Publication Items

Wildfire Season Comes Earlier, Bringing Broader Stories [1]

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 [3]
Disasters [4]
Forests [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
California [7]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [8]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Canada [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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As Fight Flares Over Public Lands, Summoning Power of Past Bond [13]

Bobby Magill, in his most recent SEJ President's Report, recalls his time traversing federal wilderness areas that are now increasingly the subject of dispute. How are they to be used? Who is to hold them? Will these vast Western lands remain in the public domain? And what is the role of journalists in covering this story?

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [15]
Forests [5]
Government [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Wildlife [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Sundance Festival a Megaphone for Climate Concerns [21]

For the first time, Sundance Film Festival spotlighted a single theme, and it was climate change. Documentaries highlighting the issue including a sequel to Al Gore's blockbuster, as well as more than a dozen other films dealing with issues like coral reefs, recyling, changing landscapes and rainforest destruction.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [23]
Agriculture [24]
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Politics [15]
Fish & Fisheries [26]
Forests [5]
Natural Resources [19]
People & Population [27]
Policy [28]
Waste [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Wildlife [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [31]
California [7]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [32]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
International [33]
Mexico [34]
Africa [35]
Australia & Oceania [36]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Rogue Twitter Brings Government Leaks to Masses [37]

Dozens of renegade government Twitter accounts have sprung up, with claims they're run anonymously by employees of various agencies whose missions appear threatened by the Trump administration. TipSheet has the story, plus a list of more than 40 accounts of interest to environmental reporters.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [23]
Environmental Politics [15]
Forests [5]
Government [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
Natural Resources [19]
Policy [28]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Shooting Fire’s ‘Natural Force’ [38]

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [4]
Forests [5]
Region:
California [7]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Covering Wildfire Is No Longer Seasonal Work [40]

Deadly fires that swept Tennessee are harbingers of a new normal for these massive burns, driven by drought and climate factors to become a year-round, multi-region phenomenon. Our in-depth backgrounder offers dozens of resources, plus tips and ideas for improving your wildfire coverage.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [41]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Forests [5]
Journalism & Media [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
California [7]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [32]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [8]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [42]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [9]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Watch List for Trump Federal Agency Appointments [43]

Sarah Palin for Interior secretary? Her name is among those being mentioned for top environment and energy posts in the incoming Trump administration. To help you cover the shaping of the new cabinet, the latest TipSheet runs down better-known and lesser-known candidates being floated for EPA, Interior, Energy and Agriculture department chiefs.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [24]
Air [44]
Chemicals [45]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Environmental Health [46]
Environmental Politics [15]
Food [47]
Forests [5]
Government [16]
Health [48]
Laws & Regulations [18]
Natural Resources [19]
Policy [28]
Pollution [49]
Waste [29]
Water & Oceans [30]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Watch List for Trump Federal Agency Appointments [43]
Will Midnight Monuments Be Coming in Obama’s Final Days? [50]

The Obama administration has already used the century-old Antiquities Act to protect public lands more often than any president perhaps since FDR. Will the outgoing White House make additional controversial last-minute designations? Here are at least five possible locales to watch, in our newest TipSheet. Image: © Clipart.com [51]

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [15]
Forests [5]
Natural Resources [19]
Policy [28]
Water & Oceans [30]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Alaska and Hawaii [31]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [8]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [42]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [10]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Will Midnight Monuments Be Coming in Obama’s Final Days? [50]
The Path to Better Investigative Science Reporting [52]

In the latest Reporter's Toolbox, Climate Central senior science writer John Upton defines investigative science reporting’s major role, and shares his personal nine ways to do the job better.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [53]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Forests [5]
Journalism & Media [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Europe [54]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about The Path to Better Investigative Science Reporting [52]
Men in Trees in Indie Films [55]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [23]
Disasters [4]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Forests [5]
Journalism & Media [17]
Natural Resources [19]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [56]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Men in Trees in Indie Films [55]

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