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Summer 2023<\/h5>\n

We’ve reached the end of our grant cycle, and RESP will be taking a hiatus while we figure out next steps. Congrats to our two amazing cohorts of fellows. Be sure to check out their ever-growing body of work<\/a> on the intersection of religion and environment!
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Announcing the 2nd Religion & Environment Fellowship Class!<\/h5>\n

September 30, 2022<\/p>\n

The Religion and Environment Story Project is pleased to announce its second cohort of fellows for 2022-2023<\/a>. Selected from more than fifty competitive applications, the ten fellows form a cohort that will meet for all-expenses-paid workshops on Cape Cod, Massachusetts in October and again in Annapolis, Maryland, in the spring.<\/span><\/p>\n

2022-23 RESP Fellows are:<\/p>\n

Kate Gammon\"\"<\/b>\u00a0is a freelance science journalist with bylines in The Atlantic, The New York Times, Esquire and The New York Times. She writes narrative stories about science, environment, and culture. Kate holds a degree in anthropology and environmental studies from Princeton University and a master’s degree in science writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Twitter: @kategammon<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/b>Nicole Greenfield<\/b>\u00a0iNicole Greenfield is a writer at NRDC, where she tells people-centered and climate-focused stories about pipeline fights, safe drinking water, agriculture, and more. Prior to joining NRDC, she freelanced as a religion journalist. Nicole has a master\u2019s degree in religious studies, with a journalism concentration, from New York University. Twitter: @nmgreenfield<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"\"Ruxandra Guidi<\/b>\u00a0is a freelance audio and magazine journalist and an assistant professor of practice and assistant director of the Bilingual Journalism Program at the University of Arizona\u2019s School of Journalism, where she teaches audio storytelling, feature writing and freelancing. She grew up in Venezuela and has been telling stories for two decades, both in the U.S. and throughout Latin America. Twitter: @ruxguidi<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/b>Annelise Jolley<\/b>\u00a0is an independent journalist and essayist who writes about place, food, ecology, and faith. She has written for National Geographic, The Atavist, The Millions, The Sunday Long Read, EcoTheo Review, and Civil Eats. She has won a James Beard Award, a Dart Award, and an Overseas Press Club Award. Twitter: @annelisejolley<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Debra Utacia Krol<\/strong> is an award-winning journalist with an emphasis on Indigenous, environmental and science issues who’s fond of averring that “My beat is Indians.” She is an enrolled member of the Xolon (also known as Jolon) Salinan Tribe from the Central California coastal ranges. In addition to more than a dozen other awards, Krol was named Best Beat Environmental Reporter by the Native American Journalists’ Association and won the Feddie award from the National Press Foundation. Twitter: @debkrol<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Martha Park<\/strong> is a writer and illustrator from Memphis, Tennessee. She received an MFA from the Jackson Center for Creative Writing at Hollins University, and was the Spring 2016 Philip Roth Writer-in-Residence at Bucknell University\u2019s Stadler Center for Poetry. Her work has appeared in Oxford American, Guernica, The Bitter Southerner, Granta, Ecotone Magazine, The Guardian, ProPublica, and elsewhere.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Rebecca Randall<\/strong> is a writer and editor based in the Pacific Northwest. She focuses on the environment, religion, psychology, and society. She is the former science editor at Christianity Today, where she helped writers develop capacity to integrate theology and science together in their work. She has interviewed a climate scientist on God\u2019s sovereignty, edited an article on how Ethiopian Orthodox theology protects trees and, most recently, written about whether worship music can shift Christians toward climate action. Twitter: @beccawrites<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Nina St. Pierre<\/strong> is a queer culture writer, essayist, and soon-to-be author. Her memoir, Love is a Burning Thing (Dutton, 2024) explores the intersections between mysticism, mental health, and poverty. She is a regular contributor to Gossamer, and has written for Victory, Catapult, Bitch, Outside, Nylon, GQ, and Harper\u2019s Bazaar. As a collaborative writer for Idea Architects, she helps leading explorers, CEOs, and spiritual leaders bring their stories to life in book form. Nina holds an MFA