Publication Items

Hydrogen Rainbow May Dazzle, But Journalists Should Eye It Warily [1]

The hype on hydrogen — and it’s various “hues” or forms — suggests environmental reporters should clearly understand how this energy source is produced, as well as the politics and industry PR behind its claims to be clean and climate-friendly. Our latest Issue Backgrounder provides the basics of hydrogen science, while cautioning about the industry’s “color game.”

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Politics [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Science [8]
Transportation [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
International [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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The Call of the Conch — How Seashells Tell Nature’s Story [13]

Cynthia Barnett’s deeply researched and engagingly written new book, “The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans,” brilliantly weaves together mollusk anecdotes, ocean science and human history as it takes a deep dive into the nature of seashells and the story of their connection to us. Read Tom Henry’s review in the new BookShelf.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [15]
Science [8]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
International [11]
Asia [19]
Central America & the Caribbean [20]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Covering Climate Change in the Forgotten Places: A Moroccan Journalist’s View [21]

Environmental journalist Khalid Bencherif struggled to bring the emergent effects of climate change to the attention of local audiences facing many other pressing problems. So he told a powerful story grounded in personal experience, traveling to his childhood home in Morocco’s Tafilalet region, where deepening drought is hitting the oases hard and driving many villagers from their homes.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [25]
Journalism & Media [7]
Natural Resources [26]
People & Population [27]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [28]
Science [8]
Technology [29]
Water & Oceans [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Africa [30]
Middle East [31]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Grantee Suits Up To Ask If Honeybees Harm Native Species [32]

When Colorado-based freelance journalist Jennifer Oldham suited up in protective gear to investigate if commercial honeybee hives on public lands impact native bee populations, as well as to meet with federal scientists and visit a bee study site, it was a Fund for Environmental Journalism grant that helped her do it. Oldham shares her experience and advice in the latest FEJ StoryLog.

SEJ Publication Types:
FEJ StoryLog [33]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [34]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Studies [35]
Journalism & Media [7]
Natural Resources [26]
Science [8]
Wildlife [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [36]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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‘Wild Souls’ Explores Paradox of Managing Species To Save Them [37]

What does wildness mean when humans interfere with the lives of wild animals in order to protect them? A new volume, “Wild Souls,” explores that dilemma, whether arising through captive breeding programs to reintroduce the California condor and the gray wolf, by allowing hybridization or through the use of gene-editing tools. A review from BookShelf contributor Jenny Weeks.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [15]
Environmental Politics [6]
Science [8]
Wildlife [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
California [38]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [36]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
International [11]
Mexico [40]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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When Reporting on Toxic Hotspots, Go Deeper With Cancer Registries [41]

As awareness grows about how pollution can cause certain cancers, it’s smart to look beyond cancer risk and also explore available information about actual cancer cases. Reporter’s Toolbox explains how extensive data collected regularly in state-level cancer “registries” can take your coverage on the pollution-public health connection to another level. Plus, avoiding pitfalls in reporting possible clusters.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [42]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [43]
Chemicals [44]
Disasters [45]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [6]
Environmental Studies [35]
Government [25]
Health [46]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [27]
Pollution [47]
Science [8]
Waste [48]
Water & Oceans [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [49]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [18]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Science Integrity Is About More Than Getting EPA Interviews [50]

Freedom of access to government scientists is just one narrow facet in a worsening crisis in scientific integrity at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The new WatchDog Opinion argues that whether it’s about self-interested industry lobbying over climate change or the regulation of chemicals, there’s an assault on science itself — and the news media has a role to play.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [51]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [44]
Climate Change [3]
Economy & Business [52]
Environmental Politics [6]
Government [25]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [53]
Policy [54]
Science [8]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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U.N. Summit Lays the Table for Environmental Reporting on Food Systems [55]

After an 18-month buildup, a one-day U.N. Food Systems Summit earlier this fall generated hundreds of commitments to end global hunger and a dizzying array of alliances dedicated to the cause. Despite controversies surrounding the summit, this groundbreaking event highlighted opportunities for reporting on food and food systems. Award-winning agriculture journalist Chris Clayton shares his insights.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [56]
Agriculture [34]
Biodiversity [15]
Chemicals [44]
Climate Change [3]
Consumer [4]
Disasters [45]
Economy & Business [52]
Energy & Fuel [5]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Justice [24]
Environmental Politics [6]
Food [57]
Government [25]
Health [46]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [53]
Natural Resources [26]
People & Population [27]
Planning & Growth [58]
Policy [54]
Pollution [47]
Science [8]
Technology [29]
Waste [48]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
California [38]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [59]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
International [11]
Canada [60]
Africa [30]
Europe [61]
Middle East [31]
South America [62]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Will Animal-To-Human Disease Transmission Bring the Next Big Pandemic? [63]

The COVID-19 outbreak has left little unchanged — including how environment reporters do their jobs, given that many experts believe the disruption of the human-wild interface could be the source of the next deadly virus. The new Backgrounder makes the case in this analysis, looking at how societies — and journalists — handled this pandemic and must prepare for possible future outbreaks.

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [34]
Biodiversity [15]
Disasters [45]
Environmental Health [23]
Forests [64]
Government [25]
Health [46]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [27]
Science [8]
Wildlife [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
International [11]
Asia [19]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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New Landsat 9 Offers Variety of Resource Stories [65]

The launch of NASA’s new Landsat Earth-observing satellite is a reminder to reporters that millions of images from over five decades can help unearth many environmental trends, whether deforestation, coastal erosion, suburban sprawl or wildfire impacts. The new Reporter’s Toolbox explains how the service works and how to access the resource, along with examples of prize-winning stories.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [42]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [34]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [23]
Environmental Studies [35]
Forests [64]
Government [25]
Journalism & Media [7]
Natural Resources [26]
Science [8]
Technology [29]
Water & Oceans [16]
Wildlife [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
International [11]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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