Textbooks used in environmental journalism classes

• Communicating Uncertainty: Media Coverage of New and Controversial Science, by S. Friedman etc. (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999)
• Covering Pollution, by L. Luechtefeld for Investigative Reporters and Editors in cooperation with the Society of Environmental Journalists (IRE, 2004)
• A Field Guide for Science Writers, by D. Blum etc. (Oxford University Press, 1998)
• Covering the Environment: How Journalists Work the Green Beat, by R. Wyss (Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007)
• Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere, by Robert Cox (Sage Publications, 2006). Second edition forthcoming August 2009. 
• Environmental Risks and the Media, by Stuart Allan (ed) (Routledge, 2000) 
• The Environment and the Press: From Adventure Writing to Advocacy, by Mark Neuzil (Northwestern University Press, 2008)
• Grassroots Journalism, by E. Williams (Dollars & Sense, 2007)
• Green Ink: An Introduction to Environmental Journalism, by M. Frome (University of Utah Press, 1998)
• Mass Media and Environmental Conflict: America's Green Crusades, by Mark Neuzil PhD and William Kovarik PhD, (Sage Publications, 1996) Available online:  Ch.3 (Greeley/Yosemete) and Ch. 8 (Lippmann/Radium Girls).
• Media and the Environment, edited by C. Lamay and E. Dennis (Island Press, 1991)
• Media, Culture and the Environment,  by Alison Anderson (Rutgers University Press, 1997)
  
• News & Numbers: A Guide to Reporting Statistical Claims and Controversies in Health and Other Fields, by V. Cohn etc. (Iowa State University Press, 2001)
• The Reporter's Environmental Handbook, by B. West (Rutgers University Press, 2003)
• Search for a Common Language: Environmental Writing And Education, edited by M. Graulich and P. Crumbley (Utah State University Press, 2005)
• Writing Green: Advocacy & Investigative Reporting about the Environment in the Early 21st Century, by D. Schwartz (Loyola College/Apprentice House,2006)

Course syllabi for environmental journalism classes

• Columbia University, Environmental Reporting, M. Holloway
• Cornell University, Science Writing for Mass Media, B. Lewenstein
• Lehigh University, Basic Science, Environmental and Technical Writing, K. Friedman
• Lehigh University, Environment, The Public and The Media, S. Friedman
• Loyola University New Orleans, Covering the Environmental Beat, R. Thomas.
• Loyola University New Orleans, Environmental Communication, R. Thomas
• University of Michigan, Environmental Journalism: Reporting about Science, Policy & Public Health, E. Askari,
• Michigan State University, Environmental Film Making, J. Jabara and J. Detjen
• Michigan State University, Environmental Investigative Reporting, D. Poulson
• Michigan State University, Health and Science Writing, J. Detjen
• Michigan State University, Reporting about Health, Science and Environmental Controversies, J. Detjen
• Michigan State University, Reporting on Sprawl and the Environment, D. Poulson
• Michigan State University, Reporting on the SEJ 10th Annual Conference in East Lansing, MI, J. Detjen
• Michigan State University, Senior Seminar: Case Studies in Science, Env'l & Health Controversies, J. Detjen
• Michigan State University and University of New South Wales, Media, Tourism, Environment and Cultural Issues in Australia, D. Poulson
• New York University, Environmental Reporting, D. Fagin
• University of St. Thomas, Environmental Journalism, M. Neuzil
• State University of New York at Albany, Environmental Journalism, D. Willman
• University of Western Ontario (Canada), Virginia Tech, Radford University, Science and Environment Writing, B. Kovarik
• University of Victoria (Canada), Environmental Journalism, P. Fairley 
• Waseda University,  Tokyo (Japan), Science Journalism, D. Schwartz

If you teach environmental journalism at the university level, please add your syllabus to this list by e-mailing it to SEJ Director of Programs and Operations Chris Rigel . Most syllabi are in PDF format, requiring the free Adobe Reader ®.