Publication Items

Author Lopez Remembered; SEJ Speech Reshared [1]

Society of Environmental Journalists' members lamented the Dec. 25 death of renowned nature writer Barry Lopez, whose writings included "Arctic Dreams," "Of Wolves and Men" and more. Lopez gave SEJers a much-remembered address about writing, environmental journalism and more at the Barbra Streisand ranch in Malibu during the organization's 1999 annual conference in Los Angeles.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Diversity [3]
Environmental Health [4]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Is the South Confronting Its Climate Threats? [9]

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 [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [11]
Agriculture [12]
Air [13]
Biodiversity [14]
Climate Change [15]
Consumer [16]
Disasters [17]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [20]
Government [21]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [23]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [24]
People & Population [7]
Planning & Growth [25]
Policy [26]
Pollution [27]
Science [28]
Technology [29]
Transportation [30]
Water & Oceans [31]
Region:
National (U.S.) [32]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [35]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Environmental Justice Stories Will Keep Proliferating in 2021 [36]

The surging racial justice movement has reenergized aspirations to correct the environmental injustices that blemish countless underprivileged U.S. communities. The new TipSheet, another part of our 2021 Guide [37], scans the landscape of trouble spots, from urban to rural, industrial zones to Superfund sites. Plus, story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [11]
Air [13]
Chemicals [39]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [20]
Government [21]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [7]
Policy [26]
Pollution [27]
Waste [40]
Water & Oceans [31]
Region:
National (U.S.) [32]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [41]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [42]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [43]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [35]
International [44]
Mexico [45]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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“You Can’t Fool Mother Nature: The Once and Future Triumph of Environmentalism” [46]

It’s been a half-century since the first Earth Day in 1970 and a new book from an old hand catalogues the advances and the setbacks in the decades since. BookShelf contributor Francesca Lyman reviews “You Can’t Fool Mother Nature: The Once and Future Triumph of Environmentalism,” and explores how a long view from a veteran environmentalist informs the field of environmental reporting.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [47]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [11]
Air [13]
Climate Change [15]
Consumer [16]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [23]
People & Population [7]
Policy [26]
Pollution [27]
Waste [40]
Water & Oceans [31]
Region:
National (U.S.) [32]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Grant Gives Reporter Time To Immerse in Sewage Story [48]

The “underworld” of sewage treatment had fascinated one journalist for years. But it was only after winning a reporting grant that Christine Woodside had the luxury of spending dozens of hours to focus on how one old, malfunctioning plant left a local community appalled and angered. Woodside shares the details in the latest installment of SEJournal’s newest column, FEJ StoryLog.

SEJ Publication Types:
FEJ StoryLog [49]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [11]
Environmental Health [4]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [27]
Waste [40]
Water & Oceans [31]
Region:
National (U.S.) [32]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [50]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Letting Residents Take the Lead in ‘Polluter's Paradise’ [51]

A battery of polluting industry spewing toxic pollution and a small town of residents south of Baton Rouge unbowed by their circumstance make for the ingredients of a powerful team investigative project, newly named to the top prize in the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 2020 reporting awards. Inside Story offers a look behind “Polluter’s Paradise” in a Q&A with reporter Tristan Baurick.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [52]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [11]
Air [13]
Chemicals [39]
Environmental Politics [20]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [7]
Pollution [27]
Region:
National (U.S.) [32]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Bringing Stories Home Under Lockdown, With Remote Video Interviews [53]

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 [54]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [11]
Agriculture [12]
Air [13]
Biodiversity [14]
Chemicals [39]
Climate Change [15]
Consumer [16]
Disasters [17]
Economy & Business [18]
Energy & Fuel [19]
Environmental Health [4]
Environmental Politics [20]
Environmental Studies [55]
Fish & Fisheries [56]
Food [57]
Forests [58]
Government [21]
Health [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Military [59]
Natural Resources [23]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [24]
Other or All [60]
People & Population [7]
Planning & Growth [25]
Policy [26]
Pollution [27]
Science [28]
Technology [29]
Transportation [30]
Waste [40]
Water & Oceans [31]
Region:
National (U.S.) [32]
Alaska and Hawaii [61]
California [62]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [41]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [42]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [33]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [43]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [50]
Northwest (OR WA) [63]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [34]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [35]
International [44]
Canada [64]
Mexico [45]
Africa [65]
Antarctica & Arctic [66]
Asia [67]
Australia & Oceania [68]
Central America & the Caribbean [69]
Europe [70]
Middle East [71]
South America [72]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Start Tracking Wildfires Before Things Get Hot [73]

With little (and big) fires just about everywhere these days, reporters could use help tracking the myriad blazes. Fortunately, firefighting experts have developed some handy databases that journalists can tap into to better cover this story. Plus, other kinds of data tools to keep on top of fire hazards. And SEJ’s new “Issue: Wildfire [74]” resource page, which includes wildfire headlines from EJToday and more wildfire stories from SEJournal.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [75]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [15]
Disasters [17]
Forests [58]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [32]
California [62]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [43]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Finding Native People at Heart of Environment Beat [76]

As Democratic New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland prepares to possibly become the first Native American Interior secretary, it's becoming clearer than ever that environmental concerns are deeply intertwined with Native American life. But news media often ignore the connections, missing important stories as a result. Our new Backgrounder helps set that to rights by spotlighting 10 key environmental issues affecting Native American communities and offering a dozen-and-a-half reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [77]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [11]
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [32]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Finding Native People at Heart of Environment Beat [76]
Disaster Aid Sometimes Helps Fund the Next Disaster [78]

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 [38]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [15]
Disasters [17]
Environmental Politics [20]
Government [21]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [22]
People & Population [7]
Planning & Growth [25]
Policy [26]
Water & Oceans [31]
Region:
National (U.S.) [32]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Disaster Aid Sometimes Helps Fund the Next Disaster [78]

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