Publication Items

Environmental Stories 'Down The Road' in 2020 From Highway Bill [1]

A massive transportation measure is working its way through Congress, with environmental elements including climate change and public transit. But will this “must-pass” measure actually pass in the coming year? Or will it be bogged down by politics or looming questions of how to pay for it? A new Issue Backgrounder explains.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Planning & Growth [9]
Policy [10]
Pollution [11]
Technology [12]
Transportation [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Algae — Society’s Big, Green … and Emerging Menace [16]

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 [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [17]
Chemicals [18]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Disasters [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Health [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
People & Population [23]
Planning & Growth [9]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
California [25]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [26]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
International [29]
Canada [30]
Mexico [31]
Africa [32]
Antarctica & Arctic [33]
Asia [34]
Australia & Oceania [35]
Central America & the Caribbean [36]
Europe [37]
South America [38]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Trailing the Wind, With Massive Turbine Spreadsheet [39]

Wind turbines are everywhere in the United States these days. And now a growing database allows you to track them down by the thousands so you can better report the burgeoning wind energy beat. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox tells you who’s behind this invaluable database, plus smart ways to use it for your coverage.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [40]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [5]
Journalism & Media [22]
Planning & Growth [9]
Technology [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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“Superpower: One Man’s Quest to Transform American Energy” [41]

The new book, “Superpower: One Man’s Quest to Transform American Energy,” takes what our reviewer calls an illuminating look into the politics and economics of energy development. The volume examines the decade-long effort to build long-distance transmission lines for wind-generated electricity. More in our latest BookShelf review.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [42]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Planning & Growth [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [43]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [44]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [27]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [28]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Bikes Make Path for Local Environment Stories [45]

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 [46]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [47]
Air [48]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Health [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
Planning & Growth [9]
Pollution [11]
Transportation [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
International [29]
Europe [37]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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From Colorado Contrasts to SEJ Shifts [49]

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 [50]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [51]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Forests [52]
Journalism & Media [22]
Natural Resources [53]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [54]
People & Population [23]
Planning & Growth [9]
Transportation [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [55]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Resiliency Checklist — Is Your Community Ready for the Next Big Flood? [56]

With flood-ravaged Midwestern states in the news, it’s time to ask whether your own community is ready for the “big one.” This week’s TipSheet offers a 10-point Resiliency Checklist to focus your reporting. Track the vulnerability of infrastructure like drinking water and sewage plants, roads, bridges and levees, the adequacy of flood insurance and much more.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [46]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [17]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [19]
Journalism & Media [22]
People & Population [23]
Planning & Growth [9]
Transportation [13]
Waste [57]
Water & Oceans [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [43]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Perfecting Your Panorama Technique [58]

In this how-to, veteran environmental photojournalist Dennis Dimick shares new techniques for capturing panoramas from the air — while on commercial plane flights — in order to illustrate human impacts on the landscape. Plus, Dimick details how and why he developed the new approach [59], in our latest EJ InSight column exploring the cutting edge of visual journalism on the environment.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ InSight [60]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [17]
Air [48]
Forests [52]
Journalism & Media [22]
People & Population [23]
Planning & Growth [9]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
International [29]
Visibility:
Public [15]
- Read more about Perfecting Your Panorama Technique [58]
Capturing a Planet on the Fly [59]

Capturing panoramas from the air has become a passion for veteran environmental photojournalist Dennis Dimick. In the latest EJ InSight, our new column exploring the cutting edge of visual journalism on the environment, Dimick describes how he visualizes the expanding human footprint of the emergent Anthropocene era — by shooting from commercial airplane flights. Plus, Dimick shares his techniques in a how-to sidebar [58].

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ InSight [60]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [17]
Air [48]
Fish & Fisheries [61]
Forests [52]
Journalism & Media [22]
People & Population [23]
Planning & Growth [9]
Pollution [11]
Water & Oceans [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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Urgency of Katowice Carries Over to SEJ Mission [62]

From under a blanket of dense smog that hung over the southern Polish town hosting a recent United Nations climate change conference, the president of the Society of Environmental Journalists, Bobby Magill, had a moment of clarity for the profession and the organization. His insights, and how they will affect the future of SEJ as it begins a new strategic planning process, in Magill’s latest SEJ President’s Report. Plus, a special honor for a “tireless” SEJ leader.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [50]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [47]
Air [48]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [51]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [20]
Environmental Politics [6]
Health [21]
Journalism & Media [22]
Planning & Growth [9]
Policy [10]
Pollution [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
International [29]
Europe [37]
Visibility:
Public [15]
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