Publication Items

Do Journalists Need To Come In Out of the Rain? [1]

Tempted to step out into the middle of a storm to report its dangers? Don’t do it, at least not without reviewing some important safety tips from this week’s TipSheet. Get more than two dozen ways to stay safe while covering hurricanes, storms, floods and other extreme water events.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Water & Oceans [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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For Coming Drought Season, Flood of Info [8]

Drought is an urgent environmental story, both as it emerges in its seasonal form and as part of larger related issues of allocation and climate change. As the drought season gets underway, this week’s TipSheet offers story angles and more than a dozen key resources for your coverage.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [9]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [11]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Journalism & Media [4]
Natural Resources [13]
Planning & Growth [14]
Water & Oceans [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
California [15]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Where There’s Smoke, There's ... a Health Threat [16]

When it comes to the wildfires that now regularly threaten life and property, it’s not just the flames that create risk. Wildfire smoke itself can cause harm, even a long way from the fire. This week’s TipSheet explains the health threats of wildfire smoke and how to monitor the risk for your own area.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [17]
Disasters [3]
Forests [18]
Health [19]
Journalism & Media [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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How a Hurricane Whipped Up Student Energy/Poverty Project [20]

A journalism teaching project planned to cover local energy inequities. That was before Hurricane Irma swept Florida. In the end, inspired student reporters moved community leaders to action with human-centered, data-driven stories focused on solutions. Journalist and educator Cynthia Barnett shares the lessons in our latest EJ Academy column.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [22]
Consumer [23]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Politics [25]
Government [26]
Journalism & Media [4]
People & Population [27]
Policy [28]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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When Disaster Strikes, Building Codes May Make Things Worse [30]

They may not be the sexiest topics on the environmental agenda. But building codes and zoning can become a matter of life and death when natural disasters strike. This week’s TipSheet runs down the reporting challenge when floods, earthquakes and wildfires threaten your coverage area.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [3]
Government [26]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [31]
People & Population [27]
Planning & Growth [14]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [32]
California [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
Northwest (OR WA) [34]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Sun Doesn’t Shine at Trump Environmental Agencies [35]

There’s little cause to celebrate upcoming Sunshine Week for those who cover Trump administration environmental agencies. The latest WatchDog catalogues how the EPA has adopted a secretive approach and displays frequent hostility to the news media, including with a troubling series of attacks on individual journalists.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [36]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [22]
Chemicals [37]
Climate Change [10]
Consumer [23]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [38]
Environmental Politics [25]
Government [26]
Health [19]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Policy [28]
Pollution [39]
Science [40]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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“The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea” [41]

A new book on the Gulf of Mexico earns kudos for the balance and passion of its tone, as well as for its historical storytelling about this important ecosystem and the overfishing, oil spills, hurricanes, explosive growth and poor land-use decisions it faces. BookShelf reviews Jack Davis’ “The Gulf.”

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [42]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [43]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [38]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [25]
Fish & Fisheries [12]
Natural Resources [13]
People & Population [27]
Planning & Growth [14]
Policy [28]
Pollution [39]
Water & Oceans [5]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [44]
Mexico [45]
Central America & the Caribbean [46]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Abandoned Mines — Stories Beneath Your Feet [47]

They count in the tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands, and each one is a potential story. This week’s TipSheet looks at abandoned mines spread across the United States, many of them polluted, and with few cleanups underway. Find out what’s at stake, and get reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Government [26]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [13]
Pollution [39]
Waste [48]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [49]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Charting the Year Ahead in Environment, Energy News [50]

This is a decisive time on the energy and environment front, with challenges and confrontation expected over the consummation of the Trump deregulatory agenda. Our second annual issues guide provides a roadmap for covering the big stories. The guide's formal launch took place at an SEJ event in Washington, D.C. [51] on January 26. If you missed it, the webcast is archived here [52].

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [53]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [17]
Chemicals [37]
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [38]
Energy & Fuel [24]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Politics [25]
Forests [18]
Government [26]
Health [19]
Journalism & Media [4]
Laws & Regulations [31]
Natural Resources [13]
Policy [28]
Pollution [39]
Science [40]
Water & Oceans [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [32]
California [15]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [49]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [54]
Northwest (OR WA) [34]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [44]
Central America & the Caribbean [46]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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For 2018, Predicting Extreme Weather Disasters Not As Hard As You Think [55]

Floods, hurricanes, wildfires and other human-caused disasters made 2017 a hard year to beat. But environmental journalists would do well to be prepared for 2018. This week's TipSheet explains why predicting weather-related disasters may not be as hard you think, and provides resources to get reporters ready.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [10]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Politics [25]
Government [26]
Laws & Regulations [31]
People & Population [27]
Planning & Growth [14]
Policy [28]
Science [40]
Water & Oceans [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
California [15]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [29]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [44]
Central America & the Caribbean [46]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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