Publication Items

Diving Deeper on the Wetlands Beat Yields Groundbreaking Coverage [1]

Two journalists covering water policy used a wide range of reporting techniques, from FOIA appeals to on-the-ground reporting, to get at the heart of how problems with wetlands and waterways in the United States are tied to climate change concerns. Inside Story spoke with Hannah Northey and Kevin Bogardus of E&E News about their award-winning beat reporting.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Diversity [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Policy [16]
Pollution [17]
Science [18]
Technology [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [22]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
Visibility:
Public [24]
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What’s in the Air in Kids’ Schools? Lessons on Addressing Indoor Pollution [25]

Now that kids are mostly back in school (and perhaps longing for snow days to send them back home), environmental reporters might want to start exploring some of the things that could make them sick. Not viruses, but potential pollutants. TipSheet explores the problem and why current law may do little to address it.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [27]
Chemicals [28]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Policy [16]
Pollution [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
Visibility:
Public [24]
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SEJ Panel Gauges Issues in the Works in the U.S. West [29]

As part of our 2023 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment special report, we’ve got highlights from last week’s reporter panel on the year ahead, led by #SEJ2023 conference co-chair Tom Michael (pictured, left). The focus was largely on the U.S. West, where challenges abound over issues like equitable siting of renewable energy infrastructure, regulating natural gas, managing wildfires and addressing the health consequences of climate-driven heat waves. Read our account [29], plus check out the full 2023 Guide [30].

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [31]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [32]
Air [27]
Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Food [35]
Forests [36]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Natural Resources [37]
People & Population [38]
Planning & Growth [39]
Policy [16]
Pollution [17]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [40]
Region:
California [41]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
Northwest (OR WA) [43]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [44]
Visibility:
Public [24]
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Road Salt Spreading a Slippery Slope to Water Pollution [45]

With wintry conditions still present in much of the country, there’s an important local story for environmental reporters to chase. No, not climate change this time. It’s salt. Road salt can end up in bodies of water, damaging the environment and risking human health. TipSheet offers a dash of background and a good dose of questions to ask, plus story ideas and resources to flavor your reporting with.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [28]
Environmental Health [8]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [17]
Transportation [46]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
Visibility:
Public [24]
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Epic Struggles Ahead in 2023 on Energy Transition, Pollution [47]

In our annual analysis of what’s ahead on the environment beat in 2023, there are some things to count on: worsening climate disasters and continued politicking over energy transitions, but also regulatory action on greenhouse gas emissions (not to mention on “forever chemicals”). Other things are less clear: environmental rulings by a conservative U.S. Supreme Court, energy impacts of war in Europe and the effectiveness of COP28 and treaty talks on plastic pollution. Read the full overview and get more in our “2023 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [30]” special report.

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [48]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [49]
Agriculture [32]
Air [27]
Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [28]
Climate Change [4]
Disasters [5]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Military [50]
Natural Resources [37]
Planning & Growth [39]
Policy [16]
Pollution [17]
Science [18]
Waste [51]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
International [52]
Europe [53]
Middle East [54]
Visibility:
Public [24]
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Cascadia Bioregion Rife With Energy, Environment Troubles To Report in 2023 [55]

Iconic critters like salmon, orca and wolves. Climate controversies like natural gas greenwashing and carbon auctions. And wildfire fallout like “smoke-a-geddon.” These are just some of the wide array of stories worth covering as environmental journalists scan Cascadia, the huge area encompassing Washington, Oregon and Idaho, and stretching from Alaska to Utah. This special TipSheet, part of our 2023 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment, outlines top issues in the region, offering insights, resources and story angles.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [49]
Agriculture [32]
Air [27]
Biodiversity [3]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [56]
Disasters [5]
Diversity [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Environmental Studies [57]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Food [35]
Forests [36]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [37]
Planning & Growth [39]
Policy [16]
Pollution [17]
Transportation [46]
Waste [51]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [40]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
Alaska and Hawaii [58]
California [41]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
Northwest (OR WA) [43]
International [52]
Canada [59]
Visibility:
Public [24]
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Exploring the Impacts of Hydroelectric Megaprojects on Indigenous Lands [60]

Nearly two-thirds of the world’s rivers are impeded by dams and we keep building them in our quest for cleaner and greener sources of electricity. But as podcast producer Farha Akhtar learned while producing a recent episode, these monumental structures are having a profound impact on our planet and catastrophic consequences for many Indigenous people.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [61]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [49]
Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [28]
Climate Change [4]
Consumer [56]
Diversity [6]
Economy & Business [7]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Food [35]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Infrastructure [13]
Journalism & Media [14]
Natural Resources [37]
Pollution [17]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [62]
Science [18]
Technology [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [40]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
International [52]
Canada [59]
Asia [63]
Visibility:
Public [24]
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Particulate Air Pollution — An Old Story Made Newer, and More Local, in 2023 [64]

Earlier this month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency set in motion a long-overdue requirement to update a key Clean Air Act rule involving fine particulate air pollution, or PM 2.5. The latest TipSheet reviews PM 2.5’s health harms and its checkered regulatory history, while offering story ideas and key resources on how to tell the story locally.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [27]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Pollution [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
Visibility:
Public [24]
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Winning Over Editors and Others with Award Winners’ Multimedia Nuggets [65]

If you’re looking to engage key constituencies for your journalism — whether editors, sources, students or people who have been marginalized — a new set of short videos from award-winning journalists (like KESQ's Angela Chen, at left) can serve as a helpful resource. Inside Story has a roadmap of how to make smart use of these video nuggets to, for instance, convince newsroom powerbrokers to give you more time and support for ambitious stories.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [32]
Air [27]
Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [28]
Climate Change [4]
Diversity [6]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Justice [9]
Environmental Politics [10]
Government [11]
Health [12]
Journalism & Media [14]
Natural Resources [37]
Policy [16]
Pollution [17]
Science [18]
Water & Oceans [20]
Wildlife [40]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
California [41]
Northwest (OR WA) [43]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [23]
International [52]
Visibility:
Public [24]
- Read more about Winning Over Editors and Others with Award Winners’ Multimedia Nuggets [65]
As Concern Over Methane Mounts, Emission Controls Yield Stories [66]

While carbon dioxide is the greenhouse gas most often in the news, methane has greater warming power and accounts for a big chunk of the current increase in global warming. Now, growing regulatory pressure may help shift that focus and could drive more local environmental reporting, per the latest TipSheet. The backstory, plus reporting ideas and resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [32]
Air [27]
Climate Change [4]
Energy & Fuel [33]
Environmental Health [8]
Environmental Politics [10]
Journalism & Media [14]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Natural Resources [37]
Policy [16]
Pollution [17]
Waste [51]
Region:
National (U.S.) [21]
International [52]
Visibility:
Public [24]
- Read more about As Concern Over Methane Mounts, Emission Controls Yield Stories [66]

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