Publication Items

The Emerald Corridor — Impacts, Fixes and Rethinking Everything [1]

As the Pacific Northwest faces serious impacts from climate change, and moves to respond, the Society of Environmental Journalists provides a special in-depth report on how journalists can tell the unfolding story. “Covering Your Climate: The Emerald Corridor” launches Feb. 11 with an extensive issue backgrounder, which will be followed by tipsheets and a toolbox over the next few weeks. We hope this is the first in a series of regional climate special reports, and we welcome your suggestions [2] and ideas for future editions of "Covering Your Climate."

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [3]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [4]
Air [5]
Biodiversity [6]
Climate Change [7]
Disasters [8]
Economy & Business [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Food [14]
Forests [15]
Government [16]
Health [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [20]
People & Population [21]
Planning & Growth [22]
Policy [23]
Pollution [24]
Transportation [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [27]
Northwest (OR WA) [28]
International [29]
Canada [30]
Visibility:
Public [31]
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Environment, Energy Issues Will Make Headlines in 2020 [32]

As part of our “2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [33]” to help reporters track the stories coming their way this year, SEJournal Online looks ahead to major developments on the beat — from Washington, D.C. to the Arctic, from public lands to fossil fuels. We also explore pending news on transportation, agriculture, nukes, federal funding, freedom of information and even algae. Also under our gaze, key facets of the climate story. Read our overview analysis and then dive deep into the full offering of special Backgrounders, TipSheets and WatchDogs.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [34]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [4]
Climate Change [7]
Disasters [8]
Economy & Business [9]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Fish & Fisheries [13]
Food [14]
Forests [15]
Government [16]
Health [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [35]
Policy [23]
Pollution [24]
Science [36]
Transportation [25]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [27]
International [29]
Visibility:
Public [31]
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Ongoing Climate Change Will Bring More Bad News on Health in 2020 [37]

Illness, injury, death. Those are the worsening health impacts of climate change, as global warming shifts disease vectors, encourages bacteria and foodborne illness, and leaves people increasingly suffering from heat, smog, smoke, allergies and other risks of extreme weather. Our latest TipSheet helps you get a handle on the sprawling health-climate story.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [4]
Air [5]
Chemicals [39]
Climate Change [7]
Consumer [40]
Disasters [8]
Environmental Health [11]
Food [14]
Health [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
People & Population [21]
Pollution [24]
Science [36]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region:
International [29]
Visibility:
Public [31]
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Farms and Ranches, Possible Cause, Cure of Climate Change [41]

The links between agriculture and climate are as old as the Indus Valley Civilization and as current as this year’s Mississippi Basin floods. And stories about how each influences the other will likely unfold at an ever faster rate, according to this week’s TipSheet. The backstory, with an outline of the interactions between ag and global warming, plus story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [4]
Climate Change [7]
Food [14]
Government [16]
Journalism & Media [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [27]
California [42]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [43]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [44]
Visibility:
Public [31]
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SEJ Gets High in Fort Collins [45]

Missed the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual gathering in Fort Collins? Never fear, for our in-house humorist David Helvarg has herein recounted the “highs” (and paranoid lows). Among them: oddball scientists, strolls in a snow storm, bad burros and beet-based dinners. Plus, the secret strategy behind SEJ’s conference site selection.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [34]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [4]
Climate Change [7]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [16]
Journalism & Media [18]
Natural Resources [20]
Policy [23]
Pollution [24]
Science [36]
Wildlife [46]
Region:
National (U.S.) [27]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [47]
Visibility:
Public [31]
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Grazing on Public Lands Still a Source of Controversy … and Stories [48]

As the Society of Environmental Journalists heads to Colorado this week for its annual gathering, it’s a good time to consider how to report on the vast public lands throughout the western United States. The latest TipSheet explores the history of conflict over public lands, the stories they yield and the resources needed to better report the issue.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [4]
Economy & Business [9]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [16]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Policy [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [27]
California [42]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [43]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [47]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [44]
Visibility:
Public [31]
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Algae — Society’s Big, Green … and Emerging Menace [49]

It’s poisoning fresh waters across the United States, as well as elsewhere in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa. Blue-green algae is on the rise, lingering later and later into the year. Our new Issue Backgrounder explains the contributing factors behind the potent toxin’s scourge, its societal and public health ramifications, and the many angles and resources to tell the story.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [50]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [4]
Chemicals [39]
Climate Change [7]
Consumer [40]
Disasters [8]
Environmental Health [11]
Health [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
People & Population [21]
Planning & Growth [22]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [27]
California [42]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [51]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [52]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [44]
International [29]
Canada [30]
Mexico [53]
Africa [54]
Antarctica & Arctic [55]
Asia [56]
Australia & Oceania [57]
Central America & the Caribbean [58]
Europe [59]
South America [60]
Visibility:
Public [31]
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Big Environmental Impacts on Small Communities Is Story That Must Be Told [61]

While environmental journalists often focus on regulatory wrestling matches in Washington, D.C., a seasoned New York Times investigative reporter argues the most important stories are those in the real communities where bureaucratic impacts are felt. Three-time Pulitzer winner Eric Lipton makes the case for public service in journalism that tells the environment story from the outside in.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [34]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [4]
Air [5]
Chemicals [39]
Energy & Fuel [10]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [16]
Health [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
Laws & Regulations [19]
Natural Resources [20]
Policy [23]
Pollution [24]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [27]
Alaska and Hawaii [62]
California [42]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [51]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [43]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [63]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [47]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [64]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [52]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [44]
Visibility:
Public [31]
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Primer Helps To Prep for Reporting on PFAS [65]

It’s a category of more than 4,000 industrial chemicals that affect our lives nearly every day — and many of which are toxic. So what do journalists need to know to report on the emerging contaminants known as PFAS? Our most recent Issue Backgrounder offers a detailed primer on what PFAS are, where they come from, what their health effects are and how they might be cleaned up.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [50]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [4]
Chemicals [39]
Consumer [40]
Food [14]
Health [17]
Science [36]
Water & Oceans [26]
Region:
National (U.S.) [27]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [51]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [64]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [44]
International [29]
Australia & Oceania [57]
Visibility:
Public [31]
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Urban Farming a Fertile Bed for Crop of Local Stories [66]

The rise of the modern environmental and food movements has shifted urban farming into high gear. For environmental journalists, that could yield a bumper crop of local stories. The latest TipSheet has more, along with questions to ask, story angles to follow and reporting resources to tap.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [67]
Agriculture [4]
Chemicals [39]
Consumer [40]
Food [14]
Health [17]
Journalism & Media [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [27]
International [29]
Visibility:
Public [31]
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