Secret Dilbit: Press Locked Out at Arkansas Pipeline Spill?
Reports from the spill of tar sands oil from an ExxonMobil pipeline at Mayflower, Arkansas, indicate that reporters are being kept from doing their jobs. They are kept far away from the oil, threatened with arrest, and told things that aren't true. It looks like Exxon — not federal clean-up agencies — is running the press operation. The result may be skewed or scant coverage — possibly a boon for an Obama administration facing a tough choice on the Keystone XL pipeline.

Upcoming SEJ Regional Events
The Food + Agriculture Media Project, in partnership with SEJ and Ecotrust, explores issues of food writing and sustainability, April 12, 2013 in Portland, Oregon. Keynote speaker is Adriene Hill, reporter, American Public Media’s Marketplace. Register soon; only 14 tickets left.

EPA Pilot-Tests New Data Mapping Tool on Community Exposures
The Community-Focused Exposure and Risk Screening Tool (C-FERST), available currently to some agencies, communities, and researchers, could be helpful in tracking environmental justice stories: the impact of specific pollutant exposures on particular geographic and demographic communities.

Diverse Perspectives
SEJ offers news, events, opportunities and more from diverse viewpoints. Featured this week in News&Views: 1) Washington Post's "Within Mainstream Environmentalist Groups, Diversity Is Lacking," the story of Riverkeeper Fred Tutman, "a courtroom brawler who took on anyone who contaminated water, but he couldn’t shake a nagging hurt that he was nearly invisible within his own profession." 2) "8 Dynamic Black Women Editors in New Media," chosen by EBONY magazine from various media outlets.










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