Field Notes - March 30, 2026 - The Uproot Project

Midwest

Events:
- Chicago Headline Club, April 1st Spring Mixer:
  - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeZbnM4E7GKMFYeSVwfiMKEx1YkbsmTtmolWtP1J0YvQ90u-w/closedform
Jobs:
- News Editor, Block Club Chicago
  - https://blockclubchicago.org/were-hiring-news-editor-2/
Articles:
- In Chicago, a Pentagon‑backed Lab Could Price Out Black Residents
  - https://capitalbnews.org/chicago-quantum-campus-south-shore/

DMV

Events:
- Earth Day Forest Bathing – April 19th
  - https://www.usna.usda.gov/visit/calendar-of-events/earth-day-forest-bathing-2026
- Intro to Documentary Production –
  - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/intro-to-documentary-production-5-saturdays-registration-1978846942474
- Environmental Justice in Focus: An Earth Day Celebration with Charles Lee – April 20th
  - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/environmental-justice-in-focus-an-earth-day-celebration-with-charles-lee-tickets-1985306377819?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
Jobs:
- The American Association for the Advancement of Science is hiring a Digital Storytelling Intern
  - https://recruiting.ultipro.com/AME1123ASEM/JobBoard/07f12c2c-f20e-42f2-b442-dbab6fe420be/OpportunityDetail?opportunityId=0656473c-8e7a-4b75-8606-0fd8e2fcedbf
- Axios Local (DC) is hiring a Reporter
  - https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/axios/jobs/7631051
- The Emancipator is hiring for several positions as it moves to Howard University
  - https://howard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/HU?q=The+emancipator
Articles:
- Bayer’s $7.25 billion Roundup class settlement advances
  - https://cen.acs.org/environment/pesticides/bayer-roundup-glyphosate-cancer-class-action-lawsuit-settlement/104/web/2026/03
- Bumblebee Queens Can Breathe Underwater
  - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/science/bumblebees-queens-underwater-breathe.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SFA.sVfe.ZuCKYwk-0Fie
- The heaviness and (not) hope of climate change
  - https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/elizabeth-kolbert-climate-change/

NorCal

Events:
- San Francisco Climate Week – April 18-26
  - https://www.sfclimateweek.org/
Articles:
- Bay Area is on the brink of a historic weather milestone. Its impact could last months
  - https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather-forecast/article/weather-rain-march-22096503.php
- For This Bay Area Island City, Water Is Coming From All Sides
  - https://www.kqed.org/science/2000377/for-this-bay-area-island-city-water-is-coming-from-all-sides

SoCal

Events:
- Climate change in the press, March 4th
  - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-change-in-the-press-tickets-1981873501995?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
Jobs:
- 2026 National Fellowship, USC Center for Health Journalism
  - https://centerforhealthjournalism.org/fellowships-grants/national-fellowship
Articles:
- ‘We’re harvesting the sun’: A huge solar project grows in California
  - https://grist.org/energy/were-harvesting-the-sun-a-huge-solar-project-grows-in-california/

NY/NJ

Events:
- Covering Contaminated Sites Under Trump, March 31 at 1 PM EDT
  - https://www.pmja.org/events/covering-contaminated-sites-under-trump
Jobs:
- Grist, Reporter
  - https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/grist/jobs/5083485007
Articles:
- New York’s Governor Pushes to Delay a Key Portion of the State’s Climate Law
  - https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20032026/new-york-gov-kathy-hochul-delays-climate-law-key-portion/

PNW

Events:
- Nonprofit Publishing in an Era of Authoritarianism with Graywolf Press, April 2nd
  - https://literary-arts.org/event/nonprofit-publishing-in-an-era-of-authoritarianism-with-graywolf-press/
Jobs:
- KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio, Digital Reporter
  - https://www.kuow.org/careers/_digital_reporter
Articles:
- The West’s heatwave ‘virtually impossible without climate change’
  - https://www.hcn.org/articles/the-wests-heatwave-virtually-impossible-without-climate-change/

Southeast

Events
- Climate Reality Flagship US Training
  - https://www.climaterealityproject.org/training/nashville?training_source=general
Jobs
- Assistant Editorial Director, Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk
  - https://erecruit.umsystem.edu/psc/tamext/COLUM/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=1&JobOpeningId=58885&PostingSeq=1
Articles
- How White South Africans Are Reshaping the Mississippi Delta
  - https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/how-white-south-africans-are-reshaping-the-mississippi-delta?utm_source=thexylom&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=my-grandmother-was-a-farmer