Publication Items

Fake Newspapers Fill Gaps Left by Disappearing Real Ones [1]

When corporate, often politicized entities create fake newspapers in communities without their own in order to control the news agenda, it’s called “pink slime news.” And its purveyors have made a significant target of environmental and energy issues, writes WatchDog Opinion. A look at the rise of “fake news” outlets, the decline of real ones and how to fight back.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Climate Crisis Makes for Real Fashion Emergency [8]

Fast fashion’s lack of sustainability has long been the subject of news media coverage. But now the realities of climate change mean that fashion reporting must be reimagined to include the lived environmental and human rights realities of workers making what we wear, writes contributor Yessenia Funes in the new Voices of Environmental Justice column. Ideas and resources for getting past simplistic fashion industry narratives.

SEJ Publication Types:
Voices of Environmental Justice [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [10]
Agriculture [11]
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Justice [13]
Health [14]
Journalism & Media [5]
People & Population [15]
Policy [16]
Waste [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
International [18]
Asia [19]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Philly Steaks Out New Ground [20]

It just wouldn’t be the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference recap without the waggish tales of SEJ’s resident wit, David Helvarg, who once again this year skewers the lot of us, sparing not a jot of our five days in Philadelphia. Read on and prepare to snicker.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [11]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [22]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Politics [24]
Food [25]
Government [26]
Health [14]
Infrastructure [27]
Journalism & Media [5]
Natural Resources [28]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [29]
Policy [16]
Pollution [30]
Technology [31]
Transportation [32]
Waste [17]
Water & Oceans [33]
Wildlife [34]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [35]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Six Ways To Cover the Environmental Impacts of Animal Agriculture [36]

Animal agriculture is a massive industry with a vast environmental footprint, so there are plenty of reporting opportunities for journalists on the “eat beat.” In the second of two parts [37], following last week’s examination of diet-related greenhouse gas emissions, food-and-climate journalist Jenny Splitter serves up a variety of story ideas and information sources, plus some thoughts on solutions journalism.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [10]
Agriculture [11]
Air [39]
Biodiversity [40]
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [41]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [24]
Environmental Studies [42]
Food [25]
Forests [43]
Government [26]
Health [14]
Journalism & Media [5]
Pollution [30]
Waste [17]
Water & Oceans [33]
Wildlife [34]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
International [18]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Eat Local for Climate’s Sake? No, Eat Less Meat [37]

Many people who want to reduce their carbon footprint consider the climate impacts of diet, but their efforts may be misdirected. When it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, it turns out what we eat is often more important than where it comes from. Sentient Media’s Jenny Splitter unpacks the locavore myth and explains methane burps, carbon opportunity costs and more. First of two parts [36].

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [10]
Agriculture [11]
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [41]
Environmental Politics [24]
Environmental Studies [42]
Food [25]
Forests [43]
Government [26]
Health [14]
Journalism & Media [5]
Pollution [30]
Transportation [32]
Waste [17]
Water & Oceans [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
International [18]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Why Parking, Long Term, Presents a Lot of Problems [44]

A new book makes the case that U.S. cities have had their environments, their housing and their businesses warped by parking policies. BookShelf contributor Jennifer Weeks, who shares her own parking-related frustrations, explores the arguments made in “Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World,” and also takes a look at what the author sees as “parking-light” solutions.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [45]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [41]
Environmental Politics [24]
Government [26]
Health [14]
Infrastructure [27]
Planning & Growth [46]
Policy [16]
Pollution [30]
Transportation [32]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
California [47]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [48]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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In Their Own Words — Story Insights From SEJ’s 2023 Award Winners [49]

When Inside Story co-editor Rocky Kistner reviewed video statements from first-place winners of the Society of Environmental Journalists 2023 reporting awards, he found a series of striking insights into the work of environmental journalism. From environment as a true crime story and going beyond the headlines, to covering communities at risk and through powerful interests, a look at nine highly effective approaches to telling environmental stories.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [50]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [40]
Chemicals [51]
Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [41]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [24]
Forests [43]
Government [26]
Health [14]
Infrastructure [27]
Journalism & Media [5]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [15]
Policy [16]
Pollution [30]
Waste [17]
Water & Oceans [33]
Wildlife [34]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
California [47]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [52]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [35]
International [18]
Africa [53]
South America [54]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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‘Carbon Colonialism’ Details the Exporting of Degradation, Climate Collapse [55]

The climate change debate is often so focused on fossil fuels and mining that it ignores impacts in economic, political, neo-colonial and social terms, writes BookShelf’s Melody Kemp in her review of “Carbon Colonialism: How Rich Countries Export Climate Breakdown.” Why concepts like corporate social responsibility do little to stem the losses that come with such development.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [45]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [10]
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [24]
Forests [43]
Health [14]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [15]
Policy [16]
Pollution [30]
Region:
International [18]
Asia [19]
Europe [56]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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What’s Ahead on Climate Justice, Climate Crisis Beat [57]

What environment stories will matter most in 2024 to communities of color and Indigenous communities? Columnist Yessenia Funes sheds light on concerns ranging from the environmental damage in Gaza and extreme weather across the United States to the fallout from the U.S. presidential election to the local impacts of the clean energy transition. Insights in the latest Voices of Environmental Justice.

SEJ Publication Types:
Voices of Environmental Justice [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [10]
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [22]
Diversity [58]
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Justice [13]
Environmental Politics [24]
Government [26]
Health [14]
Infrastructure [27]
Journalism & Media [5]
Military [59]
People & Population [15]
Planning & Growth [46]
Policy [16]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [60]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [48]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [61]
International [18]
Middle East [62]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Neither Pandemic Nor Politics Derailed Grantee’s Trophy Hunting Story [63]

When freelancer Rachel Nuwer decided to tackle a controversial story about trophy hunting and wildlife conservation she confronted not only tricky logistics and demanding field work, but last-minute publication conflicts and the COVID-19 pandemic. But with a grant and an understanding editor, she got her clip and a new commitment to continue covering similarly challenging topics. Nuwer shares her experience in the new FEJ StoryLog.

SEJ Publication Types:
FEJ StoryLog [64]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [10]
Biodiversity [40]
Economy & Business [4]
Environmental Health [41]
Environmental Politics [24]
Journalism & Media [5]
Wildlife [34]
Region:
International [18]
Africa [53]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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