EDITORS/NEWS DIRECTORS:
With sweeping federal changes underway, AP has launched a new series to help you stay ahead. Localize It workshops offer practical support to AP customers covering the evolving impact of national policy on local communities. The next session is Monday, June 23, and will focus on the proposed EPA rollbacks.
Other topics will include tariffs and immigration. Workshop content is tailored for our U.S. members.
Here’s what to expect from the series:
— Help interpreting and navigating data
— Ideas for local storylines
— Source recommendations
— Help tracking lawsuits over federal actions
— Guest experts (for some sessions) with on-the-record comment
— Q&A with AP reporters and editors
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COMING MONDAY
LOCALIZE IT: EPA ROLLBACKS
The EPA plans to loosen regulations for greenhouse gas emissions, cleanup standards for coal plant waste and car emission limits, among many other clean air and water rules. On Monday, June 23 at 2 pm ET, AP is hosting a workshop for local newsrooms that will address the impact of some of these rollbacks on cities and states. Attendees will get access to state and coal plant-level data and custom graphics that they can use to inform their own story.
WHEN:
— Monday, June 23, at 2 p.m. ET. Register for the workshop here to attend live or receive the recording.
WHO:
— Matthew Daly, AP climate, environment and energy reporter
— Seth Borenstein, AP science writer
— Mary Katherine Wildeman, AP data journalist
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UPCOMING
LOCALIZE IT: Religion — A workshop with AP’s religion team looking at the impact of federal actions on religious organizations and other issues.
Monday, July 14, at 2 p.m. ET. Register for the workshop here.
AP’s next workshop on federal actions will cover the impacts on religious organizations across the country and how you can report this from a local angle. AP religion reporters will discuss the effects of federal aid reduction and the Trump administration’s suspension of the federal refugee program and what that means for religious communities that care for these groups.
We’ll also touch on the the upcoming anniversary of the Scopes trial, the new pope and discuss the responses of local religious leaders to ICE raids.
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We will be sending the invites for each upcoming session a week in advance.
You may share these invitations with anyone in your newsroom who would like to attend. If your schedule prevents you from attending, we still encourage you to register, as we will share a recording link with everyone who registers.
Questions can be directed to the Local News Success team, at localizeit@ap.org.