from Rutgers-Camden and was a 2022 Banff Centre Literary Journalism Resident. Twitter: @ninastpierre<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Julia Shipley<\/strong> is a recent graduate of Columbia Journalism School, where she received the prize for the best MA thesis; a shorter version subsequently appeared in Grist and <\/span>Rolling Stone. Previously, she was contributing writer to Seven Days: Vermont\u2019s Independent Weekly, Yankee Magazine, and Harvard\u2019s Nieman Storyboard. As a 2021-22 fellow with Columbia Journalism Investigations, Shipley contributed to climate-health audio and print projects in collaboration with NPR and the Texas Newsroom. With support from TYPE Investigations and the Fund for Investigative Journalism, Shipley also contributed to a climate-housing project published by The Center for Public Integrity, Yahoo News, Mother Jones, and Univision. Twitter: @juliashipley3<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"Julia Simon<\/strong> is a radio reporter and investigative business journalist on the climate change and energy beats. She reports for NPR\u2019s climate change, science, and foreign desks, and her features appear on Morning Edition and All Things Considered. She’s a guest host on Planet Money and other NPR podcasts. Previously, she was a staff energy reporter at Reuters. Her reporting for Planet Money was a finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award. Julia has worked as a foreign correspondent in Nigeria, Egypt, and Indonesia and she speaks and reports in Arabic, Spanish, French and Indonesian. Twitter: @juliaradio<\/a><\/span>
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\u201cIt\u2019s exciting to be continuing our work with another outstanding cohort of writers who share our commitment to telling new stories about the religious and spiritual dimensions of our accelerating climate crisis,\u201d\u00a0 said Stephen Prothero, RESP co-director and the C. Allyn and Elizabeth V. Russell Professor of Religion in America in the Department of Religion at Boston University.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The RESP programming will help these journalists, who work in a variety of media, to tell stories that bridge the divide between the religion and science beats, and promote new thinking and new narratives that will inform and educate the public, especially on the climate crisis. The fellows selected include longform essayists, podcasters, radio journalists, and a an illustrator. By the end of the fellowship, each fellow will have produced at least one story that covers the intersections of religion and the environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fellows also receive a year\u2019s membership to the <\/span>Society of Environmental Journalists<\/span><\/a> (SEJ) and the <\/span>Religion News Association<\/span><\/a> (RNA), plus registration fees for SEJ and RNA conferences. Upon completion of the program, fellows will receive a stipend of $1,000.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEvery day the reality of the climate crisis is coming closer to people, and it\u2019s more important than ever that stories embrace the import of what humanity is facing with the recognition of how belief systems impact how we respond,\u201d said Meera Subramanian, RESP co-director, award-winning journalist and past president of SEJ. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to build on the momentum of last year\u2019s RESP gathering with the welcoming of this great new cohort.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

RESP is based at Boston University and funded by a grant from the <\/span>Arthur Vining Davis Foundations<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

RESP Fellow Diana Kruzman Receives Environmental Journalism Story Grant<\/h5>\n

September 24, 2021<\/p>\n

\"\"Diana will report on\u00a0“Up In Smoke: The Public Health Impacts of Wood-Burning Stoves”<\/strong>
\nAcross the United States, more than 11 million people rely on burning wood for heat, releasing soot that has been proven to be toxic to human health. This story will explore the effects of wood smoke on public health in low-income communities and communities of color, as well as investigate the impact of wood stove changeout programs on reducing pollution. Congratulations, Diana!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Congratulations to SEJ’s Spring 2021 Religion-Environment Story Grant Recipients!<\/h5>\n

September 20, 2021<\/p>\n

The Religion & Environment Story Project, in concert with the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation, contributed $25,000 to the Society for Environmental Journalists to fund story grants for journalists covering the intersections of religion, environment, and climate.<\/p>\n