Publication Items

Climate Concerns Dominate Reporting Outlook at SEJ Annual Event [1]

An overflow crowd of environmental reporters and others gathered in Washington, D.C., last week at the Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual look-ahead on environment and energy news to hear what speakers like the former United Nations head and top journalists see as the news to watch for. Find out what one story dominated. Plus, watch video of the full program.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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Environment, Energy Issues Will Make Headlines in 2020 [19]

As part of our “2020 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [20]” 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 [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [21]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Food [23]
Forests [24]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [25]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [26]
Policy [15]
Pollution [27]
Science [28]
Transportation [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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Another Bad-News Year Ahead for U.S. Coal? [31]

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 [32]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [33]
Air [34]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [25]
Pollution [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Alaska and Hawaii [35]
California [36]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [37]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [38]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [39]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [40]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [41]
Northwest (OR WA) [42]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [43]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [44]
International [17]
Canada [45]
Mexico [46]
Africa [47]
Antarctica & Arctic [48]
Asia [49]
Australia & Oceania [50]
Central America & the Caribbean [51]
Europe [52]
Middle East [53]
South America [54]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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Grazing on Public Lands Still a Source of Controversy … and Stories [55]

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 [56]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [21]
Economy & Business [7]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [25]
Policy [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
California [36]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [38]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [40]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [44]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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‘Waterfront Porch: Reclaiming Detroit’s Industrial Waterfront As a Gathering Place for All’ [57]

The Detroit River, a key Great Lakes shipping channel, was once the repository of millions of gallons of industrial discharge. But as a new book attests, Detroit’s industrial waterfront has in the last 50 years undergone a remarkable recovery that offers hope for the cleanup of other polluted Rust Belt towns. Read our BookShelf review.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [58]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Pollution [27]
Water & Oceans [30]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [37]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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Climate Change Toolkit: Latest Headlines, TipSheets, Backgrounders & More [59]

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 [60]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [34]
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [15]
Science [28]
Water & Oceans [30]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
International [17]
Visibility:
Public [18]
- Read more about Climate Change Toolkit: Latest Headlines, TipSheets, Backgrounders & More [59]
For ‘Wonky’ Pollution Story, Making the Complex Clear [61]

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 [62]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [34]
Chemicals [4]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [39]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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Closure of Civilian Conservation Centers Ignites Controversy [63]

A decades-old environmental jobs program that provided work for thousands of disadvantaged young people across more than a dozen states has been hit with one of the largest federal downsizings in a decade. Find out how the closing of some Civilian Conservation Centers may be a story near you, from the latest TipSheet.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [56]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [7]
Environmental Politics [10]
Forests [24]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [64]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [37]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [38]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [39]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [40]
Northwest (OR WA) [42]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [43]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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SEJ in Press Freedom Case, Chem Secrecy Bill Fails and More [65]

SEJ joined with several dozen other journalism groups to support the right to film police activity in a public place, and bills to block information of importance to environmental reporters failed in Louisiana, California and Iowa, but a Colorado paper was blocked from covering a wild horse roundup. All that in this month’s WatchDog Tipsheet.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [66]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [33]
Agriculture [21]
Air [34]
Chemicals [4]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Government [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [27]
Science [28]
Wildlife [67]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
California [36]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [38]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [39]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [40]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [43]
Visibility:
Public [18]
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From Colorado Contrasts to SEJ Shifts [68]

The Society of Environmental Journalists’ annual conference in Colorado this fall will bring attendees to a state rich in contrasts and storytelling fodder. At the same time, SEJ itself is readying for seismic shifts. SEJ President Bobby Magill shares firsthand knowledge of the Square State, plus a look into changes for the organization, in his latest quarterly report.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [69]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Environmental Politics [10]
Forests [24]
Journalism & Media [13]
Natural Resources [25]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [26]
People & Population [64]
Planning & Growth [70]
Transportation [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [16]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [40]
Visibility:
Public [18]
- Read more about From Colorado Contrasts to SEJ Shifts [68]

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