“Japan is spending five weeks mining the seafloor. It is a technological milestone — and a stress test for how nations balance geopolitics, clean energy demand, and environmental risk.” Uprooter Rachel Ramirez for Grist
How have “policy changes and program eliminations by the Environmental Protection Agency” impacted environmental justice efforts in North Texas? Uprooter Maria Ramos Pacheco for The Dallas Morning News
Protestors can learn from “tumbleweed’s relentlessness, its way of gathering into an unstoppable force, its mischief.” Uprooter Maya L. Kapoor for High Country News
Documented is hiring a correspondent to strengthen engagement with New York City’s Caribbean immigrant communities through reporting, events, and online outreach.
The New York Times is hiring an Assistant Climate Editor to oversee coverage of climate and environmental changes and what they mean for people, communities, industries, and the financial health of countries across the globe.
The Los Angeles Times is hiring a reporter to produce rapid-response investigations and enterprise reporting on the Trump administration, with a particular focus on stories relevant to a California audience, in addition to daily coverage of news out of Washington.
The U.S. Journalist Assistance Network is hosting a roundtable discussion on Feb. 10 at 12 PM ET on best practices for protecting data and devices for journalists in the U.S.
Apply to the Metcalf Ocean Nexus Academy, a fellowship about how our relationship with the ocean is intertwined with systemic inequities! APPLY BY February 8 at 11:59 ET:
Go to the Uproot Resource Library to see three new reporting guides by 2025 MONA Fellows and Uprooters Rachel Ramirez, Luis Joel Méndez González, and Eva Tesfaye