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Media Hype's Impacts On Disaster Victims And Endangered Species [1]

By JAN KNIGHT

After a disaster, news coverage can amplify risk, create new health syndromes, study shows.

Disasters and their aftermaths can have repercussions that reach beyond the days or weeks that follow, and news reports can strongly impact public reaction to related risks, even contributing to increased reports of health-related problems that may not be linked to the disaster, a recent study shows.
Topics on the Beat:
Disasters [2]
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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16th Annual Conference: Pre-Conference Workshops For New And Seasoned Journalists [6]

SEJ's 16th Annual Conference, to be held in Burlington, Vt., Oct. 25-29, promises the same sort of story-producing tours, great speakers and informative panels that SEJ conference goers have come to expect.
But this year some pre-conference workshops – one a boot camp for journalists and the other at Vermont Law School – will offer new opportunities to journalists.
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Hopeful Signs For SEJ's FOI Efforts [7]

By JOSEPH A. DAVIS

That old feeling of helplessness is gone. The news media and public no longer see erosion of the First Amendment, the Freedom of Information Act and disclosure requirements in many environmental laws as inevitable ... and worse, unimportant.

Or so a recent vote in Congress signaled.
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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No Matter The Name, The Only Agenda Is Pure Journalism [8]

By PERRY BEEMAN

Some years ago, a board member or two suggested SEJ change its name.

Why? Because the phrase "environmental journalists" seemed to suggest "environmentalist journalists" to some, especially those who suspect the group has some sort of environmental agenda akin to the Sierra Club's.
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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A Dozen (Or More) TV Stories To Sell Your News Manager For Sweeps [9]

By VINCE PATTON

In Miami, NBC-6 reporter Jeff Burnside thought he had a great story about the restoration of bountiful seagrass beds. But managers weren't interested.

"Later," Burnside says, "I pitched a story about steep fines for boaters running aground." That story they liked.
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
National (U.S.) [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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WV Reporter Uses FOIA To Probe Drilling Waste [10]

Billy Wolfe, of the Clarksburg Exponent Telegram, learns more about the chemicals in the hydraulic fracturing fluid used by gas-drilling companies.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [12]
Natural Resources [13]
Waste [14]
Government [15]
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [16]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Canadian Court Takes up Shield Issue [17]

The Supreme Court of Canada will consider this week a request by the National Post, civil liberties and media groups to overturn an Appeal ruling that police investigations override the Charter guarantee of free expression.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [15]
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
Canada [18]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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SEJ, Groups Ask Environment Canada for Openness [19]

Environment Canada ignored a similar letter from SEJ sent a year ago, requesting restoration of public access to science that taxpayers have paid for.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [15]
Policy [20]
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
International [21]
Canada [18]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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SEJ Event at ASU Examines Online Reporting Opportunities [22]

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Newsroom Cuts Reap Heavy Toll On The E-Beat [24]

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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