Publication Items

July 15, 2010
Photographers Name the Top 40 Nature Images of All Time
July 15, 2010–
Journalism/Media, National (U.S.)

SEJ Launches New Grant Program for Reporting Projects
July 15, 2010–
Journalism/Media, National (U.S.)

TV Gigs, Scholarships and New Blogs Among New Accomplishments
July 15, 2010–
Journalism/Media, National (U.S.)

July 14, 2010
NOAA Muddies Access to Spill Damage Data
July 14, 2010–A senior Washington correspondent for the Huffington Post reveals that NOAA has been giving BP all the raw data its research ships collect — but not releasing the data to the public
Disasters, Government, Journalism/Media, Water & Oceans, SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN), Southwest (AZ NM OK TX)

June 16, 2010
BP Contractors, Feds Continue to Bar Media from Public Property
June 16, 2010–WDSU, the NBC affiliate in New Orleans (Channel 6), found that BP's highly publicized statement that it is not barring news media from witnessing the cleanup, or its failure, is in fact not true. See video of this and other examples, and get contact info for the Deepwater Horizon Incident Joint Information Center if you've been denied access.
Disasters, Economy & Business, Energy & Fuel, Government, Journalism/Media, SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN)

June 2, 2010
Cleanup Workers' Contract: Don't Talk to Media
June 2, 2010–Workers in the "Vessels of Opportunity" Gulf spill cleanup program had to sign a contract prohibiting them from talking to the news media or disclosing "proprietary and confidential" information.
Disasters, Economy & Business, Energy & Fuel, Environmental Politics, Journalism/Media, Water & Oceans, SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN)

Media Access to Oil-Impacted Areas Disputed
June 2, 2010–The WatchDog's special Gulf oil spill issue includes stories on media access problems, withholding of information by US EPA and misleading statements by BP, mystery dispersant ingredients, BP's new ex-Cheney spokesperson, prohibiting cleanup workers talking to media, and detaining rig survivors till they sign two statements.
Disasters, Economy & Business, Energy & Fuel, Fish & Fisheries, Journalism/Media, Pollution, Technology, Water & Oceans, Wildlife, SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN)

May 19, 2010
Judge Backs Chevron's Grab for Documentary Out-takes in Ecuador Case
May 19, 2010–A federal district judge in New York ordered film-maker Joe Berlinger to turn over more than 600 hours of raw footage from his documentary "Crude," about a lawsuit by natives in Ecuador charging Chevron with polluting the Amazon rainforest there.
Energy & Fuel, Journalism/Media, Laws & Regulations, Pollution, South America, International

May 5, 2010
J-Groups Seek Open MSHA Inquiry
May 5, 2010–SEJ and eight other journalism organizations called on the Mine Safety and Health Administration to open to the public its investigation into the Massey mine disaster that killed 29 people.
Journalism/Media, Natural Resources, National (U.S.)

April 15, 2010
A Host of Investigative Journalism on the Web, Thanks to Non-Profit Sites
April 15, 2010–
Journalism/Media, National (U.S.)

July 15, 2010