The Ag & Water Desk recently asked a leader of Chicago’s water district and an environmental activist about the consequences of reversing the Chicago River in 1900. They shared their thoughts during the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual conference.
Collaborative journalism network adds outlets from Minnesota to Louisiana, strengthening critical reporting in the nation’s largest watershed. Journalists can apply for these positions now.
Our latest collaborative project, free to republish, explores recent legal and policy changes impacting wetlands, and the many ways people interact with these landscapes in the Mississippi River Basin.
These experienced reporters and editors will support the Ag & Water Desk’s collaborative coverage of the U.S.’s largest watershed from Sierra Magazine, the Iowa Capital Dispatch and Inside Climate News.
This position contributes to editing and digital production, impact tracking and story distribution, and project strategy and administration. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis beginning on July 18, 2024.
Our latest collaborative project, free to republish, looks at the farming practices -- and overlooked solutions -- that pump fertilizer runoff into the Gulf of Mexico, causing a persistent "dead zone" and more impacts upstream.
The $2.47 million grant extends the Walton Family Foundation's support of the Desk for three more years and represents a more than $1 million increase over the local reporting network's founding grant in 2021.
