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Will Obama Admin Charge Reporters with Conspiracy to Commit Journalism?

In the wake of the Justice Department's chilling seizure of AP phone records, the Department is now asserting that a Fox reporter violated the law by reporting the news. The unprecedented assertion was made by FBI agent Reginald B. Reyes in a search warrant application that was ultimately approved by a judge, allowing Reyes to snoop through the phone records of Fox News correspondent James Rosen.

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SEJ's 23rd Annual Conference, Chattanooga, TN, Oct. 2-6, 2013

Got sustainability? Registration is open for SEJ's 2013 conference, hosted by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Save money and get your choice of the ever-popular Thurday tours — register by August 1 for the Early Bird discount. Peruse the agenda, lodging/travel details, and more. © Photo: Chattanooga Times Free Press.

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2013 SEJ Annual Conference Crowdfunding Campaign for Conference Fellowships

SEJ launches a 30-day "WeDidIt" crowdfunding campaign to send 18 journalists to its annual environmental journalism conference, taking place October 2-6, 2013 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Please donate now!

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Fund for Environmental Journalism

SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism awards grants of up to $3,500 to help underwrite environmental reporting projects and entrepreneurial ventures. Support the fund by donating, or apply for a grant. The deadline for the Summer 2013 cycle is July 15th. See the winners of previous rounds, and some of their resulting stories.

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WatchDog TipSheet

Secret White House Review Paralyzes Chemical Safety

05/22/2013 – An EPA initiative to protect American consumers from toxic chemicals, especially endocrine disruptors, has run into a brick wall put up by the Obama White House three years ago due to secret urging of the chemical industry — even though the law requires information and arguments on which federal regulations are based to be open and on the record.

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Broken Promise: Database Helps Track Illegal Parkland Conversions

04/15/2013 – In this excerpt from the new issue of SEJournal (Spring), InvestigateWest's Robert McClure and Jason Alcorn explain how to spin the local angle about how parks built or improved with money from the Land and Water Conservation Fund are increasingly being illegally privatized or converted to something other than parks — including sharing their searchable database of almost 40,000 park grants.

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Table of Contents: SEJournal Spring 2013

04/15/2013 – New issues of SEJournal are available to members and subscribers only. Non-members and non-subscribers can view the Table of Contents of the current SEJournal issue (Spring), read an excerpt, and get information on how to join or subscribe. Previous issues are publicly available.

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