Textbooks often used in environmental journalism classes

• Allen, S. (2000). Environmental Risks and the Media. Routledge.
• Blum, D. (1998). A Field Guide for Science Writers, Oxford University Press.
• Cox, R. (2006, 2009). Environmental Communication and the Public Sphere. Loyola College/Apprentice House.
• Friedman, S., Dunwoody, S., Rogers, C., (1999). Communicating Uncertainty: Media Coverage of New and Controversial Science. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Frome, M. (1998) Green Ink: An Introduction to Environmental Journalism. University of Utah Press.
• Luechtefeld, L. (2004). Covering Pollution Investigative Reporters and Editors, Society of Environmental Journalists.
• Neuzil, M., Kovarik, B. (1997) Mass Media and Environmental Conflict: America's Green Crusades. Sage. Available online:  Ch.3 (Greeley/Yosemete) and Ch. 8 (Lippmann/Radium Girls).
• Neuzil, M. (2008). The Environment and the Press: From Adventure Writing to Advocacy. Northwestern University Press.
• Schwartz, D. (2006). Writing Green: Advocacy & Investigative Reporting about the Environment in the Early 21st Century,
• Simon, J., Valenti, J., Sachsman, D. (2010). Environmental Reporters in the 21st Century. Transaction press.
• West, B. (2003). The Reporter's Environmental Handbook. Rutgers.
• Williams, E. (2007). Grassroots Journalism, Dollars & Sense.
• Wyss, R. (2007) Covering the Environment: How Journalists Work the Green Beat, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Anderson, A. (1997)Media, Culture and the Environment. Rutgers.
• Cohn, V. (2001). News & Numbers: A Guide to Reporting Statistical Claims and Controversies in Health and Other Fields. Iowa State University Press.

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 ®.