Publication Items

Covering Trauma, Surviving Trauma and Gaining New Insight into How To Handle It [1]

Miami-based radio news director Dan Grech recounts his journey covering the traumatic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, becoming homeless thanks to Hurricane Wilma, his subsequent training on trauma reporting, and shares his lessons learned with you.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
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Public [5]
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TVA Public Relations Staff Edited Engineer's Report on Failed Coal-Ash Dam [6]

Dam inspections began before the Dec. 2008 spill incident of 5.4 million cubic yards of coal-ash slurry in Tennessee. Afterward, the initial draft engineer's report of the pre-spill inspection noted several eroded areas needed to be fixed "immediately;" the word was subsequently struck from the report.
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WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Just As Climate Change Becomes a Dirty Word In Washington, Natural Disasters Strike [10]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [12]
Disasters [3]
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Public [5]
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Nuclear Experts Assess How Well Media Covered Fukushima [13]

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Features [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [14]
Region:
Asia [15]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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BP Blowout: Lessons from Gulf Oil Disaster [16]

Everything from the social media’s importance to the need for a detailed disaster plan — Robert A. Thomas, professor and director of the Center for Environmental Communication, School of Mass Communication at Loyola University in New Orleans, outlines 17 take-away lessons for journalists.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [8]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Special Edition: Natural Disasters Toolbox [17]

When covering each type of natural disaster, you'll need to dig into a wide range of human, weather/climate, and geography issues to describe accurately to your audience what the trends are, how prevention and emergency responses might be improved, etc. Here are resources for hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms, heat waves, drought, blizzards, and more.
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TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Special Edition: Natural Disasters Toolbox [17]
West Coast Damage May Presage Future Climate Change Effects [19]

The effects of the 2009-2010 El Niño winter on western shorelines may be an indicator of what could occur more frequently as climate change continues, say researchers from the USGS, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, Washington State Department of Ecology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Oregon State University, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Climate Change [12]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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SEJ Offers Resources for Covering Summer Stories [20]

Wildfire, hurricanes, recreation, extreme heat, drought, electric brownouts, UV rays and sunscreen, insect-borne disease like West Nile virus, fishing, dead zones, and algal blooms — TipSheet can help you cover these local environmental stories.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [21]
Disasters [3]
Natural Resources [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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New Environment-Related CRS Reports Available [24]

Congress still forbids the Congressional Research Service to release publicly reports that taxpayers have paid for. Thanks to groups like the Federation of American Scientists, however, taxpayers can read the reports online despite the charade.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Transportation [25]
Technology [26]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [14]
Government [27]
Disasters [3]
Climate Change [12]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about New Environment-Related CRS Reports Available [24]
Wildfire a Key to Local Environmental Stories [28]

Rarely will you learn from national fire coverage the names of people whose homes the fire has destroyed or threatened. Or what flooding and wildlife loss may follow a fire. That is covered by local media or not at all. Be prepared with these resources to help you.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Natural Resources [22]
Disasters [3]
Region:
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [29]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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