Publication Items

Research Roundup: E-beat Questions: Favoring Sources? What about TV Envirocasts? [1]

Studies show environmental news crosses beats, with the beat influencing the coverage, and weathercasters play a key but overlooked role in explaining science.
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [2]
Science [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Freelance Life: Making the Move from a Newspaper to “Writing for Hire” [6]

Freelance reporter Abby Luby recounts her journey and lessons learned so far.
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Freelance Life: Making the Move from a Newspaper to “Writing for Hire” [6]
Congress Orders EPA to Reopen Libraries: EPA Balks [7]

Omnibus 2008 Appropriations Bill (PL 110-161) signed by President Bush Dec. 26, 2007, ordered him to reopen EPA libraries shuttered by his administration and earmarked some $3 million to restore them.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [9]
Journalism & Media [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Congress Orders EPA to Reopen Libraries: EPA Balks [7]
TOOLBOX: New Resources for Tracking FED Spending Now Out [11]

Some new, sharper tools are available for reporters who want to investigate patterns of federal spending or specific cases of interest.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about TOOLBOX: New Resources for Tracking FED Spending Now Out [11]
Bush Signs FOIA Bill Into Law [12]

President Bush has signed into law a measure aimed at strengthening the Freedom of Information Act.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [9]
Journalism & Media [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Bush Signs FOIA Bill Into Law [12]
MUCKRAKING NOT DEAD, NIEMAN REPORTS DECLARES [13]

Feeling discouraged about the erosion of journalists' traditional role as watchdogs? Lighten up with the Spring 2008 issue of Nieman Reports, published by the foundation at Harvard University. Titled "21st Century Muckrakers: Who Are They? How Do They Do Their Work?" the issue includes nearly 50 articles chronicling the "Muckraker" tradition of American investigative journalism and documenting that muckraking is alive and well, even in today's digital age.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about MUCKRAKING NOT DEAD, NIEMAN REPORTS DECLARES [13]
Digg, Hugg, and Other Online Tools for the E-Beat [14]

The media landscape is changing fast, sometimes in ways that can benefit environmental coverage and journalists.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Digg, Hugg, and Other Online Tools for the E-Beat [14]
Environment Is at the Heart of Annual AAAS Meeting [16]

Climate change, ecology and other environmental topics focus of AAAS sessions.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [15]
Topics on the Beat:
Science [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about Environment Is at the Heart of Annual AAAS Meeting [16]
New Blogs Alter News-O-Sphere, Open More Info to Journalists (Review) [17]

As the corpses of newspapers litter the American landscape, they seem to fertilize the sprouting of a bumper crop of new blogs devoted to environment and energy. If you are looking for environmental news, you are mostly likely to find it online.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about New Blogs Alter News-O-Sphere, Open More Info to Journalists (Review) [17]
DOJ Guidance Offers Hook for Your FOIA Requests [18]

Journalists' Freedom of Information Act requests will have more clout if they demand specific justification for each redaction. A new Justice Department guidance document makes clear this is mandatory for most agencies.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [8]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [4]
Region:
National (U.S.) [10]
Visibility:
Public [5]
- Read more about DOJ Guidance Offers Hook for Your FOIA Requests [18]

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