Publication Items

Radon — The Forgotten Environmental Health Story [1]

Thousands of lives are lost each year to lung cancers caused by radon exposure. Yet as the latest TipSheet explains the story often remains untold. Get the context to help turn this life-and-death environmental health concern into local news reporting. Plus, Reporter’s Toolbox highlights databases [2] that can kick-start coverage.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [3]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Ongoing Climate Change Will Bring More Bad News on Health in 2020 [11]

Illness, injury, death. Those are the worsening health impacts of climate change, as global warming shifts disease vectors, encourages bacteria and foodborne illness, and leaves people increasingly suffering from heat, smog, smoke, allergies and other risks of extreme weather. Our latest TipSheet helps you get a handle on the sprawling health-climate story.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [3]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [12]
Air [4]
Chemicals [13]
Climate Change [14]
Consumer [15]
Disasters [16]
Environmental Health [5]
Food [17]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [18]
Pollution [19]
Science [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
International [22]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Climate Change Toolkit: Latest Headlines, TipSheets, Backgrounders & More [23]

To help better cover climate change news, including during the upcoming United Nations Climate Action Summit, Sept. 23, in New York, the SEJournal offers a range of resources. Get the latest climate change headlines and EJToday's curated climate coverage. Check out our range of climate-related Issue Backgrounders, TipSheets and Reporter's Toolboxes, plus our Climate Change Guide and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [24]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [4]
Climate Change [14]
Disasters [16]
Economy & Business [25]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [27]
Government [28]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Policy [29]
Science [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
International [22]
Visibility:
Public [10]
- Read more about Climate Change Toolkit: Latest Headlines, TipSheets, Backgrounders & More [23]
Algae — Society’s Big, Green … and Emerging Menace [30]

It’s poisoning fresh waters across the United States, as well as elsewhere in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa. Blue-green algae is on the rise, lingering later and later into the year. Our new Issue Backgrounder explains the contributing factors behind the potent toxin’s scourge, its societal and public health ramifications, and the many angles and resources to tell the story.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [12]
Chemicals [13]
Climate Change [14]
Consumer [15]
Disasters [16]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [18]
Planning & Growth [32]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
California [33]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [34]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [36]
International [22]
Canada [37]
Mexico [38]
Africa [39]
Antarctica & Arctic [40]
Asia [41]
Australia & Oceania [42]
Central America & the Caribbean [43]
Europe [44]
South America [45]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Mosquito Control May Scratch Itch for Local Environmental Angles [46]

Mosquito control isn’t just about health and hassles. It’s also about potential harm to the environment. The latest TipSheet explains the ways municipal governments and private pest firms try to get rid of mosquitoes, and why those methods may be worthy of journalistic scrutiny. How to find local angles, plus, story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [3]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [13]
Consumer [15]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Finding Record Temps for Summer Heat [47]

For environmental journalists covering this summer’s record-high temperatures, finding accurate data on local temperature extremes is key. Our latest Reporter’s Toolbox helps you locate the source of local data via the National Weather Service, then walks you through how to pinpoint your area’s numbers for high temperatures and for heat-related extremes.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [48]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [14]
Government [28]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [18]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Bikes Make Path for Local Environment Stories [49]

When it comes to bringing environmental stories home to your audience, don’t soft-pedal the topic of bicycling. Bikes are a way in to the issue of climate, as well as health and infrastructure. The most recent TipSheet has more on why you can ride the bike beat for your local reporting

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [3]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [50]
Air [4]
Climate Change [14]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Planning & Growth [32]
Pollution [19]
Transportation [51]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
International [22]
Europe [44]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Air Needs Freshening in Most U.S. National Park Units [52]

The nation’s parks are generally thought to be pristine natural havens. But a recent study finds the overwhelming majority suffer from air pollution problems like smog and ozone. That makes for important local and regional news stories, per the latest biweekly TipSheet. Get background, story ideas, resources and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [3]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [4]
Chemicals [13]
Consumer [15]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [27]
Environmental Studies [53]
Forests [54]
Government [28]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [55]
Pollution [19]
Science [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Big Environmental Impacts on Small Communities Is Story That Must Be Told [56]

While environmental journalists often focus on regulatory wrestling matches in Washington, D.C., a seasoned New York Times investigative reporter argues the most important stories are those in the real communities where bureaucratic impacts are felt. Three-time Pulitzer winner Eric Lipton makes the case for public service in journalism that tells the environment story from the outside in.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [57]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [12]
Air [4]
Chemicals [13]
Energy & Fuel [26]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [27]
Government [28]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [55]
Policy [29]
Pollution [19]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Alaska and Hawaii [58]
California [33]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [34]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [59]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [60]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [61]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [62]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [35]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [36]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Primer Helps To Prep for Reporting on PFAS [63]

It’s a category of more than 4,000 industrial chemicals that affect our lives nearly every day — and many of which are toxic. So what do journalists need to know to report on the emerging contaminants known as PFAS? Our most recent Issue Backgrounder offers a detailed primer on what PFAS are, where they come from, what their health effects are and how they might be cleaned up.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [12]
Chemicals [13]
Consumer [15]
Food [17]
Health [6]
Science [20]
Water & Oceans [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [9]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [34]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [62]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [36]
International [22]
Australia & Oceania [42]
Visibility:
Public [10]
- Read more about Primer Helps To Prep for Reporting on PFAS [63]

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