SEJ

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.

GO »

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!

GO »

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.

GO »

Report on Meeting with EPA Press Office

SEJ takes action on FOI issues: 1) On April 25, 2013 a delegation from SEJ met with US EPA's public-affairs brass to discuss the agency's chronic stonewalling of journalists' requests for interviews and information. Here's a report. 2) The Justice Department secretly obtains phone records of AP reporters and editors. Read SEJ's response.

GO »

WatchDog TipSheet

Problems with EPA Press Office? Try Calling Public Affairs Director

05/08/2013 – SEJ members have complained a lot over many years about difficulties getting information and interviews from US EPA. SEJ officers and FOI watchdogs have talked to EPA about the problems for a long time, too. If a regular call to a line press officer brings poor results, try explaining your problem to the boss — here are their numbers!

VIEW ARTICLE »

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.

VIEW ARTICLE »

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.

VIEW ARTICLE »

Enjoy our selection of quotes celebrating journalism and free speech. Submit yours! Click here.

"Don't confuse entertainment with news, fact with fiction, reporting with advocacy or media with journalism."

— Lee Hills