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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.

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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]
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Public [58]
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Trump Data Grab Threatens To Blind Nation’s Health System [59]

Efforts to bury pandemic data is a story environmental journalists best keep an eye on, argues the new WatchDog opinion column. That’s partly because of the connection between the novel coronavirus and climate change, air pollution and environmental justice. But also because it echoes a deepening rejection of science that’s long been part of the environment beat.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [60]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [10]
Government [19]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
Science [31]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
Visibility:
Public [58]
- Read more about Trump Data Grab Threatens To Blind Nation’s Health System [59]
Potentially Explosive Fertilizer Could Be Found in Your Community [61]

Ammonium nitrate, the explosive agricultural fertilizer that blew up in Lebanon this month, killing dozens and severely damaging Beirut’s center, is stored by the thousands of tons all over the United States. But regulatory blindspots and secretive information policies mean few know exactly where. Backgrounder reviews the chemical’s oversight regime — and its gaps — and has ideas for reporting from your community.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [62]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [4]
Chemicals [7]
Disasters [10]
Government [19]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [46]
International [47]
Middle East [56]
Visibility:
Public [58]
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‘Green Recovery’ Policies an Elusive Promise [63]

As Democratic and Republican parties plan their nominating conventions beginning next week amid a pandemic and a recession, it’s instructive to examine the state of thinking about a “green recovery.” Backgrounder looks at the politicking and policies behind the notion that a massive clean energy plan could be good not just for addressing climate change, but also the economy.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [62]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Climate Change [8]
Energy & Fuel [12]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [19]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Policy [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
International [47]
Australia & Oceania [53]
Europe [55]
Visibility:
Public [58]
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Disaster Aid Sometimes Helps Fund the Next Disaster [64]

As hurricane season gets into full swing, a perpetual paradox reemerges — does disaster aid help or harm? Government financial assistance in a disaster’s wake may seem a boon, but could it just encourage communities to repeat the mistakes of the past? The latest TipSheet explores the question and provides context, reporting resources and story ideas.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [65]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [8]
Disasters [10]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [19]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [27]
Planning & Growth [28]
Policy [29]
Water & Oceans [35]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
Visibility:
Public [58]
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Former Public Affairs Officers Push Back on Advanced Industry Reaction, Plus Police Scanner Transparency and Ag-Gag Ruling [66]

When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a press release with favorable industry response to changes in a rule protecting migratory birds — before actually proposing the new rule — a group of former agency officials cried foul. Plus, why encrypted police scanners are a problem and an ag-gag ruling, all in the latest WatchDog opinion column.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [60]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [4]
Biodiversity [6]
Disasters [10]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [19]
Journalism & Media [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Wildlife [67]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [42]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Visibility:
Public [58]
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Why Shelter From the (Coronavirus) Storm Isn’t Always Safe [68]

Emergency evacuations are hard to plan under normal circumstances. Now the coronavirus pandemic makes them even more complicated and risky. With the summer disaster season upon us, the latest TipSheet explores how environmental journalists can report on emergency planning under COVID-19, with suggested questions to help you dig up stories.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [65]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [8]
Disasters [10]
Government [19]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
People & Population [27]
Planning & Growth [28]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
International [47]
Visibility:
Public [58]
- Read more about Why Shelter From the (Coronavirus) Storm Isn’t Always Safe [68]
Small-Market Reporter Unmasks Race Gap in Pollution Response [69]

When two towns — one an affluent suburb and the other a poor rural community — faced similar air pollution crises, lopsided government action made clear there was an underlying race and class divide. Reporter Sharon Lerner shares the story behind her award-winning reporting that tells the “Tale of Two Toxic Cities,” in our latest Inside Story Q&A.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [70]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [3]
Air [5]
Chemicals [7]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [19]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
People & Population [27]
Pollution [30]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [39]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [45]
Visibility:
Public [58]
- Read more about Small-Market Reporter Unmasks Race Gap in Pollution Response [69]
Consumption Advisories Offer Fistful of Fish Tales [71]

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 [72]
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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Coronavirus Silence, Secrecy Harms Public Health [73]

Mishandling of vital information by the U.S. government worsened the COVID-19 pandemic, argues the latest WatchDog. The no-holds-barred opinion piece, which notes that coronavirus is as much an environmental story as a public health one, points the finger at the White House and the “Silent CDC,” sifts the wreckage of the testing program and speculates about the dearth of data as the nation reopens.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [60]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [10]
Environmental Politics [14]
Government [19]
Health [20]
Journalism & Media [21]
People & Population [27]
Policy [29]
Science [31]
Region:
National (U.S.) [36]
Visibility:
Public [58]
- Read more about Coronavirus Silence, Secrecy Harms Public Health [73]

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