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SEJ Partners in Expansion of Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk

The Society of Environmental Journalists will partner in the expansion of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, along with Report for America and the University of Missouri School of Journalism. The re-upped initiative will be supported by a new $2.47 million, three-year grant from the Walton Family Foundation. Find out more and how journalists can get involved. ....

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$1.4 million grant increases coverage of Mississippi River Basin


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The University of Missouri School of Journalism announced today a $1.4 million, three-year grant from the Walton Family Foundation, a leading funder of environmental journalism in the United States, to create the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk a collaborative network of journalists focused on increasing coverage of agriculture, water and environmental issues surrounding one of the world s major river systems.
The needs are vast the Mississippi River Basin covers more than 40% of the continental U.S., stretching east-west from Montana to Pennsylvania and north-south from Minnesota to Louisiana. Millions of people use the river system as their source of drinking water, and more than 90% of agricultural exports in the U.S. are grown there. Pollution, flooding, land use and climate change are some of the major issues across the region. ....

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