Publication Items

With Wildfire, When Is Climate Change the Spark? [1]

Massive wildfires have been a huge news story this summer. But caught up in the conflagration is a big question: To what extent can climate change be blamed? This week’s TipSheet looks at the controversy, and helps journalists work their way through the challenge without getting burned.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Forests [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [7]
Planning & Growth [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
California [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Hurricane Reporting, By the Numbers [12]

Smart coverage of the ongoing hurricane season means reporting not just people stories, but numbers stories too. This week’s TipSheet explains and offers half a dozen metrics, including pressure, width, surge and rainfall, to better track these extreme storms. Plus, should there be a “Category 6?”

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Journalism & Media [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
International [16]
Mexico [17]
Central America & the Caribbean [18]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Coming to a Coastal Area Near You — Drowning Real Estate [19]

It’s a blockbuster — literally. Homes by the tens of thousands are at risk of being lost to coastal flooding in coming years, communities broken up thanks to climate change. This week’s TipSheet tells you how to find the data to tell the story and provides examples of model reporting.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [20]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [21]
Environmental Studies [22]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [7]
Planning & Growth [8]
Water & Oceans [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Alaska and Hawaii [24]
California [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [13]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [25]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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“What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City” [27]

The tale of the Flint, Michigan, drinking water crisis is told anew in a just-released book by a key protagonist in the tragedy. Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha’s “What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City” is written with a grace, clarity, honesty and passion that our BookShelf editor Tom Henry says brings a unique perspective to this important story of American environmental injustice.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [28]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [29]
Chemicals [30]
Consumer [20]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Politics [32]
Environmental Studies [22]
Government [33]
Health [34]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [7]
Policy [35]
Water & Oceans [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [36]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Between the Lines: Author Sees Flint at Intersection of Democracy, Environmental Injustice [37]

A key figure in the Flint, Mich., drinking water crisis, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, talks with SEJournal’s Between the Lines about her new book on the tragedy, and how she hopes telling the tale of the intersection of environmental injustice, racism, poverty and democracy might provide inspiration for other communities.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [28]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [29]
Chemicals [30]
Consumer [20]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [31]
Environmental Politics [32]
Environmental Studies [22]
Government [33]
Health [34]
People & Population [7]
Water & Oceans [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [36]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Breaking the ‘Cycle’ on Chemical Safety Story [38]

Chemical plant explosions make for fiery headlines, but then the reporting tends to flame out. The latest Backgrounder spells out why environmental journalists should stay vigilant on chemical safety coverage, with news hooks and ingredients for a potent mix of advance stories.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [40]
Chemicals [30]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [21]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Politics [32]
Government [33]
Health [34]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [42]
People & Population [7]
Policy [35]
Pollution [43]
Transportation [44]
Water & Oceans [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Do Journalists Need To Come In Out of the Rain? [45]

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 [4]
Journalism & Media [6]
Water & Oceans [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Do Journalists Need To Come In Out of the Rain? [45]
For Coming Drought Season, Flood of Info [46]

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 [40]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Environmental Health [31]
Fish & Fisheries [47]
Journalism & Media [6]
Natural Resources [48]
Planning & Growth [8]
Water & Oceans [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
California [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Where There’s Smoke, There's ... a Health Threat [49]

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 [50]
Disasters [4]
Forests [5]
Health [34]
Journalism & Media [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Where There’s Smoke, There's ... a Health Threat [49]
How a Hurricane Whipped Up Student Energy/Poverty Project [51]

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 [52]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [29]
Consumer [20]
Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Politics [32]
Government [33]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [7]
Policy [35]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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