Freelance Life: Making the Move from a Newspaper to “Writing for Hire”

November 15, 2008–Freelance reporter Abby Luby recounts her journey and lessons learned so far.

Inside Story: The Proof is in the Information: Be Reliable, Accurate and Fair

November 15, 2008–An interview with a hybrid science-journalist relates how he got started, his struggle to sustain and some advice for journalists exploring and reporting on science and environmental issues, especially the issue of health effects related to electromagnetic fields.

Presidential Campaign Proves Environment a Hot Story

November 15, 2008–While both McCain and Obama have tried to paint themselves green, several national environmental reporters covering the campaign agree that the two have distinctly different approaches.

Research Roundup: E-beat Questions: Favoring Sources? What about TV Envirocasts?

November 15, 2008–Studies show environmental news crosses beats, with the beat influencing the coverage, and weathercasters play a key but overlooked role in explaining science.

New Blogs Alter News-O-Sphere, Open More Info to Journalists (Review)

November 5, 2008–As the corpses of newspapers litter the American landscape, they seem to fertilize the sprouting of a bumper crop of new blogs devoted to environment and energy. If you are looking for environmental news, you are mostly likely to find it online.

DOJ Guidance Offers Hook for Your FOIA Requests

November 5, 2008–Journalists' Freedom of Information Act requests will have more clout if they demand specific justification for each redaction. A new Justice Department guidance document makes clear this is mandatory for most agencies.

EPA Libraries Open Doors

October 8, 2008–EPA reopened five libraries September 30, 2008, after fighting its own scientists, enforcement lawyers, open-information groups, and eventually Congress for two years in an unsuccessful effort to keep them closed.

Follow the Money: Oil and Coal Edition

October 8, 2008–Deep Throat's advice was never more needed: "Follow the money." Those reporters who want to follow Deep Throat's advice now have tools undreamed of in Woodward and Bernstein's hey-day.

House Panel Probes Political Censorship of Science at EPA

October 8, 2008–More details of White House efforts to silence science at EPA emerged at a September 18, 2008, hearing of a House Energy investigations panel.

More Tools for Covering Capitol Hill — From Outside the Beltway

October 8, 2008–Reporters on "Main Street" need not feel hindered in covering action on Capitol Hill. Here are more tools for Outside-the-Beltway reporters who want to keep an eye on Congress.