Editorial at Warner Bros. Discovery
careers.wbd.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM