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🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @theexamination.org is hiring an editor with experience managing impactful stories and projects 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
January 13, 2026 at 5:49 PM
🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @quantamagazine.bsky.social is hiring a senior staff editor to support the magazine's coverage across all parts of the newsroom. simonsfoundation.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/simons...
Senior Staff Editor, Quanta Magazine
POSITION SUMMARY Quanta Magazine is seeking a senior staff editor to support the award-winning magazine’s coverage across all parts of the newsroom. This senior staff editor will work on developing ne...
simonsfoundation.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:30 PM
"Trump wants Venezuela’s oil, Greenland’s minerals, and above all — control." Uprooter @justcalma.bsky.social for @theverge.com

www.theverge.com/report/85797...
America’s new era of energy imperialism is about more than oil
“Make the resources in your country available to us on our terms or you are subject to invasion.”
www.theverge.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:21 PM
DEADLINE EXTENDED: The deadline for the Metcalf Ocean Nexus Academy, a fellowship for journalists to work directly with ocean researchers, has been extended to Friday, 01/16/25 at 5 PM EST! Details & Apply Here: uprootproject.org/mona-fellows...
MONA Fellowship
Metcalf Ocean Nexus Academy (MONA) A Partnership between Ocean Nexus and Metcalf Institute Program Overview: The Metcalf Ocean Nexus Academy (MONA) is a fellowship program for journalists created by O...
uprootproject.org
January 9, 2026 at 7:22 PM
🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @scifri.bsky.social is hiring a Digital Communications Associate to support the production, management, and growth of their newsletters and digital content, as well as the day-to-day maintenance of their website. buff.ly/qhQSG5C
buff.ly
January 9, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Even as climate change worsens suffering for people with chronic pain, "getting funding from Washington for research at the intersection of global warming and pain is virtually impossible." Uprooter @smallthoughts.bsky.social for @insideclimatenews.org

insideclimatenews.org/news/0401202...
The Real Pain of Climate Change Is Easy to Feel, but Increasingly Difficult to Study - Inside Climate News
Many chronic pain patients cite the weather as a driver of their suffering, and climate change is making the torment more likely and harder to deal with. But research on the relationship is uncertain,...
insideclimatenews.org
January 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
New program from @southasiaspeaks.bsky.social: "SAS Science is a year-long program designed to support emerging science writers with one-on-one mentoring, masterclasses and workshops." Applications open 03/01/26 southasiaspeaks.substack.com/p/sas-scienc...
SAS Science: A New Program for Emerging Science Writers
Launching in 2026. Inspired by our flagship fellowship, designed for early-career writers
southasiaspeaks.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:36 PM
🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @audubon.org is hiring a Photo Editor to research, assign, and edit photographic content for use by the National Audubon Society. audubon.wd503.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Audubo...
Photo Editor
About Audubon The National Audubon Society is a leading nonprofit conservation organization with 120 years of science-based, community-driven impact, dedicated to protecting birds and the places they ...
audubon.wd503.myworkdayjobs.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:16 PM
In DC, "a combination of renewable energy and newly trained local employees" powers a community. Uprooter Jonathan Forney for Chesapeake Bay Journal

www.bayjournal.com/news/energy/...
Independent ‘microgrid’ empowers DC site – and community – with renewable energy
The St. Elizabeths East campus in the southeast of the District of Columbia was once home to a psychiatric institution known for segregating patients and performing inhumane conversion therapy. It
www.bayjournal.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM
DEADLINE APPROACHING: Apply to the Metcalf Ocean Nexus Academy (MONA) before the upcoming deadline, this Friday, January 9th, at midnight! uprootproject.org/mona-fellows...
MONA Fellowship
Metcalf Ocean Nexus Academy (MONA) A Partnership between Ocean Nexus and Metcalf Institute Program Overview: The Metcalf Ocean Nexus Academy (MONA) is a fellowship program for journalists created by O...
uprootproject.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:04 PM
🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @19thnews.org is hiring two Editors, one of whom will cover climate, disability and aging, education, immigration, justice, and national issues.

19thnews.org/19th-news-ed...
We're hiring an Editor
The 19th is hiring an editor to work closely with the editorial director to assign, shape, edit and publish stories to fulfill The 19th’s mission of serving women and LGBTQ+ people with timely, high-q...
19thnews.org
January 7, 2026 at 6:58 PM
"In Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique, Rassina Farassi studies how humans came to walk on two legs." Uprooter Kang-Chun Cheng for @nature.com

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I see Mozambique’s baboons as windows into hominid evolution
In Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique, Rassina Farassi studies how humans came to walk on two legs.
www.nature.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:08 PM
🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 LOOKOUT is hiring a newsletter editor/reporter to be the primary voice of Eyes on the State, a weekly newsletter published during the AZ legislative session (Feb.–May).

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Dover
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January 6, 2026 at 9:11 PM
"When the EPA abruptly terminated 'Community Change' grants, the impacts rippled across the country. Chicago groups that won and then lost one of those grants are still feeling the impacts." Uprooter @amberonradio.bsky.social for @insideclimatenews.org

insideclimatenews.org/news/2712202...
After a Hard Year for Environmental Justice, Chicago Communities Are Picking Up the Pieces - Inside Climate News
When the EPA abruptly terminated “Community Change” grants, the impacts rippled across the country. Chicago groups that won and then lost one of those grants are still feeling the impacts.
insideclimatenews.org
January 6, 2026 at 6:28 PM
The deadline for the Metcalf Ocean Nexus Academy, a fellowship for journalists to work directly with ocean researchers, is this Friday, January 9th! Ocean Nexus & @metcalfuri.bsky.social, in collaboration with the Uproot Project. Details & Apply Here: uprootproject.org/mona-fellows...
MONA Fellowship
Metcalf Ocean Nexus Academy (MONA) A Partnership between Ocean Nexus and Metcalf Institute Program Overview: The Metcalf Ocean Nexus Academy (MONA) is a fellowship program for journalists created by O...
uprootproject.org
January 5, 2026 at 11:50 PM
We're so happy to be back at the start of 2026, refreshed and ready to serve our amazing community. What are you looking forward to in the year ahead?
January 5, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Climate change contributes to the dangerous working conditions faced by California farmworkers. Uprooter @bokchoy-baobei.bsky.social for @sierraclub.org

www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2025-...
Farmworkers Brave Deadly Heat, Pollution, and ICE Raids
Here's how communities take care of their own in California's Coachella Valley
www.sierraclub.org
January 5, 2026 at 4:49 PM
❄️ It's the end of the year, which means Uproot's Staff will be taking a short break this winter to rest, recover, and reenergize to serve our wonderful community in 2026. Wishing you all a wonderful winter season. We'll see you back online in January! ❄️
December 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @ilpublicmedia.bsky.social is hiring an Agriculture/Environmental Reporter to produce coverage of agricultural and environmental issues affecting central Illinois with audio-rich stories accompanied by digital content.

jobs.pmja.org/job/agricult...
jobs.pmja.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"How a renewables superpower, lack of transparency, and international financing have created a gaping fossil fuel loophole" in Indonesia. Uprooter @nithincoca.com on @climateandcap.bsky.social

www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/what-and-who...
What, and who, is behind Indonesia’s climbing coal use?
How a renewables superpower, lack of transparency, and international financing have created a gaping fossil fuel loophole
www.climateandcapitalmedia.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 McClatchy South Carolina is hiring a coastal climate reporter to provide project-level coverage of environmental issues along the coast of South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia.

mcclatchy.rec.pro.ukg.net/MCC1008MCLTC...
mcclatchy.rec.pro.ukg.net
December 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"A heat vulnerability index created by Northwestern University could direct environmental resources to Chicago’s most impacted neighborhoods, but it’s locked behind bureaucracy." Uprooter @nabeelawashington.com for @prismreports.org

prismreports.org/2025/12/01/c...
How many are dying from heat in Chicago? The city stopped counting
A heat vulnerability index could direct environmental resources to Chicago's most impacted neighborhoods, but it’s locked behind bureaucracy
prismreports.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🚨📢JOB ALERT📢🚨 @mongabay.com is hiring an Associate Fellowship Editor to work on their English-language fellowship program, including recruiting, selecting, and onboarding fellows; organizing training sessions; and working directly with fellows. mongabay.org/opportunity/...
Associate Fellowship Editor - Environmental Journalism and Education
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), accurate (re...
mongabay.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
For Farm School NYC, federal funding cuts have "put their work with various community partners in jeopardy." Uprooter Iris M. Crawford for @npquarterly.bsky.social

nonprofitquarterly.org/if-farm-scho...
If Farm School NYC Closes, What Will the City Lose? | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
If FSNYC is forced to permanently close, what historical, cultural, and institutional knowledge will New York City lose?
nonprofitquarterly.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM