Publication Items

Collaborative Journalism Project Reveals Inequities in Escaping Climate Change Hazards [1]

When U.S. communities become unlivable due to climate change impacts, can residents count on government relocation assistance — and are those most in need of help actually getting it? Those questions kickstarted a year-long investigation led by three high-powered journalism organizations. Now they’re sharing their reporting resources toolkit and inviting other journalists to widen the coverage with more local stories.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Diversity [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [10]
Health [11]
Infrastructure [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Planning & Growth [16]
Policy [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [20]
California [21]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [22]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [23]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [24]
Northwest (OR WA) [25]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
Visibility:
Public [28]
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Journalism Industry Program Supports Reporting on Workers — and Work — in a Warming World [29]

As the economic impacts of climate change intensify, reporting on how individuals are affected, particularly in the Global South, is lagging. Veteran journalist Christine Spolar at The Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting details a new initiative to encourage journalists to fill this gap. The story of recent grantees Bhasker Tripathi and Susan Schulman, who have tracked job losses and migrations tied to climate change in India and Iraq.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [30]
Agriculture [31]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Food [32]
Government [10]
Health [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
People & Population [15]
Policy [17]
Technology [33]
Water & Oceans [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
International [34]
Africa [35]
Asia [36]
Middle East [37]
Visibility:
Public [28]
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EPA To Propose Plan Soon for First PFAS Drinking Water Rule [38]

Plans are nearing for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to regulate PFAS in drinking water — and the complexity around the effort will challenge environmental journalism. In the mix are questions of environmental persistence and health risks, plus thorny politics. Our Issue Backgrounder has guidance on these and more as PFAS regulation hits this critical juncture.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [40]
Consumer [41]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [10]
Health [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [17]
Pollution [42]
Science [43]
Water & Oceans [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [24]
Visibility:
Public [28]
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ESA Inaction Spells Trouble for an Iconic Grassland Bird [44]

The lesser prairie-chicken is in dire need of protection, but a decision on listing it under the Endangered Species Act is months overdue. Environmental reporter Mike Smith looks at the causes and potential consequences of the bureaucratic delay and muses on whether this unique bird will go the way of its even more imperiled relative, the Attwater’s prairie-chicken [45].

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [30]
Agriculture [31]
Biodiversity [46]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [10]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [48]
Policy [17]
Science [43]
Wildlife [49]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [50]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [51]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
Visibility:
Public [28]
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Sleuths Tap Obscure Toxics Database To ID Loophole on PFAS [52]

Data specialists working with two databases, one familiar and one little-known, have uncovered how companies may be able to hide releases of the family of toxic PFAS chemicals. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox details the data revelation and explores how journalists may make use of the Chemical Data Reporting service’s datasets for their own stories.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [53]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [30]
Chemicals [40]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [10]
Health [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [42]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
Visibility:
Public [28]
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On the Persistence of Ocean Plastics [54]

Concerns about seaborne plastic waste go back decades, but science writer Juli Berwald suggests that myths and disinformation about sources and solutions continue to cloud the waters. From lentil-sized nurdles to sprawling fishing nets, 200 million tons of plastic now fill the ocean and, for her, it has become evident that the ocean plastics story is really a land story. But will the newly signed international treaty on plastics offer relief?

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [30]
Biodiversity [46]
Chemicals [40]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [41]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Studies [55]
Fish & Fisheries [56]
Government [10]
Infrastructure [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Natural Resources [48]
Policy [17]
Pollution [42]
Science [43]
Technology [33]
Waste [57]
Water & Oceans [18]
Wildlife [49]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [20]
California [21]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [24]
Northwest (OR WA) [25]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
International [34]
Mexico [58]
Africa [35]
Asia [36]
Europe [59]
Visibility:
Public [28]
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Beat Reporter’s Coverage Calls Out Natural Gas Proponents [60]

Electric utilities may sound like a wonky beat, but in the hands of L.A. Times’ Sammy Roth, it became an opportunity to weave together seemingly dry, technical subject matter into a series of award-winning stories on natural gas that captured flash points for climate change, communities of color and energy politics. Roth shares his reporting experience in the latest Inside Story Q&A.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [61]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [30]
Air [62]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [41]
Economy & Business [6]
Energy & Fuel [47]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Infrastructure [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Natural Resources [48]
People & Population [15]
Policy [17]
Pollution [42]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
California [21]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
Visibility:
Public [28]
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Air Conditioner HFCs Are on the Way Out — The Kigali Amendment Explained [63]

For the first time in years, the United States has ratified a climate change-related treaty — one that phases out HFCs, the greenhouse gas widely used as a refrigerant. That leaves environmental reporters to report how the change will affect everyday objects like ACs, refrigerators and cars. TipSheet has the backstory on the Kigali Amendment, along with story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [64]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [40]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [10]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [17]
Pollution [42]
Technology [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
International [34]
Visibility:
Public [28]
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Fill Your Plate With Chicken Stories [65]

Chicken production in the United States is a colossal industry controlled by a few vertically integrated companies. On a much smaller scale, it’s also heritage breeds and increasingly popular backyard flocks. As the latest avian flu outbreak makes headlines, journalist Christine Heinrichs looks at environmental reporting opportunities related to poultry pathogens, pollution and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [31]
Biodiversity [46]
Consumer [41]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Food [32]
Government [10]
Health [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [17]
Pollution [42]
Science [43]
Waste [57]
Water & Oceans [18]
Wildlife [49]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
California [21]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [50]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [23]
Visibility:
Public [28]
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Meeting the Challenge of Making More Money [66]

A career as an environmental journalist can be fulfilling — but it can also leave you crying all the way to the bank. Freelance Files gets guidance from four veteran journalists who’ve made the money side of independent reporting work better for them. Plus, six top tips for earning more with your own journalism. No. 1: “Ask for more.”

SEJ Publication Types:
Freelance Files [67]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [6]
Journalism & Media [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
International [34]
Visibility:
Public [28]
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