Publication Items

Reporting on Turkey, Trauma-Free [1]

Turkeys are a favorite American food, but also a multi-billion-dollar industry with myriad environment and food safety issues, not to mention confusing consumer labelling. With Thanksgiving approaching, this week's TipSheet helps reporters carve out a bird beat, serving up story ideas, resources and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Consumer [4]
Food [5]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Pollution [8]
Waste [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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"Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats” [12]

A new book on "Big Chicken" dissects how common practices of the U.S. poultry industry are harming our air, water and health — and why Europe does it better.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Consumer [4]
Economy & Business [14]
Food [5]
Waste [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Europe [15]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Connecting Superfund to Environmental Justice Stories [16]

Concerns about the greater impact of pollution on poor people and ethnic minorities are not new. But now, environmental reporters have more tools than ever for finding and telling these stories. The latest TipSheet spotlights a useful EPA app and numerous other sources to track this ongoing story.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [17]
Environmental Politics [18]
Health [6]
People & Population [19]
Waste [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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EPA Budget Cuts Threaten a Program Near You [20]

As the Trump administration proposes big cuts at environmental agencies like the U.S. EPA, the latest TipSheet explores how to dig up local angles from the budget action. Examples: Tracking changes at EPA regional offices and labs, at Superfund or at state revolving funds for clean water and safe drinking water programs.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Health [21]
Environmental Politics [18]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Government [23]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [25]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [26]
Pollution [8]
Waste [9]
Water & Oceans [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
California [28]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [29]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Northwest (OR WA) [31]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Toxics Database a Key Tool for Environmental Journalists [33]

The Toxics Release Inventory has long been a vital reporting tool, and now there's a new edition of the database, issued last month by the outgoing Obama administration. Reporter's Toolbox walks you through how to smartly mine TRI for stories, whether you're a newbie or a veteran. Plus, TRI caveats.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [34]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [35]
Disasters [36]
Economy & Business [14]
Environmental Health [21]
Health [6]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [8]
Waste [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Sundance Festival a Megaphone for Climate Concerns [37]

For the first time, Sundance Film Festival spotlighted a single theme, and it was climate change. Documentaries highlighting the issue including a sequel to Al Gore's blockbuster, as well as more than a dozen other films dealing with issues like coral reefs, recyling, changing landscapes and rainforest destruction.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [17]
Agriculture [3]
Climate Change [39]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Environmental Politics [18]
Fish & Fisheries [22]
Forests [41]
Natural Resources [25]
People & Population [19]
Policy [42]
Waste [9]
Water & Oceans [27]
Wildlife [43]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Alaska and Hawaii [44]
California [28]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [45]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [46]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
International [48]
Mexico [49]
Africa [50]
Australia & Oceania [51]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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WatchDog Group Sues for Records as Pruitt Confirmation Vote Nears & More [52]

The latest WatchDog TipSheet details an open-records case against U.S. EPA nominee Scott Pruitt (shown), the scoop on an Agriculture Department animal welfare database that vanished then returned, a reporter busted at Standing Rock, plus items on whistleblowers, coal-ash and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [53]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [17]
Agriculture [3]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Environmental Politics [18]
Government [23]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [26]
Policy [42]
Pollution [8]
Waste [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [45]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [32]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about WatchDog Group Sues for Records as Pruitt Confirmation Vote Nears & More [52]
Turbulent Prospects on Environment-Energy Beat Likely in Trump Era [54]

While it's too soon to tell what the new Trump administration and 115th Congress will do, our special report suggests we may see a groundswell of environmental deregulation and massive energy development. Backgrounder looks at the top 10 energy-environment issues to watch in the President Trump era.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [55]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [56]
Climate Change [39]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Environmental Politics [18]
Government [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Natural Resources [25]
Policy [42]
Pollution [8]
Science [57]
Transportation [58]
Waste [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Omnibus Politics: Building an Infrastructure Program [59]

Democrats and Republications may agree on a vast federal program to build and repair the nation's crumbling infrastructure, but still uncertain is what will be built, how it will be paid for and who will vote for it. TipSheet looks at the politics of public works (what journalists used to call "pork").

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Environmental Politics [18]
Government [23]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Planning & Growth [60]
Policy [42]
Transportation [58]
Waste [9]
Water & Oceans [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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As EPA, Other Agencies Muzzle Staff, WatchDog Issues Leaker's Guide [61]

At a time when government information may be harder than ever to access, WatchDog offers a unique guide to leaks that reporters can offer potential whistleblowers. Also in the latest column, sealed records on a weedkiller-cancer connection, secret talks on coal-ash regs and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [53]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Chemicals [35]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Environmental Health [21]
Government [23]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [24]
Pollution [8]
Waste [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about As EPA, Other Agencies Muzzle Staff, WatchDog Issues Leaker's Guide [61]

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