Publication Items

Catching a Chemical Slipping Through the Regulatory Cracks [1]

A chemical found in widely used epoxy resins is an endocrine disruptor that remains largely unregulated, despite its ubiquity. That was the subject of a prizewinning explanatory reporting series that focused on the lesser-known bisphenol known as BADGE, and how it might affect artisan woodworkers, construction workers and many others. SEJournal talks with reporter Meg Wilcox (pictured) in this Inside Story Q&A.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Health [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
International [7]
Europe [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Superfund Under Trump 2.0 — Quick … and Dirty? [10]

Every U.S. state has at least one Superfund site, the worst kind of toxic waste dump. And millions live near them. The latest TipSheet has a look at the state of the decades-old Superfund cleanup program under the Trump administration, and how environmental journalists can turn that into local stories, with a dozen story ideas and reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [3]
Environmental Politics [12]
Government [13]
Journalism & Media [5]
Laws & Regulations [14]
Pollution [15]
Waste [16]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [17]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Winter Storm — Reporting Resources From SEJ Publications [18]

As a major winter storm dumped snow and ice across much of the United States this weekend, taking lives, leaving many without power and stalling transportation, the SEJ Publications team offers resources for winter storm reporting in your region. We’ve got the latest headlines, plus a Toolbox on data sources, and an array of snow-related TipSheets to help tell the local climate story.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [19]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
Journalism & Media [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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The Joy of Rewilding [22]

Rewilding is a global movement to restore natural processes and boost biodiversity. It’s also the name of an online magazine launched by journalists Kat Tancock and Domini Clark. Their goal? To expose more people to the concept and inspire action through positive storytelling. Co-founder Tancock on the magazine’s editorial vision, opportunities for freelancers to contribute and what rewilding means to her.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [23]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [24]
Agriculture [25]
Biodiversity [26]
Climate Change [20]
Environmental Health [27]
Journalism & Media [5]
Science [28]
Wildlife [29]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]
International [7]
Canada [31]
Mexico [32]
Europe [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Solutions Stories a Compass for Readers [33]

Get more Voices of Environmental Justice in 2026, as we increase column frequency to bimonthly. And for her first contribution of the year, writer Yessenia Funes calls on climate reporters to offer audiences a sense of hope by leaning into solutions narratives, hard-hitting and data-driven stories that hold the powerful accountable. Expert advice on how to make solutions journalism work.

SEJ Publication Types:
Voices of Environmental Justice [34]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
Economy & Business [35]
Environmental Studies [36]
Health [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
California [37]
International [7]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Between the Lines — Writing Nature Through Illness and Disability [38]

Writers with disabilities and chronic illnesses explore perspectives on nature and environment in a unique anthology, “Moving Mountains.” Editor Louise Kenward discusses the recent volume with contributor William Allen in a new BookShelf “Between the Lines” Q&A — the connection between climate change and disability, the benefits of learning to rest, the value of engaging with different perspectives and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [20]
Disasters [21]
Diversity [40]
Environmental Justice [41]
Environmental Politics [12]
Health [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
People & Population [42]
Policy [43]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
International [7]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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EPA’s Brownfields Data, Covered With Crud? [44]

Hundreds of thousands of polluted, abandoned industrial sites — called brownfields — dot the United States. For reporters seeking local environmental stories, this profusion of problem spots cries out for coverage. The latest Reporter’s Toolbox points you to a series of government databases that track them and let you map them, but warns that the going won’t be easy. Find out why.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [45]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [5]
Pollution [15]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Ski Patrol — How Snow Helps Tell Local Climate Story [46]

Winter weather can reveal a great deal about global warming's impacts on your locale. So for environmental journalists, an outing to nearby slopes could be a smart reporting trip (with or without the ski boots). The latest TipSheet offers up more than a dozen story angles and snow and weather resources for your next climate story.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [11]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [20]
Consumer [47]
Journalism & Media [5]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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As Realty Risk Data Is Pulled From Web, Alternatives Are Ready [48]

As one data source disappears, another often emerges, finds Reporter’s Toolbox, as it searches for ways to report on real estate risk. In our latest column, insight into where to find information on home hazards, especially from climate change, plus smart ways to use the data for your reporting and some emerging gaps to be aware of.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [45]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [20]
Consumer [47]
Disasters [21]
Journalism & Media [5]
Planning & Growth [49]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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A Town Derailed, a Trust Obtained [50]

The devastating 2023 East Palestine, Ohio, toxic train derailment left a legacy of illness and a town torn by competing understandings of the contamination’s aftereffects. A yearlong reporting initiative with photojournalist Rebecca Kiger and Time magazine writer Alejandro de la Garza worked to gain the community’s confidence and tell its story. Their prize-winning feature, in the latest Inside Story Q&A.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Air [51]
Chemicals [3]
Disasters [21]
Environmental Health [27]
Environmental Justice [41]
Health [4]
Journalism & Media [5]
People & Population [42]
Pollution [15]
Science [28]
Transportation [52]
Water & Oceans [53]
Region:
National (U.S.) [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [30]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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