Publication Items

Teaching Environmental Journalism. For the First Time. In a Pandemic. [1]

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 [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Studies [4]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Wildlife [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [12]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Could Hackers Poison Your Local Drinking Water? [14]

A computer hacker nearly succeeded recently in rendering a local Florida facility a source of poisonous drinking water. And the risk of other such hacks is real, even as the vulnerabilities are hidden behind stringent U.S. secrecy laws. The latest TipSheet explores dangers to our drinking water supply — which go well beyond future hacking.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Consumer [16]
Disasters [17]
Government [18]
Health [5]
Infrastructure [19]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [21]
Pollution [8]
Technology [22]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [23]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Small-Market Reporter Gives Readers Reason To Care [25]

Reporter Kyle Bagenstose has impressed Society of Environmental Journalists’ awards judges three times in the last four years with his investigative and small-market beat reporting on local and regional issues in Pennsylvania. In our latest Inside Story Q&A, Bagenstose discusses his award-winning work as a beat reporter and his first-place investigative prize for a series on the cleanup of toxic firefighting chemicals from streams and aquifers around military bases.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [26]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Journalism & Media [6]
Pollution [8]
Waste [29]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Top Biden Climate Advisor, Others Preview 2021 Energy and Enviro News [31]

President Biden’s national climate advisor Gina McCarthy joined an outspoken U.S. senator and a roundtable of elite journalists last week to preview dramatic changes possibly ahead in U.S. and international climate policy, environmental justice, clean energy and more. Get the upshot from the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 2021 Guide to Energy & Environment event. Plus, watch video of the full program [32].

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [35]
Government [18]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [21]
Policy [36]
Science [37]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
California [38]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [39]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [40]
Northwest (OR WA) [41]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
International [43]
Europe [44]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Super-Heated Year Ahead on Energy & Environment News [45]

The Biden administration has moved rapidly to reset energy and environment policies dramatically shifted by the Trump White House. But how quickly can such a reversal occur, what are the priorities and what are the critical pathways for change? To help sort out the latest news and track larger trends, SEJournal offers this overview and analysis, part of our extensive “2021 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [46].”

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [47]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [48]
Air [49]
Biodiversity [50]
Chemicals [27]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [16]
Disasters [17]
Economy & Business [51]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [35]
Government [18]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Planning & Growth [52]
Policy [36]
Pollution [8]
Science [37]
Transportation [53]
Waste [29]
Water & Oceans [9]
Wildlife [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
International [43]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Environmental Issues Likely To Find Their Way to Courts in 2021 [54]

Environmental journalists may want to brush up on their legalese for 2021, as the likelihood of legal challenges over environmental policies — and Trump-era rollbacks — increases. Our Issue Backgrounder, the newest entry in our growing special report, “2021 Journalists’ Guide to Energy & Environment [55],” looks at potential legal conflicts over climate change, pipelines, drilling, auto emissions, clean water and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [56]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [49]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Politics [35]
Government [18]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Policy [36]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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South Slow To Adapt to Rising Sea Levels, Other Climate Impacts [57]

Preparations for the inevitable impacts of the climate crisis in the South, the country’s most vulnerable region, have been hit or miss. And one of the toughest challenges — preparing coastal communities for inevitable flooding from sea level rise — is just beginning. More on the region’s climate adaptation considerations in the final entry in our “Covering Your Climate: The South [58]” special report. Plus, a backgrounder, additional tipsheets and a toolbox.

SEJ Publication Types:
Special Reports [59]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Disasters [17]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [35]
Government [18]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [21]
Planning & Growth [52]
Policy [36]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Crisis Threatens the Country’s Most Vulnerable Region [60]

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 [58]” 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 [59]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [48]
Air [49]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [16]
Disasters [17]
Economy & Business [51]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [35]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Natural Resources [7]
People & Population [21]
Planning & Growth [52]
Policy [36]
Pollution [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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Is the South Confronting Its Climate Threats? [61]

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 [59]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [62]
Agriculture [48]
Air [49]
Biodiversity [50]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [16]
Disasters [17]
Economy & Business [51]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [35]
Government [18]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [7]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [63]
People & Population [21]
Planning & Growth [52]
Policy [36]
Pollution [8]
Science [37]
Technology [22]
Transportation [53]
Water & Oceans [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [30]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [24]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [42]
Visibility:
Public [13]
- Read more about Is the South Confronting Its Climate Threats? [61]
Biden Faces Environmental Challenges on Multiple International Treaties [64]

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 [46], 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 [56]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [62]
Air [49]
Biodiversity [50]
Chemicals [27]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [51]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [35]
Forests [65]
Government [18]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Natural Resources [7]
Policy [36]
Pollution [8]
Transportation [53]
Waste [29]
Water & Oceans [9]
Wildlife [10]
Region:
National (U.S.) [11]
International [43]
Visibility:
Public [13]
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