Publication Items

Flexibility in the Face of the Unexpected [1]

When a Chicago-based freelancer was just about to hit the road to report a three-part story and TV segment on the potential impacts of two proposed copper mines in the Great Lakes basin, there was a little hitch: The COVID-19 pandemic hit. The new FEJ StoryLog has the story of how Lorraine Boissoneault found the flexibility to complete her grant-supported project.

SEJ Publication Types:
FEJ StoryLog [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Natural Resources [7]
People & Population [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Radio Reporter Takes Listener on Journey in Covering Future of Western U.S. [13]

Perpetual water scarcity issues in the Colorado River basin provide a bounty of stories for public radio journalist Luke Runyon, who shares insights into his beat coverage practices, in the latest Inside Story Q&A. The greatest challenges, surprises and lessons in reporting these critical stories, lauded in SEJ’s awards program, through the medium of sound.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [15]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Teaching Environmental Journalism. For the First Time. In a Pandemic. [16]

An initiate to the ways of teaching collegiate journalism winds her way through unique obstacles of a first term under COVID-19, from students reporting in masks to class sessions on computer screens. Not to mention the already onerous challenges of training young journalists to report and write a range of environmental stories. EJ Academy has her story, from the stumbles to the successes.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [17]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [18]
Environmental Studies [19]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [9]
Wildlife [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [23]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Grant Helps Chart Illegal Rosewood’s 10,000-Mile Journey [24]

Two young journalists collaborated from continents apart — with the help of a Society of Environmental Journalists grant — to report on illicit trade in a highly prized timber. A new entry in our recently launched StoryLog column captures the whole process, from the spark of an idea, through research, a winning grant proposal, field reporting and published stories. Plus, lessons learned.

SEJ Publication Types:
FEJ StoryLog [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [25]
Biodiversity [26]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [27]
Journalism & Media [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Region:
International [28]
Africa [29]
Asia [30]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Renewables To Flourish Further in 2021 [31]

Energy markets may mean more than government action in the ongoing effort to cut global warming emissions. But industry spin makes it tough to sort out the facts. The latest TipSheet, part of our expanding “2021 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [32]” special report, has context on tech advances, shifting demand and the impact of subsidies. That, plus six top developments to watch.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [25]
Climate Change [18]
Consumer [34]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [36]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Natural Resources [7]
Policy [38]
Pollution [21]
Technology [39]
Transportation [40]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Crisis Threatens the Country’s Most Vulnerable Region [41]

As global warming worsens, effects like extreme heat, drought, wildfires, coastal flooding and inland flooding will have an outsized impact in the Southern United States. The latest entry in our ongoing “Covering Your Climate: The South [42]” special report looks at those effects. Plus, read an introductory overview and watch for additional entries on climate mitigation and adaptation in the South.

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [43]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [44]
Air [45]
Climate Change [18]
Consumer [34]
Disasters [46]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [6]
Natural Resources [7]
People & Population [8]
Planning & Growth [47]
Policy [38]
Pollution [21]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [48]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [49]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [50]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Why the South Lags on Staving Off Crisis [51]

Most Southern state leaders are doing the least to fight the climate crisis, despite having the most to lose environmentally and economically. When will that begin to change? The latest entry in our “Covering Your Climate: The South [42]” special report looks at the politics of the climate crisis, the dominance of utilities, and the transportation and forestry sectors, along with the few climate breakthroughs.

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [43]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [45]
Climate Change [18]
Consumer [34]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [36]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Natural Resources [7]
Planning & Growth [47]
Policy [38]
Pollution [21]
Transportation [40]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [48]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [49]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [50]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Is the South Confronting Its Climate Threats? [52]

The South is ground zero for the climate crisis in the United States, yet little is being done to prevent impacts or protect communities. Will the South tap its potential to be part of the solution? Our special report, “Covering Your Climate: The South,” helps reporters cover the region, starting with a backgrounder on climate concerns from Texas to Virginia.

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [43]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [25]
Agriculture [44]
Air [45]
Biodiversity [26]
Climate Change [18]
Consumer [34]
Disasters [46]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [36]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Natural Resources [7]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [53]
People & Population [8]
Planning & Growth [47]
Policy [38]
Pollution [21]
Science [54]
Technology [39]
Transportation [40]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [48]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [49]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [50]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Biden Faces Environmental Challenges on Multiple International Treaties [55]

As the incoming Biden administration prepares to re-engage on the global stage, environment-related treaties are high on the agenda. The latest Backgrounder, part of our 2021 Guide [56], takes a closer look at 10-plus top treaties, including those focused on climate change, biodiversity, plastics pollution, airplane emissions, the future of the Arctic and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [57]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [25]
Air [45]
Biodiversity [26]
Chemicals [58]
Climate Change [18]
Economy & Business [35]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [5]
Forests [27]
Government [36]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Natural Resources [7]
Policy [38]
Pollution [21]
Transportation [40]
Waste [59]
Water & Oceans [9]
Wildlife [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
International [28]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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“You Can’t Fool Mother Nature: The Once and Future Triumph of Environmentalism” [60]

It’s been a half-century since the first Earth Day in 1970 and a new book from an old hand catalogues the advances and the setbacks in the decades since. BookShelf contributor Francesca Lyman reviews “You Can’t Fool Mother Nature: The Once and Future Triumph of Environmentalism,” and explores how a long view from a veteran environmentalist informs the field of environmental reporting.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [61]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [25]
Air [45]
Climate Change [18]
Consumer [34]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [37]
Natural Resources [7]
People & Population [8]
Policy [38]
Pollution [21]
Waste [59]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about “You Can’t Fool Mother Nature: The Once and Future Triumph of Environmentalism” [60]

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