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SEJournal Spring 2012, Vol. 22 No. 1 [1]

In this issue: Getting into the (Clean Water) Act; SEJ's grant program has real impact on reporting; indie enviro films at Sundance; election year buzzwords; sneak preview of SEJ's 2012 conference, Lubbock, Texas; web tool DocumentCloud brings documents to life; ex-CNN executive producer Dykstra returns to journalism; meteorologists as environmental journalists; SEJ members honored, produce videos, win awards and grants; and 5 book reviews! (Why wait 3 months for access to each quarterly issue? Get your Summer/Fall issue [2] now: how to join [3] or subscribe. [4])

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [5]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Science [8]
Water & Oceans [9]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Mexico Moves Toward Federalizing Crimes Against Journalists [11]

The Mexican Senate on March 13, 2012, approved a constitutional amendment making attacks on journalists a federal crime — which would help journalists bypass possibly corrupt local police officials. The measure must now be approved by a majority of Mexico's state legislatures.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [13]
Journalism & Media [7]
Government [14]
Region:
Mexico [15]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Climate Change Coverage Not Only Dips in Quantity, But Also Shifts in Its Presentation [16]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [17]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Iowa Outlaws Some Undercover Investigations As Other States Mull Bills [18]

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (pictured) signed the so-called "Ag Gag" bill into law March 2, 2012, making it a crime to obtain access to an agricultural facility "under false pretenses" — without defining "false pretenses." Does this apply to hidden cameras? Animal rights activists have often resorted to hidden cameras — and shared with news media photos and videos of shocking cruelty to animals.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [7]
Government [14]
Region:
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [19]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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So Now You’re A Freelancer. Here Are Some Very Important Things To Consider. [20]

Bud Ward covers topics of interest to freelancers, including cash flow, incorporation, health insurance, business expenses and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
Freelance Files [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [7]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Exploring the Narrative Form [22]

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [17]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [7]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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Documerica, Lost and Found [23]

Read about EPA's long dormant photojournalism project containing thousands of color photographs depicting a nation and its environmental problems in the early 1970s — and the new State of the Environment Photo Project this rediscovery has spawned, inviting participants worldwide to submit their work. By SEJournal photo editor Roger Archibald.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [17]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [7]
Natural Resources [24]
People & Population [25]
Region:
National (U.S.) [26]
Visibility:
Public [10]
- Read more about Documerica, Lost and Found [23]
TipSheet Publication To Be Suspended [27]

SEJ regrets to announce that biweekly publication of the TipSheet will be suspended after the next issue pending renewal of adequate funding.There is some chance the TipSheet may be reinvented. In order for this to happen, it will help if you let us know what you did and didn't like about the TipSheet.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [28]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [7]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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SEJ Urges EPA Press Office To Open up Agency Info to News Media [29]

On January 27, 2012, SEJ wrote to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, after unreturned phone calls and ignored emails, in an attempt to get the agency to resume quarterly conference calls to discuss access issues and the run-around SEJ members endure when trying to do their jobs.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [7]
Government [14]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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SEJ Condemns House Science Panel Arrest of Journalist [30]

Read SEJ's February 6, 2012, letter to Energy and Environment Subcommittee Chair Harris condemning ejection of Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Josh Fox from the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology's subcommittee hearing on EPA's policies and enforcement of water quality issues surrounding natural gas drilling or "fracking."
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [8]
Journalism & Media [7]
Energy & Fuel [31]
Visibility:
Public [10]
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