Environmental Working Group
About the Organization
Environmental Working Group, a 501c3 non-profit organization, is one of the country's most effective watchdog groups and consumer advocates. EWG is a leading voice within the environmental movement -- shaping the debate on energy, food, land conservation and environmental health issues. Using new media to reshape federal policies and build public awareness, EWG launches pull-no-punches investigations, authors data driven reports, and creates interactive consumer websites. On topics as diverse as toxic chemicals in children's products, mercury in tuna, potential threats from cell phone radiation, and the ecological impacts of modern agriculture, EWG addresses the cross-section of our health and the environment. By exposing potentially harmful health effects from weakly regulated industries, EWG both protects citizens and empowers them to make well-informed choices for their families.
About the Opportunity
EWG seeks a dynamic photographer to create visual stories and photo essays that serve as social commentary on some of our most pressing issues, often highlighting the helplessness of communities that are unknowing victims of over-industrialization by under-regulated business practices. For example: chronicling the plight of farm works and migrants exposed to unsafe levels of pesticides in the strawberry fields of California, or drawing attention to often invisible "fence line communities" living in close proximity to toxic waste and contamination sites. Or covering the human element of the hot-button issue of "fracking", a controversial mining process that has ruined land and drinking water, and put the health and safety of the American public at high risk, all in the name of profit. We seek compelling ways to tell these overlooked stories to galvanize positive social change.
