Publication Items

SEJournal Winter 2012-13, Vol. 22 No. 4 [1]

In this issue: Superstorm Sandy's hidden warning; analysis of pivotal enviro issues to watch; new frontiers in visual journalism; keeping up on chemical databases; members helping members: SEJ's mentoring program; media on the move; and book reviews.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Technology [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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J-Groups Urge Supreme Court To Toss Va. Ban on Out-of-State FOIA Requesters [8]

Should state freedom-of-information laws disqualify people or organizations from out of state from getting government records? Led by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, some 53 news media groups have urged the US Supreme Court to say no.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [5]
Government [10]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about J-Groups Urge Supreme Court To Toss Va. Ban on Out-of-State FOIA Requesters [8]
Do Mainstream Media Disclose "Experts'" Links to Oil and Gas Industry? [12]

Too often stories fail to disclose such industry ties, which might call into question the experts' objectivity. The Checks and Balances Project, an energy watchdog group, did an analysis of coverage in 60 publications over a five-year period with very interesting results.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [5]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Economy & Business [14]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Do Mainstream Media Disclose "Experts'" Links to Oil and Gas Industry? [12]
"The Wild Life of Our Bodies: Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today" [15]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [17]
Health [18]
Journalism & Media [5]
People & Population [19]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about "The Wild Life of Our Bodies: Predators, Parasites, and Partners That Shape Who We Are Today" [15]
"In the Lap of the Gods" [20]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [21]
Economy & Business [14]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Journalism & Media [5]
People & Population [19]
Planning & Growth [22]
Region:
Asia [23]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about "In the Lap of the Gods" [20]
"Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis" [24]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [25]
Environmental Health [26]
Health [18]
Journalism & Media [5]
People & Population [19]
Pollution [27]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about "Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis" [24]
"Global Climate Change: A Primer" [28]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [25]
Journalism & Media [5]
Policy [29]
Science [30]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about "Global Climate Change: A Primer" [28]
Coal Slurry Database May Help Reporters Find Problem Impoundments [31]

A fatal November 30, 2012, collapse of part of a coal-slurry impoundment in West Virginia served as a reminder of safety issues that may not be adequately regulated in some states and localities. You can locate local coal-slurry impoundments and information on their status with an online public database.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [5]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Disasters [3]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Coal Slurry Database May Help Reporters Find Problem Impoundments [31]
Pennsylvania Newspapers Get Break in Fracking Disclosure Case [32]

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was joined by the Washington (PA) Observer-Reporter in a suit to unseal records of the July 2011 settlement of a case in which a family had sued four natural gas companies over damages they claimed were caused by hydraulic fracturing. The appeals court said a lower court had erred in throwing out the newspapers' case.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [5]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [11]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Pennsylvania Newspapers Get Break in Fracking Disclosure Case [32]
SEJ Backs Member Threatened by Interior Secretary [33]

The Society of Environmental Journalists wrote Interior Secretary Ken Salazar about the Election Day incident of attempted intimidation in Colorado, when the Secretary threatened to "punch out" SEJ member Dave Philipps, senior investigative reporter with the Colorado Springs Gazette.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [9]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [5]
Government [10]
Region:
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [34]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about SEJ Backs Member Threatened by Interior Secretary [33]

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