Enterprising Stories Stand Out in Recent Disaster Coverage — From Japan to Texas

July 15, 2011–

Defiant Murdoch E-Tab To Judge: Nuts To Pulling BP Deposition

July 13, 2011–U.S. Magistrate Judge Sally Shushan of the Eastern District of Louisiana ordered iPad-only publication The Daily to remove the deposition, by former BP CEO Tony Hayward in the Gulf oil spill lawsuit, because it had not been published with her permission.

Press Fotogs Sue DHS Over Laptop, Camera Seizures

July 13, 2011–A U.S. District judge heard oral arguments July 8, 2011 on a DHS motion to dismiss the case, brought by the National Press Photographers Association, the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Feds Cleanse Web of Fake News on Acai-Berry Diet Scam

May 4, 2011–Some of the sites used the logos of major news organizations to fool users into thinking they were reading real news reports.

Environmental Stories Reap Major National Prizes

April 15, 2011–

SEJ Launches New Online Freelance Directory To Connect Writers and Editors

April 15, 2011–

SEJ Promotes Science-Journalism Connection, Alters Funding Policy To Build More Stable Organization

April 15, 2011–

SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism Grows

April 15, 2011–

Stoking the EJ Conversation: SEJ Looks at Social Media Upgrades and Wants Members’ Input

April 15, 2011–

NY Times Mulls Creating 'EZ Pass Lane for Leakers'

January 26, 2011–Despite consternation about Wikileaks' massive dump of State Department memos, most leaks are still legal — and the New York Times apparently thinks such unauthorized disclosures from whistleblowers inside the government may be essential to journalism and democracy.