Publication Items

Are You Ready for Sunshine Week? — March 15-21 [1]

News media across the country will again be undertaking open-government projects in 2009. The Sunshine Week website offers you ideas on stories you could dig out of hard-to-see public records.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [3]
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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CJR: "What We Didn't Know Has Hurt Us" [8]

A Jan/Feb 2009 Columbia Journalism Review article enumerates many kinds of information the Bush administration veiled with secrecy; argues that disclosure is essential for democracy, yet the harm will not be easily undone.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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EPA Gag Order Brings Call For Johnson Resignation (Part 2) [9]

Some of "The Rules" laid down by the EPA press office, as experienced by SEJ members, include the following:
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about EPA Gag Order Brings Call For Johnson Resignation (Part 2) [9]
Bill Would End Sneaky FOIA Exemptions by Congress [10]

A Senate bill would require members of Congress who add FOIA exemptions to legislation to flag them.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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TOOLBOX: Scanning Online For Nuclear, Chemical, Wildlife, and Other Incidents [11]

In the old days, the newsroom at most local dailies had a police scanner squawking like a nervous parrot in the background, to get the jump in case something big happened. To get environmental news today, you need other tools.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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HOUSE PASSES SHIELD LAW 398-21; WHITE HOUSE THREATENS VETO [12]

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Oct. 16, 2007, to create a federal shield law which would offer limited protection for reporters from being compelled to disclose confidential sources.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
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Obama Orders Rollback of Bush Secrecy on 1st Day [13]

President Barack Obama signalled that open access to information will be a top priority for his administration, issuing two memos to all executive agencies and one executive order at a January 21, 2009, session open to reporters and cabinet members.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Laws & Regulations [3]
Government [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about Obama Orders Rollback of Bush Secrecy on 1st Day [13]
SEJournal Spring/Summer 1991, Vol. 1 No. 3 [14]

In this issue: War and recession: reporters still optimistic on job security, future; U.S. Senator Tim Wirth, host of experts slated for first SEJ national conference; a reporter's reflections on Kuwait 's devastation; traffic in rare plants and animals; indispensable reference texts; more.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about SEJournal Spring/Summer 1991, Vol. 1 No. 3 [14]
SEJournal Winter 1990-91, Vol. 1 No. 2 [16]

In this issue: The advocacy debate: Utne conference yields range of conclusions; risks covering environmental hazards; first annual conference set for Colorado; SEJ co-hosts meeting with East European reporters; the plight of Asian environmental reporters; ethical considerations on the enviro beat; more.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about SEJournal Winter 1990-91, Vol. 1 No. 2 [16]
SEJournal Fall 1990, Vol. 1 No. 1 [17]

In this issue: The Pulitzer stories; Journalists and scientists meet Nov.14 to discuss environmental journalism; Sources help Daily News expose bad water supply; coverage of decline in songbirds, amphibians and trees; and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJournal Online [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [5]
Visibility:
Public [7]
- Read more about SEJournal Fall 1990, Vol. 1 No. 1 [17]

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