Publication Items

“Eating Wild Japan: Tracking the Culture of Foraged Foods, With a Guide to Plants and Recipes” [1]

A world of unique, foraged foods is at the heart of a new book, “Eating Wild Japan: Tracking the Culture of Foraged Foods, With a Guide to Plants and Recipes,” that also delves into what is being lost with large-scale farming. Our BookShelf reviewer Melody Kemp shares the joys and the worries recounted by the author, long-time SEJer Winifred Bird.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Consumer [4]
Food [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Region:
International [7]
Asia [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Seeding Climate Stories in the Backyard Garden [10]

Spring may be weeks away, but gardeners are already browsing the seed catalogs, and that makes it a good time for environmental journalists to apprise them of how climate change will affect their backyard patches. Reporter’s Toolbox talks “hardiness zones” and explains why one of the usual repositories of government information may fall short. That plus, story sources to, well, cultivate.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Politics [13]
Food [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Searching for Narrative in the Groundwater Where It Happens [15]

A graduate field scientist-cum-multimedia storyteller trains her eye on the confounding challenges of western water, with award-winning student reporting on three family farms that face the draining of critical groundwater basins. Could land that drought makes untenable for farming be restored as habitat for endangered species? That, plus how the “ladder of abstraction” helped her tell the tale. The most recent entry in EJ Academy.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Environmental Health [17]
Food [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Natural Resources [18]
Planning & Growth [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
California [21]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Time To Flip the Ocean Script — From Victim to Solution [22]

The narrative around the ocean should become a more hopeful one, argues former NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco. As evidence at the Society of Environmental Journalists’ recent virtual conference, Lubchenco cites a top-level international analysis that suggests the ocean can play a positive role in everything from reducing climate change to securing the future of food. Find out more.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [12]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [26]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Food [5]
Government [28]
Health [29]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [18]
Policy [31]
Pollution [32]
Science [33]
Transportation [34]
Waste [35]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
International [7]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Bringing Stories Home Under Lockdown, With Remote Video Interviews [36]

They’ve long been a staple of the news business. But now, with the pandemic continuing to keep journalists from their subjects, remote video interviews have become an essential tool. And even newbie video reporters can quickly learn the basics. Science video producer Eli Kintisch shares a quick eight-step remote video setup and some simple tricks of the trade, in this SEJournal how-to.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [37]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [38]
Agriculture [3]
Air [39]
Biodiversity [40]
Chemicals [41]
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [4]
Disasters [42]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [26]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Food [5]
Forests [43]
Government [28]
Health [29]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Military [44]
Natural Resources [18]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [45]
Other or All [46]
People & Population [47]
Planning & Growth [19]
Policy [31]
Pollution [32]
Science [33]
Technology [48]
Transportation [34]
Waste [35]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [49]
California [21]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [50]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [51]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [52]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [53]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [54]
Northwest (OR WA) [55]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [56]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [57]
International [7]
Canada [58]
Mexico [59]
Africa [60]
Antarctica & Arctic [61]
Asia [8]
Australia & Oceania [62]
Central America & the Caribbean [63]
Europe [64]
Middle East [65]
South America [66]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Consumption Advisories Offer Fistful of Fish Tales [67]

With fishing season underway in the United States and Canada, fish consumption advisories are also on the hook. That means potential stories for environmental journalists. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox points you to state-by-state data sources and walks you through how to best explain them to your audience. Plus, a bonus story tip.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [41]
Consumer [4]
Environmental Health [17]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Food [5]
Government [28]
Health [29]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [18]
Pollution [32]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
International [7]
Canada [58]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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A Source Toolbox for Climate Change Reporting in the Emerald Corridor [68]

As part of the “Covering Your Climate: The Emerald Corridor” special report, we’ve collected a wide range of resources to help reporters track down climate stories throughout the Pacific Northwest. You’ll find an array of government, academic and NGO links for Oregon, including Portland; Washington, including Seattle; and British Columbia, including Vancouver, as well as from regional, national and international resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [69]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [38]
Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [26]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Food [5]
Forests [43]
Government [28]
Health [29]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Natural Resources [18]
People & Population [47]
Planning & Growth [19]
Policy [31]
Science [33]
Technology [48]
Transportation [34]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [55]
International [7]
Canada [58]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about A Source Toolbox for Climate Change Reporting in the Emerald Corridor [68]
Pacific Northwest Rides Adaptation Wave [70]

The final entry in our multi-week “Covering Your Climate: The Emerald Corridor [71]” special report explores how the Pacific Northwest is adapting to climate change, whether it’s new approaches to working the land, changing critical infrastructure or rethinking our mindset. Read this last tipsheet, plus check out our earlier reports on climate mitigation [72] and on climate impacts [73], plus our stage-setting backgrounder [74] and a reporter’s resource toolkit [68].

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [69]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [38]
Agriculture [3]
Air [39]
Biodiversity [40]
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [26]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Food [5]
Forests [43]
Government [28]
Health [29]
Journalism & Media [6]
Natural Resources [18]
People & Population [47]
Planning & Growth [19]
Policy [31]
Science [33]
Technology [48]
Transportation [34]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [75]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [55]
International [7]
Canada [58]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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SEJournal Relaunches WatchDog with a ‘Voice,’ Plus Coronavirus and More [76]

SEJournal welcomes back from hiatus our WatchDog feature, now recast as an opinion column from Joseph A. Davis, Society of Environmental Journalists’ veteran freedom of information advocate and longtime SEJournal contributor. In part one of a two-parter, find out why we’re relaunching the new column, plus get Davis’ take on government openness (or lack thereof) around coronavirus, as well as more on SEJ’s deep commitment to open information and a rundown of its recent FOI activities. And watch for part two next week.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [77]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [38]
Agriculture [3]
Air [39]
Biodiversity [40]
Chemicals [41]
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [4]
Disasters [42]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [13]
Environmental Studies [26]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Food [5]
Forests [43]
Government [28]
Health [29]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Military [44]
Natural Resources [18]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [45]
Other or All [46]
People & Population [47]
Planning & Growth [19]
Policy [31]
Pollution [32]
Science [33]
Technology [48]
Transportation [34]
Waste [35]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [75]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [49]
California [21]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [50]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [51]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [52]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [53]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [54]
Northwest (OR WA) [55]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [56]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [57]
International [7]
Canada [58]
Mexico [59]
Africa [60]
Antarctica & Arctic [61]
Asia [8]
Australia & Oceania [62]
Central America & the Caribbean [63]
Europe [64]
Middle East [65]
South America [66]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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An A-to-Z Guide to Emerald Corridor Climate Impacts [73]

In Part Two of our ongoing “Covering Your Climate: The Emerald Corridor [71]” special report, we take a look at the impacts of climate change on the Pacific Northwest region — and how best to cover them. Our A-to-Z Guide explores 26 neglected angles and stories, plus resource links to get you started. And check out our inaugural backgrounder [74] and watch in coming weeks for additional tipsheets and a toolbox.

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [69]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [38]
Agriculture [3]
Air [39]
Biodiversity [40]
Climate Change [12]
Consumer [4]
Disasters [42]
Economy & Business [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [17]
Environmental Politics [13]
Fish & Fisheries [27]
Food [5]
Forests [43]
Government [28]
Health [29]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [30]
Military [44]
Natural Resources [18]
People & Population [47]
Planning & Growth [19]
Policy [31]
Science [33]
Technology [48]
Transportation [34]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Northwest (OR WA) [55]
International [7]
Canada [58]
Visibility:
Public [9]
- Read more about An A-to-Z Guide to Emerald Corridor Climate Impacts [73]

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