Publication Items

Radon — The Forgotten Environmental Health Story [1]

Thousands of lives are lost each year to lung cancers caused by radon exposure. Yet as the latest TipSheet explains the story often remains untold. Get the context to help turn this life-and-death environmental health concern into local news reporting. Plus, Reporter’s Toolbox highlights databases [2] that can kick-start coverage.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [3]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Ongoing Climate Change Will Bring More Bad News on Health in 2020 [11]

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 [3]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [12]
Air [4]
Chemicals [13]
Climate Change [14]
Consumer [15]
Disasters [16]
Environmental Health [5]
Food [17]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [19]
Science [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
International [22]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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News Can Net Eyeballs By Turning Dweebish Data Into Magic Maps [23]

When it comes to telling environment and energy stories, especially about place and scale, data visualizations can turn an average story into a standout. Reporter’s Toolbox takes a look at some recent examples of inspiring data-mapping projects that provide insight into everything from auto emissions and floods to vanishing rivers and whipping winds.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [4]
Climate Change [14]
Disasters [16]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Journalism & Media [7]
Natural Resources [26]
Pollution [19]
Transportation [27]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Alaska and Hawaii [28]
California [29]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [31]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [33]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
Northwest (OR WA) [35]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [37]
International [22]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Another Bad-News Year Ahead for U.S. Coal? [38]

As U.S. coal’s comedown continues, our latest Issue Backgrounder takes a close look at the factors behind the industry’s decline and finds a combination of economics, competition and shifting global markets, along with aging technology, politics and environmental pushback. What’s in store for coal in 2020?

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [40]
Air [4]
Climate Change [14]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [42]
Government [43]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [26]
Pollution [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Alaska and Hawaii [28]
California [29]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [31]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [33]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
Northwest (OR WA) [35]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [37]
International [22]
Canada [44]
Mexico [45]
Africa [46]
Antarctica & Arctic [47]
Asia [48]
Australia & Oceania [49]
Central America & the Caribbean [50]
Europe [51]
Middle East [52]
South America [53]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Climate Change Toolkit: Latest Headlines, TipSheets, Backgrounders & More [54]

To help better cover climate change news, including during the upcoming United Nations Climate Action Summit, Sept. 23, in New York, the SEJournal offers a range of resources. Get the latest climate change headlines and EJToday's curated climate coverage. Check out our range of climate-related Issue Backgrounders, TipSheets and Reporter's Toolboxes, plus our Climate Change Guide and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [55]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [4]
Climate Change [14]
Disasters [16]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [42]
Government [43]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Policy [56]
Science [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
International [22]
Visibility:
Public [10]
- Read more about Climate Change Toolkit: Latest Headlines, TipSheets, Backgrounders & More [54]
For ‘Wonky’ Pollution Story, Making the Complex Clear [57]

The latest Inside Story column takes a look at how one reporter turned a series of complex policy stories on renewable energy and pollution into an accessible, localized narrative — and in the process won a Society of Environmental Journalists’ explanatory reporting award. A Q&A about the project with Baltimore Sun’s Scott Dance.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [58]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [4]
Chemicals [13]
Economy & Business [41]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [42]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [19]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Bikes Make Path for Local Environment Stories [59]

When it comes to bringing environmental stories home to your audience, don’t soft-pedal the topic of bicycling. Bikes are a way in to the issue of climate, as well as health and infrastructure. The most recent TipSheet has more on why you can ride the bike beat for your local reporting

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [3]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [40]
Air [4]
Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Planning & Growth [60]
Pollution [19]
Transportation [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
International [22]
Europe [51]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Greenhouse Gas Inventory Key Source for Local Climate Change Stories [61]

A long-standing EPA inventory of greenhouse gasses has been gussied up of late, making it easier than ever to comb the data for global warming stories in your community. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox continues its new data journalism focus with a look at this resource, and how to use the info in it smartly.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [4]
Chemicals [13]
Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [19]
Science [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Air Needs Freshening in Most U.S. National Park Units [62]

The nation’s parks are generally thought to be pristine natural havens. But a recent study finds the overwhelming majority suffer from air pollution problems like smog and ozone. That makes for important local and regional news stories, per the latest biweekly TipSheet. Get background, story ideas, resources and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [3]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [4]
Chemicals [13]
Consumer [15]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [42]
Environmental Studies [63]
Forests [64]
Government [43]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [26]
Pollution [19]
Science [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Big Environmental Impacts on Small Communities Is Story That Must Be Told [65]

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 [66]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [12]
Air [4]
Chemicals [13]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [42]
Government [43]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [26]
Policy [56]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Alaska and Hawaii [28]
California [29]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [31]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [33]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [34]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [36]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [37]
Visibility:
Public [10]
- Read more about Big Environmental Impacts on Small Communities Is Story That Must Be Told [65]

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