Publication Items

Company Subpoenas Journalists in "Pink Slime" Suit [1]

Four journalists and a food writer have had their notes subpoenaed in a company's $1.2-billion defamation lawsuit against ABC News for calling its product, a common hamburger additive, "pink slime."

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Consumer [3]
Food [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Company Subpoenas Journalists in "Pink Slime" Suit [1]
"Breaking New Ground: A Personal History" [7]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [9]
Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Food [4]
Journalism & Media [12]
People & Population [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about "Breaking New Ground: A Personal History" [7]
Kentucky Legislature Weighs "Ag-Gag" Bill [15]

Kentucky is the latest state to consider legislation criminalizing undercover photography of animal abuse in farm operations, which often ends up in the news. But Democratic Rep. Joni Jenkins (pictured), who sponsored the measure to which the Senate attached the Ag-Gag language, says she won't call it up in the House.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [9]
Agriculture [10]
Food [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [16]
Visibility:
Public [6]
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"Cows Save the Planet: And Other Improbable Ways of Restoring Soil to Heal the Earth" [17]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Health [18]
Food [4]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about "Cows Save the Planet: And Other Improbable Ways of Restoring Soil to Heal the Earth" [17]
J-Groups Challenge Utah Ag-Gag Law on First Amendment Grounds [19]

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 16 other journalism organizations, including the publishers of two major Utah newspapers, filed a friend-of-the-court brief December 10, 2013, arguing that Utah's ag-gag law infringes on constitutionally protected newsgathering rights.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [5]
Food [4]
Agriculture [10]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [20]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about J-Groups Challenge Utah Ag-Gag Law on First Amendment Grounds [19]
The Dirt on Ag & Adaptation [21]

Special Report: Part One

By CHRIS CLAYTON

If you’re looking to connect average Americans to climate change and to how they will have to adapt to it, why not report on the future of food and agriculture? After all, most Americans may not visit the polar ice caps, but everyone needs to eat.
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [11]
Food [4]
People & Population [13]
Planning & Growth [22]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about The Dirt on Ag & Adaptation [21]
White House OMB Secretly Weakened Food Safety Rule [23]

It may come as little surprise that an unknown number of Americans could die as a result of White House weakening of food safety rules mandated by Congress. The Office of Management and Budget has been secretly weakening environmental health and safety at industry request for years. The surprise is that we found out.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
People & Population [13]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Health [24]
Government [25]
Food [4]
Environmental Politics [26]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about White House OMB Secretly Weakened Food Safety Rule [23]
Recent Secret CRS Reports Liberated [27]

Now you can read reports on key topics on the environmental beat — compiled by the Congressional Research Service and paid for with your tax dollars. Congress does not allow CRS to release them to the public. Thanks to the Government Secrecy Project at the Federation of American Scientists for making them available.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [25]
Food [4]
Environmental Politics [26]
Energy & Fuel [28]
Economy & Business [29]
Agriculture [10]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Recent Secret CRS Reports Liberated [27]
ABC News Urges Judge To Toss Out "Pink Slime" Defamation Suit [30]

In September, South Dakota meat processor Beef Products, Inc., had sued ABC, some of its anchors and correspondents, and a USDA microbiologist under South Dakota law for reporting on the controversial meat filler. The company said it would oppose the October 31st motion to dismiss.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [5]
Food [4]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about ABC News Urges Judge To Toss Out "Pink Slime" Defamation Suit [30]
Beef Company Sues ABC for Defamation Over 'Pink Slime' [31]

Beef Products Inc. filed suit for defamation over stories about its 'finely textured beef' product, known to headline writers as 'pink slime.' Legal experts say the company will have a hard time winning the case, which harkens back to the famous hamburger libel case of the late 1990s, in which Oprah Winfrey won the right to dislike beef in public.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Food [4]
Agriculture [10]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Visibility:
Public [6]
- Read more about Beef Company Sues ABC for Defamation Over 'Pink Slime' [31]

Special Report: Part One

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