New Training: Data for Journalists Covering Climate Change and Gun Violence

The Society of Environmental Journalists and the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education invite you to watch this recorded training by Helina Selemon, Maynard 200 alum, SEJ member and science reporter in the New York Amsterdam News’ Blacklight investigative unit, on the shocking links between climate change and gun violence.

The training provides reporters across the country with access to exclusive local data on the amount of gun violence linked to extreme heat in each of the United States’ 100 largest cities – from Akron, Ohio to Winston-Salem, North Carolina – as well as the percentage of shootings where elevated heat is a factor and the most dangerous day for gun violence linked to climate change for each US city.

Selemon was joined by veteran investigative editor Aaron Glantz, the Maynard Institute’s executive-in-residence for investigative storytelling, who will be available to coach local and national reporters on how to best use the data for their own investigations. See the recording for Helina and Aaron’s office hours.

Helina Selemon is a Maynard 200 Fellowship alum, reporter for Amsterdam News’ Blacklight investigative unit and adjunct lecturer on investigative research methods at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism. Selemon is also a Society of Environmental Journalists 2024 Diversity Fellow.

Aaron Glantz is Peabody award winner, Pulitzer finalist, and an incoming fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.

About the Society of Environmental Journalists

The Society of Environmental Journalists is the only North American membership association of professional journalists dedicated to more and better coverage of environment-related issues. SEJ’s mission is to strengthen the quality, reach and viability of journalism that advances public understanding of environmental issues.

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