Publication Items

Collaborative Journalism Project Reveals Inequities in Escaping Climate Change Hazards [1]

When U.S. communities become unlivable due to climate change impacts, can residents count on government relocation assistance — and are those most in need of help actually getting it? Those questions kickstarted a year-long investigation led by three high-powered journalism organizations. Now they’re sharing their reporting resources toolkit and inviting other journalists to widen the coverage with more local stories.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Diversity [5]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [10]
Health [11]
Infrastructure [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Planning & Growth [16]
Policy [17]
Water & Oceans [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
Alaska and Hawaii [20]
California [21]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [22]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [23]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [24]
Northwest (OR WA) [25]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
Visibility:
Public [28]
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Coal Ash — An Overlooked Toxic Story That Won’t Go Away [29]

Obama-era regulation of the toxic waste product coal ash, which was watered down in the face of resistance from coal and electric utilities and further weakened by the Trump administration, has meant many coal-fired power plants simply ignore disposal requirements. That’s per a new report that the latest TipSheet writes can offer journalists useful ways to report an overlooked environmental story in their area.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [10]
Health [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [32]
Waste [33]
Water & Oceans [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Visibility:
Public [28]
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Journalism Industry Program Supports Reporting on Workers — and Work — in a Warming World [34]

As the economic impacts of climate change intensify, reporting on how individuals are affected, particularly in the Global South, is lagging. Veteran journalist Christine Spolar at The Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting details a new initiative to encourage journalists to fill this gap. The story of recent grantees Bhasker Tripathi and Susan Schulman, who have tracked job losses and migrations tied to climate change in India and Iraq.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [35]
Agriculture [36]
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Food [37]
Government [10]
Health [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
People & Population [15]
Policy [17]
Technology [38]
Water & Oceans [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
International [39]
Africa [40]
Asia [41]
Middle East [42]
Visibility:
Public [28]
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Extreme Rainfall Offers Journalists a Deluge of Environment, Climate Stories [43]

The increased frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation presents environmental reporters with challenging coverage of flooding, property damage, insurance shortfalls and risk to human life, as well as about the climate change driving the downpours. The latest TipSheet offers context, story ideas and resources to cover such big storms in your area.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [4]
Government [10]
Health [11]
Infrastructure [12]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
People & Population [15]
Planning & Growth [16]
Water & Oceans [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [26]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [27]
Visibility:
Public [28]
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EPA To Propose Plan Soon for First PFAS Drinking Water Rule [44]

Plans are nearing for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to regulate PFAS in drinking water — and the complexity around the effort will challenge environmental journalism. In the mix are questions of environmental persistence and health risks, plus thorny politics. Our Issue Backgrounder has guidance on these and more as PFAS regulation hits this critical juncture.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [45]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [46]
Consumer [47]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [10]
Health [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Policy [17]
Pollution [32]
Science [48]
Water & Oceans [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [24]
Visibility:
Public [28]
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Documentary Tells of Human, Environmental Toll of Unexploded Ordnance [49]

A film by reporting duo Jerry Redfern and Karen Coates — supported by a grant from the Society of Environmental Journalists — shows the ongoing human and environmental harm of the unexploded U.S. bombs and other ordnance dropped on Southeast Asian villages during the Vietnam War. “Eternal Harvest,” which builds on their earlier book on the topic, was made painstakingly over years, and in the latest FEJ StoryLog, the couple explains their process and storytelling approach.

SEJ Publication Types:
FEJ StoryLog [50]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [36]
Environmental Justice [8]
Health [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
Military [51]
People & Population [15]
Region:
International [39]
Asia [41]
Visibility:
Public [28]
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Sleuths Tap Obscure Toxics Database To ID Loophole on PFAS [52]

Data specialists working with two databases, one familiar and one little-known, have uncovered how companies may be able to hide releases of the family of toxic PFAS chemicals. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox details the data revelation and explores how journalists may make use of the Chemical Data Reporting service’s datasets for their own stories.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [53]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [35]
Chemicals [46]
Economy & Business [6]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [9]
Government [10]
Health [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [32]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
Visibility:
Public [28]
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Environmental Reporting Through an Indigenous Perspective [54]

Indigenous communities that have tried to live in balance with nature have seen their practices largely ignored. But now many have turned to them for guidance. As part of a special initiative from the Society of Environmental Journalists on covering climate solutions, we offer a tipsheet from journalist Brian Bull on reporting on how Indigenous people use nature-based environmental solutions. Also, check out additional resources [55] and watch video from an earlier webinar [56].

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [57]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [35]
Agriculture [36]
Air [58]
Biodiversity [59]
Climate Change [3]
Diversity [5]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Fish & Fisheries [60]
Food [37]
Forests [61]
Government [10]
Health [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
Natural Resources [62]
People & Population [15]
Policy [17]
Pollution [32]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [63]
Water & Oceans [18]
Wildlife [64]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
Northwest (OR WA) [25]
International [39]
Canada [65]
Australia & Oceania [66]
Visibility:
Public [28]
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Lead Ammo and Tackle, Decades Later, Still Fought Over by Big Guns [67]

Lead kills. With hunting and fishing seasons underway, lead ammo and tackle put a known neurotoxin into the ecosystem. And that renews a long-standing controversy, with a tug of war over rules limiting lead at the local and federal levels. The latest TipSheet examines why it matters to vulnerable species, like the bald eagle, as well as to humans. Plus, local story ideas and resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Politics [9]
Fish & Fisheries [60]
Health [11]
Journalism & Media [13]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [32]
Wildlife [64]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
Visibility:
Public [28]
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Toolbox on Nature-Based Solutions and Native/Indigenous Perspectives [55]

As concerns over global warming, the endangerment of plant and animal species, and water rights escalate, many environmentalists are turning to Indigenous people for guidance. As part of a Society of Environmental Journalists special initiative focused on covering climate solutions, we take a closer look at nature-based solutions and Indigenous people with reporter Brian Bull. Check out a resource toolbox and stay tuned for a reporting tipsheet in coming weeks. Plus, be sure to register for a Sept. 28 webinar [56] on covering Indigenous communities and nature-based climate solutions.

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [57]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [35]
Agriculture [36]
Biodiversity [59]
Climate Change [3]
Diversity [5]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Environmental Health [7]
Environmental Justice [8]
Environmental Politics [9]
Fish & Fisheries [60]
Food [37]
Forests [61]
Government [10]
Health [11]
Natural Resources [62]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [68]
People & Population [15]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [63]
Technology [38]
Waste [33]
Water & Oceans [18]
Wildlife [64]
Region:
National (U.S.) [19]
International [39]
Visibility:
Public [28]
- Read more about Toolbox on Nature-Based Solutions and Native/Indigenous Perspectives [55]

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