Publication Items

Bringing Stories Home Under Lockdown, With Remote Video Interviews [1]

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 [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [4]
Air [5]
Biodiversity [6]
Chemicals [7]
Climate Change [8]
Consumer [9]
Disasters [10]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [15]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Food [17]
Forests [18]
Government [19]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Military [23]
Natural Resources [24]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [25]
Other or All [26]
People & Population [27]
Planning & Growth [28]
Policy [29]
Pollution [30]
Science [31]
Technology [32]
Transportation [33]
Waste [34]
Water & Oceans [35]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
Alaska and Hawaii [37]
California [38]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [39]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [40]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [41]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [43]
Northwest (OR WA) [44]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
International [47]
Canada [48]
Mexico [49]
Africa [50]
Antarctica & Arctic [51]
Asia [52]
Australia & Oceania [53]
Central America & the Caribbean [54]
Europe [55]
Middle East [56]
South America [57]
Visibility:
Public [58]
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Consumption Advisories Offer Fistful of Fish Tales [59]

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 [60]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [7]
Consumer [9]
Environmental Health [13]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Food [17]
Government [19]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [24]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [35]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
International [47]
Canada [48]
Visibility:
Public [58]
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“Billionaire Wilderness: The Ultra-Wealthy and the Remaking of the American West” [61]

It’s a site of stunning natural beauty. It’s also the place with America’s worst income inequality. A new book details how Wyoming’s Teton County elite have, perhaps unwittingly, used their extreme wealth to remake the region through conservation easements and donations to environmental causes, but remain blind to the needs of the area’s poorer residents. The latest BookShelf review explains.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [62]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Economy & Business [11]
Environmental Politics [14]
Natural Resources [24]
People & Population [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
California [38]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
Northwest (OR WA) [44]
Visibility:
Public [58]
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How Explanatory Reporting Can Define a Challenged Landscape [63]

To cover the wide range of challenges affecting his Mountain State, a small market beat reporter won plaudits first by becoming a close student of the issues and then boiling them down to the basics for his audience. Inside Story’s Q&A explores the resulting award-winning journalism on topics like water law and public lands, groundwater pollution and protected species.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [64]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Studies [15]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [24]
Pollution [30]
Water & Oceans [35]
Wildlife [65]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
Visibility:
Public [58]
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While No One Was Watching — Changing Enviro Regs Under Trump [66]

Regulations that sprang from cornerstone environmental laws in place for decades are now under attack by the Trump administration, per legal experts in a recent webinar co-sponsored by the Society of Environmental Journalists and Columbia University’s Earth Institute. Get key takeaways and resources from the event from SEJ’s Dale Willman. Plus, watch the full webinar video.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [67]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [5]
Chemicals [7]
Climate Change [8]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [19]
Health [20]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [24]
Policy [29]
Pollution [30]
Science [31]
Transportation [33]
Waste [34]
Water & Oceans [35]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
Visibility:
Public [58]
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Parks Post-Coronavirus Reopening a Political Football? [68]

As the United States restarts fitfully following the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, one source of controversy — and of numerous local or regional environmental stories — is what to do at the nation’s park system. The latest TipSheet explains why public access to these national treasures is so contentious, then provides numerous story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [69]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [10]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [19]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [24]
People & Population [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
Visibility:
Public [58]
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No Drought of Data, As Climate Dries U.S. [70]

With drought can come fire, and with megadrought, routine reporting becomes disaster headlines. Reporter’s Toolbox gets you to the bottom of the drought data sources that help determine what’s ahead for your region, sorting through the complicated set of federal drought monitoring agencies and resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [60]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [4]
Climate Change [8]
Disasters [10]
Environmental Studies [15]
Government [19]
Journalism & Media [21]
Natural Resources [24]
Science [31]
Water & Oceans [35]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
California [38]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [40]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
Visibility:
Public [58]
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For Oil Market Data, You Don’t Need Slippery Sources [71]

Tracking the oil market — or more precisely, the price of oil — will tell you a great deal about environmental issues, whether it be fracking, pipelines, land use, toxic emissions or more. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox helps you follow the data for your stories. Plus, a Backgrounder on Big Oil [72] and how it drives not just energy but environment stories.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [60]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Journalism & Media [21]
Natural Resources [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
International [47]
Visibility:
Public [58]
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Turmoil in World Oil Markets Tips Environmental Scales Too [73]

The dramatic drop in demand for oil, driven by the shutdown of world economies by coronavirus, has meant a corresponding fall in prices. And that has profound environmental implications. But it’s a complicated dynamic to assess. Our Issue Backgrounder provides a look under the hood of Big Oil, and explains what it means for environment reporters. Plus, a Reporter’s Toolbox for tracking the data [71].

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [74]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [8]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [19]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [24]
Policy [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
International [47]
Europe [55]
Middle East [56]
Visibility:
Public [58]
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A Source Toolbox for Climate Change Reporting in the Emerald Corridor [75]

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 [76]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Agriculture [4]
Climate Change [8]
Consumer [9]
Economy & Business [11]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Environmental Studies [15]
Fish & Fisheries [16]
Food [17]
Forests [18]
Government [19]
Health [20]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [24]
People & Population [27]
Planning & Growth [28]
Policy [29]
Science [31]
Technology [32]
Transportation [33]
Water & Oceans [35]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
Northwest (OR WA) [44]
International [47]
Canada [48]
Visibility:
Public [58]
- Read more about A Source Toolbox for Climate Change Reporting in the Emerald Corridor [75]

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