August 24, 2011
SEJ Comments On NOAA Science Policy; Seeks More Openness
August 24, 2011–In formal comments, SEJ stated that the section of NOAA guidance policy requiring advance public affairs approval of media interviews — and minders sitting in on those interviews — thwarts open communication between scientists and reporters, which is "unacceptable in a free society."August 10, 2011
EPA Drafts Science Policy Codifying Minders, PIO Permissions for Media Interviews
August 10, 2011–The draft "Scientific Integrity Policy" marks the first time that the EPA's previously unwritten minders-and-permissions policy for press interviews has been reduced to a publicly disclosed written policy applying to the entire agency. The Society of Environmental Journalists has previously opposed these restrictions and is likely to submit formal comments on this draft policy as well.July 15, 2011
June 15, 2011
Watchdog Says Obama Not Protecting Whistleblower Scientists
June 15, 2011–New documents, released only after a lawsuit, to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility show the White House is telling agencies they can stick with existing practices when it comes to political interference with science — and do just about anything they want.June 1, 2011
Univ. of Virginia Bows to Denier Group on Climate Science FOIA
June 1, 2011–In a court agreement filed May 22, 2011, University of Virginia agreed to release documents of former U.Va. researcher/climate scientist Michael Mann. The plaintiff is American Tradition Institute, which raises funds with the slogan "Crush Gang Green and their anti-business allies."May 11, 2011
NOAA Provides Quick Access to Tornado Information
May 11, 2011–Get details on breaking and recent developments, along with big-picture perspective, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's tornado website.April 20, 2011
BP Blowout Anniversary: "What's Under Elmer's Island?"
April 20, 2011–Denial of news media access to Gulf beaches has been an issue since the Deepwater Horizon disaster. There's tussling over access to (and interpretation of) scientific information on possible impacts of the spill on the Gulf ecosystem. And The Guardian obtained >30,000 pages of BP in-house memos FOIA'd by Greenpeace, which suggest BP was working hard to influence the results of the research it was paying for.Toolbox: Data Science Toolkit
April 20, 2011–If you spend a lot of time researching things on the Internet as part of your reporting, the online Data Science Toolkit, which is especially handy with geographic data, and a book by Pete Warden could make parts of your job a lot easier.April 15, 2011
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