Publication Items

Bringing Stories Home Under Lockdown, With Remote Video Interviews [1]

They’ve long been a staple of the news business. But now, with the pandemic continuing to keep journalists from their subjects, remote video interviews have become an essential tool. And even newbie video reporters can quickly learn the basics. Science video producer Eli Kintisch shares a quick eight-step remote video setup and some simple tricks of the trade, in this SEJournal how-to.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [4]
Air [5]
Biodiversity [6]
Chemicals [7]
Climate Change [8]
Consumer [9]
Disasters [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [15]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Food [17]
Forests [18]
Government [19]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Military [23]
Natural Resources [24]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [25]
Other or All [26]
People & Population [27]
Planning & Growth [28]
Policy [29]
Pollution [30]
Science [31]
Technology [32]
Transportation [33]
Waste [34]
Water & Oceans [35]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
Alaska and Hawaii [37]
California [38]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [39]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [40]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [41]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [43]
Northwest (OR WA) [44]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
International [47]
Canada [48]
Mexico [49]
Africa [50]
Antarctica & Arctic [51]
Asia [52]
Australia & Oceania [53]
Central America & the Caribbean [54]
Europe [55]
Middle East [56]
South America [57]
Visibility:
Public [58]
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Trump Data Grab Threatens To Blind Nation’s Health System [59]

Efforts to bury pandemic data is a story environmental journalists best keep an eye on, argues the new WatchDog opinion column. That’s partly because of the connection between the novel coronavirus and climate change, air pollution and environmental justice. But also because it echoes a deepening rejection of science that’s long been part of the environment beat.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [60]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [10]
Government [19]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Science [31]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
Visibility:
Public [58]
- Read more about Trump Data Grab Threatens To Blind Nation’s Health System [59]
Potentially Explosive Fertilizer Could Be Found in Your Community [61]

Ammonium nitrate, the explosive agricultural fertilizer that blew up in Lebanon this month, killing dozens and severely damaging Beirut’s center, is stored by the thousands of tons all over the United States. But regulatory blindspots and secretive information policies mean few know exactly where. Backgrounder reviews the chemical’s oversight regime — and its gaps — and has ideas for reporting from your community.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [62]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [4]
Chemicals [7]
Disasters [10]
Government [19]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
International [47]
Middle East [56]
Visibility:
Public [58]
- Read more about Potentially Explosive Fertilizer Could Be Found in Your Community [61]
Start Tracking Wildfires Before Things Get Hot [63]

With little (and big) fires just about everywhere these days, reporters could use help tracking the myriad blazes. Fortunately, firefighting experts have developed some handy databases that journalists can tap into to better cover this story. Plus, other kinds of data tools to keep on top of fire hazards. And SEJ’s new “Issue: Wildfire [64]” resource page, which includes wildfire headlines from EJToday and more wildfire stories from SEJournal.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [65]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [8]
Disasters [10]
Forests [18]
Journalism & Media [21]
People & Population [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
California [38]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
Visibility:
Public [58]
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Freelancing in the Time of Coronavirus [66]

When breaking news hits, freelancers often find editors at media outlets eager for related stories. But what about when breaking news like a global pandemic becomes virtually the only story being told? What do you do when those same media editors say no thanks to yet more coverage? Freelance Files editor Karen Schaefer went looking for some timely advice.

SEJ Publication Types:
Freelance Files [67]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [10]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
International [47]
Visibility:
Public [58]
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Disaster Aid Sometimes Helps Fund the Next Disaster [68]

As hurricane season gets into full swing, a perpetual paradox reemerges — does disaster aid help or harm? Government financial assistance in a disaster’s wake may seem a boon, but could it just encourage communities to repeat the mistakes of the past? The latest TipSheet explores the question and provides context, reporting resources and story ideas.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [69]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [8]
Disasters [10]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [19]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [27]
Planning & Growth [28]
Policy [29]
Water & Oceans [35]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
Visibility:
Public [58]
- Read more about Disaster Aid Sometimes Helps Fund the Next Disaster [68]
‘I Can’t Not Shoot This’ — For Photojournalist, Preparation Meets Opportunity [70]

Wildfire photographer Helen Richardson, in a companion EJ InSight case study, shares a personal account of her efforts to capture compelling images from Colorado’s deadly Waldo Canyon Fire. Plus, more of her photos [71] and a report on how to prepare properly to shoot disasters [72] while protecting yourself, including from COVID-19.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ InSight [73]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [10]
Journalism & Media [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
Visibility:
Public [58]
- Read more about ‘I Can’t Not Shoot This’ — For Photojournalist, Preparation Meets Opportunity [70]
F/8, N95 and Be There — Wildfire Photojournalism in the Pandemic Era [72]

Safety has long been an element of smart disaster photojournalism. But there’s a new dimension to the risk now — coronavirus. Wildfire photographer Helen Richardson writes in the latest EJ InSight column about how to protect yourself, how to be prepared and how to get the story. Plus, a photo slidehow [71] and a case study [70] on confronting the journalistic challenges in one major fire.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ InSight [73]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [10]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
California [38]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
Visibility:
Public [58]
- Read more about F/8, N95 and Be There — Wildfire Photojournalism in the Pandemic Era [72]
Former Public Affairs Officers Push Back on Advanced Industry Reaction, Plus Police Scanner Transparency and Ag-Gag Ruling [74]

When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a press release with favorable industry response to changes in a rule protecting migratory birds — before actually proposing the new rule — a group of former agency officials cried foul. Plus, why encrypted police scanners are a problem and an ag-gag ruling, all in the latest WatchDog opinion column.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [60]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [4]
Biodiversity [6]
Disasters [10]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [19]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Wildlife [75]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Visibility:
Public [58]
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Why Shelter From the (Coronavirus) Storm Isn’t Always Safe [76]

Emergency evacuations are hard to plan under normal circumstances. Now the coronavirus pandemic makes them even more complicated and risky. With the summer disaster season upon us, the latest TipSheet explores how environmental journalists can report on emergency planning under COVID-19, with suggested questions to help you dig up stories.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [69]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [8]
Disasters [10]
Government [19]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
People & Population [27]
Planning & Growth [28]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
International [47]
Visibility:
Public [58]
- Read more about Why Shelter From the (Coronavirus) Storm Isn’t Always Safe [76]

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