Publication Items

Harvey Uncovers Flood Insurance Dilemma [1]

Disaster cleanup from Hurricane Harvey is now bound up in Washington's brewing budget-related brouhaha, as Congress tries to fix the National Flood Insurance Program before authorization runs out at the end of September. The latest TipSheet explains, plus offers ideas and resources for localizing flood insurance stories.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Hurricane Harvey: Toolbox, Headlines and More [8]

To help environmental reporters track the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, SEJournal has compiled a series of resources, starting with a Toolbox on Hurricanes [9] that includes government, news and other sources, seasonal forecasts, background science and an SEJ hurricane archive. Also see our Hurricane Issue Backgrounder [10] and TipSheets [11] on hurricanes and on flooding [12], an Inside Story [13] on how one SEJ Award-winner looked ahead at the prospect of a perfect storm for Houston, plus the latest hurricane headlines [14] from EJ Today (subscribe [15]).

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Hurricane Harvey: Toolbox, Headlines and More [8]
To Report on Drinking Water, Know Its Source [17]

Safe drinking water is a long-standing challenge left unmet all across the United States. As our latest Issue Backgrounder explains, telling the story of drinkable water requires digging beneath complex relationships, understanding the sources of drinking water and much more. Here's help to do it.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [19]
Consumer [20]
Disasters [3]
Environmental Health [21]
Health [22]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Natural Resources [24]
People & Population [25]
Pollution [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about To Report on Drinking Water, Know Its Source [17]
Between the Lines: Forged in Fire — Author Follows the Flames, and Fights Them, To Cover the Changing Nature of Wildfires [28]

The global rise of large-scale, intense and devastating wildfires is the subject of a new book by award-winning photojournalist Michael Kodas, who spoke with SEJournal's book editor about what makes these new fires so different, what role climate change plays and how he joined firefighters amid the flames.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [29]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [30]
Disasters [3]
Forests [31]
Journalism & Media [32]
Planning & Growth [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Between the Lines: Forged in Fire — Author Follows the Flames, and Fights Them, To Cover the Changing Nature of Wildfires [28]
Award-Winner Looks Ahead to Prospects of a Perfect Storm [13]

Extreme weather hypotheticals can be hard to cover. But when news teams Texas Tribune and ProPublica partnered on an award-winning investigation into how a major hurricane in Houston could kill thousands and cripple the national economy, they produced an innovative digital reporting package that brought home the human impacts.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [34]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [30]
Disasters [3]
Economy & Business [35]
Journalism & Media [32]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Award-Winner Looks Ahead to Prospects of a Perfect Storm [13]
Feds Scrub Climate Info; plus Libel Suit, Spill Catcher, Surveillance & Water Data [36]

As some warned, federal environmental agencies have begun to purge web info on topics like climate change. WatchDog TipSheet has that story, plus items about an unusual libel lawsuit, a news outfit using satellite for groundtruthing, a new source of online water data, how journalists can protect against surveillance and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [37]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [30]
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [38]
Environmental Politics [39]
Government [40]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Water & Oceans [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Get Ready for Hurricanes [11]

The 2017 hurricane season officially begins this week and experts say it may be worse than usual. So the latest TipSheet has sources and tools to help you prepare for your hurricane coverage. Understand the importance of landfall and storm path, find out about this year's big wild card, and get tips for staying safe.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [30]
Disasters [3]
Journalism & Media [32]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [41]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [42]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Are You Ready for Flood Season? [12]

Flooding is no longer just a local disaster story. As the phenomenon worsens and spreads, it simultaneously raises issues like development, insurance, stormwater management and climate change. The latest TipSheet runs down longer-term angles of flooding, and offers sources and tools to better cover your own flood stories.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Journalism & Media [32]
Water & Oceans [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [42]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [5]
South America [43]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Are You Ready for Flood Season? [12]
Wildfire Season Comes Earlier, Bringing Broader Stories [44]

Fire season is back, if it ever went away. And it's no longer a natural disaster story limited in geographic scope. Now it's a nationwide U.S. story touching on climate, money, politics, zoning, pollution and more. The latest Tipsheet runs down key information sources, plus what make a good peg for your local wildfire reporting.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [30]
Disasters [3]
Forests [31]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
California [45]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [46]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [6]
Canada [47]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Wildfire Season Comes Earlier, Bringing Broader Stories [44]
Hazardous Sites Near You? There’s a Database for That! [48]

The best public database of the risk management plans for many major hazardous sites has now been restored. The latest TipSheet has the backstory on government tracking of hazardous chemical facilities, an example of how the database was mined for some stellar reporting, and ideas for smart use of this powerful tool.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [19]
Disasters [3]
Government [40]
Health [22]
Journalism & Media [32]
Laws & Regulations [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [6]
Asia [49]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Hazardous Sites Near You? There’s a Database for That! [48]

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