Publication Items

From Oil Boom to Lithium Rush — Reporting the Realities [1]

A coming lithium rush in Arkansas drew the notice of journalist Katie Myers, who used a grant from the Fund for Environmental Journalism to explore whether extraction activities near once-booming energy communities could avoid the economic and environmental impacts of another boom-and-bust cycle for a largely Black region with histories of land dispossession, plantation slavery and Jim Crow segregation. Lessons learned in the latest FEJ StoryLog.

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FEJ StoryLog [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [3]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Natural Resources [7]
People & Population [8]
Technology [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [11]
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Public [12]
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Climate Risk Data Helps Decisions, Stories About Looming Disaster [13]

Environmental journalists aiming to report local or regional stories on real estate climate risk should explore an impressive bit of data journalism on the subject; Reporter’s Toolbox lauds it not just for the exemplary work, but also because the project, from The Washington Post, allows them to look up a variety of risks in their own locales.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [14]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [15]
Disasters [16]
Journalism & Media [6]
Planning & Growth [17]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [12]
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Onward Together — Supporting You, Your Work in a Changing World [18]

SEJ’s Interim President Bobby Magill shares his thoughts on the challenges that lie ahead for journalists.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
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Public [12]
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AI’s Importance in Journalism and Teaching — Part 2 [20]

In Part 2 of a two-part EJ Academy, SEJournal’s Emilia Askari examines changes artificial intelligence is bringing to journalism — among them possibilities for the analysis of data, including on climate and the environment. Plus, ways to use AI tools more effectively and how to track news organizations’ response to and use of AI. Also: Part 1, AI in the classroom [21].

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [15]
Environmental Studies [23]
Journalism & Media [6]
Science [24]
Technology [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
International [25]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Press Freedom Issues Come to Fore As Trump 2.0 Launches [26]

Salvaging disappearing web pages from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, fostering (and protecting) government whistleblower sources and sussing out the First Amendment’s prospects under the new attorney general at the Justice Department — the latest WatchDog Opinion scans the Trump administration’s information terrain. Plus, check out the latest actions from the Society of Environmental Journalists’ freedom of information efforts [27].

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [28]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [29]
Journalism & Media [6]
Policy [30]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Communities at Risk Are Climate Stories Too [31]

As environmental journalists scramble to cover dizzying changes in climate and energy policy under the new administration, columnist Yessenia Funes offers an admonition: Do not forget about those whose human rights are being targeted by Trump, and look to connect the changing planet with changes felt by threatened communities. The new Voices of Environmental Justice on exiting the echo chamber.

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Voices of Environmental Justice [32]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [33]
Climate Change [15]
Disasters [16]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [29]
Health [34]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [8]
Policy [30]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
International [25]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Telling the Stories of the Silent Sentinels [35]

To many, plants are a merely green backdrop, indistinguishable and inconsequential. But, freelancer Karen Mockler says that such “plant blindness” belies an urgent need for our notice. More than a third of the world’s trees and thousands of other plant species face extinction. Their plight — and their many blessings — offer perceptive journalists a wealth of reporting and storytelling opportunities. Mockler on why to write about plants.

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Features [36]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [37]
Air [38]
Biodiversity [39]
Climate Change [15]
Environmental Health [40]
Environmental Justice [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Environmental Studies [23]
Food [41]
Forests [42]
Government [29]
Health [34]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Natural Resources [7]
Pollution [44]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [45]
Science [24]
Water & Oceans [46]
Wildlife [47]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
California [48]
Northwest (OR WA) [49]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [50]
International [25]
Canada [51]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Speaking Up for the First Amendment [52]

Many journalists can’t imagine themselves writing an opinion piece, but veteran reporter Tim Wheeler suggests they reconsider. With public distrust of news media mounting and government willingness to inform plummeting, Wheeler says it’s more important than ever for journalists to explain what they do and why it matters. Advice and an annotated example: How to put on the opinion writer’s hat.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [36]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [29]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [43]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Speaking Up for the First Amendment [52]
There Has Never Been a Better Time for Environmental Journalism [53]

Environmental devastation. Corporate capture. Disinformation’s diffusion. Hostility to news media. All this may seem overwhelming for environmental reporters. But for WatchDog Opinion, it means that journalism must rise to the challenge, take the truth seriously, report with conviction, cover corruption and tell the stories of the many whose stories are not being told. A case for why Trump 2.0 presents that opportunity.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [28]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Policy [30]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [12]
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Assessing AI’s Importance in Journalism and Teaching — Part 1 [21]

Like with any new technology, the future of artificial intelligence in the newsroom and the classroom inspired excitement and fear for one journalism educator. But after experimenting with it at the University of Michigan, EJ Academy co-editor Emilia Askari gained practical insight into its smart use for teaching young reporters. Lessons on AI journalism, in Part 1 of a two-part series [20].

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [6]
Technology [9]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
International [25]
Visibility:
Public [12]
- Read more about Assessing AI’s Importance in Journalism and Teaching — Part 1 [21]

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