Read more about the article Down the Drain: A new series on wetlands by the Ag & Water Desk
Series graphic: Michael Crowe (Ag & Water Desk) with images by Jeff Wheeler and Anthony Soufflé (Minnesota Star Tribune)

Down the Drain: A new series on wetlands by the Ag & Water Desk

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.

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Read more about the article We’re hiring: Ag & Water Desk seeks new Assistant Director to support editing, operations
A flood cornfield near Wells, Minnesota, on June 22. Credit: Christopher Vondracek, Star Tribune

We’re hiring: Ag & Water Desk seeks new Assistant Director to support editing, operations

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.

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Read more about the article Farm to Trouble: A new series on slow progress curbing the runoff fueling the Gulf’s ‘dead zone’
Just one year away from a 2025 deadline to reduce the farm runoff washing down the Mississippi River into Gulf of Mexico by 20%, success seems unlikely. (Photos: Darrell Hoemann, Investigate Midwest; ROSCOSMOS/NASA)

Farm to Trouble: A new series on slow progress curbing the runoff fueling the Gulf’s ‘dead zone’

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.

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Read more about the article We’re hiring: Join the Ag & Water Desk team as our Engagement Editor or an Expert Journalist
Ag & Water Desk reporters, staff and expert journalists tour the Missouri River near Columbia, Missouri, as part of a team conference in October 2022. Photo by Missouri River Relief

We’re hiring: Join the Ag & Water Desk team as our Engagement Editor or an Expert Journalist

These positions will support outreach and mentorship for our growing environmental journalism collaborative. Applications are due June 10, 2024.

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Read more about the article Report for America hires 11 journalists to expand Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk
Eleven local newsrooms will host Report for America corps members with the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk. Credit: Annie Ropeik, Ag & Water Desk. Datawrapper map data: U.S. Geological Survey & World Bank

Report for America hires 11 journalists to expand Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk

Based in local newsrooms across the nation’s largest watershed, the new cohort will work alongside the award-winning journalism collaborative’s founding members to produce regional environmental coverage that is free for any news outlet to republish.

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Read more about the article Eleven local newsrooms selected by Report for America to grow Ag & Water Desk footprint
Lock and Dam 15 in the Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois is seen from above on the Mississippi River in September 2023. Aerial support provided by LightHawk. Credit: Nick Rohlman, The Gazette

Eleven local newsrooms selected by Report for America to grow Ag & Water Desk footprint

These outlets will grow the Ag & Water Desk's reach across the nation's largest watershed alongside the award-winning journalism collaborative’s founding partners. Journalists can apply now for 11 new reporting positions.

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Read more about the article Ag & Water Desk series “When It Rains” wins international journalism award
A home in Breathitt County, Ky., is inundated by muddy water on July 30, 2022, after historic rains caused deadly flooding in many areas of Eastern Kentucky. Credit: Michael Clevenger, Louisville Courier Journal

Ag & Water Desk series “When It Rains” wins international journalism award

Our collaborative project on increasing rainfall in the Mississippi River basin was honored by the Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards.

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Read more about the article Apply now to host an Ag & Water Desk journalist with Report for America
Ag & Water Desk reporters and student journalists learn about floodplain farming outside Columbia, Missouri, with Missouri River Relief in October 2022. Credit: Halle Parker, WWNO

Apply now to host an Ag & Water Desk journalist with Report for America

Expand your outlet's coverage of pressing environmental news in your region with a new reporter, supported by Report for America, as part of the Ag & Water Desk team.

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Read more about the article Ag & Water Desk launches first collaborative project, ‘When It Rains’
Missouri School of Journalism students Mikayla Higgins and Adam Goldstein edit an interview with a St. Louis resident who experienced flooding to create a social media post as part of the ‘When It Rains’ series.

Ag & Water Desk launches first collaborative project, ‘When It Rains’

The series, available to publish for free, looks at how the Mississippi River basin is adapting to increased rainfall.

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