Publication Items

Interactivity Advances Environmental Storytelling, Part II — Hannah Fairfield Q&A [1]

Hannah Fairfield, climate editor for The New York Times, is one of the leading practitioners of new techniques of interactive storytelling on the environment. SEJournal interviews her for a three-part EJ Insight. Also see Part I, a walking tour of the world of interactive storytelling [2] and Part III, a shortlist of outstanding projects [3].

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ InSight [4]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
International [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Interactivity Advances Environmental Storytelling, Part I [10]

Decades worth of technical advances, used creatively by journalists, have led to a world of “wow” storytelling, including on the environmental news front. In the new EJ Insight column, SEJournal’s own Joe Davis takes you on a walking tour of the world of interactive storytelling. Plus, an interview with Hannah Fairfield [1] of The New York Times, a leader in the burgeoning field, and our own shortlist of outstanding projects [3] to view.

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ InSight [4]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
International [8]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Tracking the Big Climate Bills — An Infrastructure/Reconciliation Breakdown [11]

During the next two weeks, expect a rush of Congressional activity as both chambers attempt to set details that will constitute what some see as possibly the most important climate legislation in years. TipSheet helps you keep track of the action, first setting the stage on two massive measures, and then providing resources to track more than half-a-dozen House committees.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [13]
Agriculture [14]
Climate Change [5]
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [18]
Infrastructure [19]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Policy [21]
Science [22]
Transportation [23]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Reclaiming Coal Country — Quest for a New Economy in Appalachia [24]

Longtime energy and environment journalist Elizabeth McGowan traveled to southeast Kentucky to shine a light on efforts to diversify Appalachia’s longtime coal-based economy. In FEJ StoryLog, McGowan shares how her on-the-ground reporting approach, funded in part by the Society of Environmental Journalists’ Fund for Environmental Journalism, yielded not only a powerful story, but insights into overcoming its challenges.

SEJ Publication Types:
FEJ StoryLog [25]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [15]
Energy & Fuel [16]
Environmental Justice [26]
Environmental Politics [17]
Government [18]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [6]
Natural Resources [28]
People & Population [29]
Policy [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Flood-Resistant Building Construction an Overlooked Environmental Story [31]

Recent images of flooded-out homes are a potent reminder to environmental reporters that where and how houses are built are major factors in how they will survive increasingly common extreme weather-related flooding. The latest TipSheet takes a look at how construction and zoning codes play a role, with story ideas and resources to cover the issue in your region.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [32]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Planning & Growth [33]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [34]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [35]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
International [8]
Asia [36]
Europe [37]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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SEJournal Fills Associate Editor Slot, Expands Feature Content [38]

SEJournal has a new face — that of just-hired Associate Editor Frances Backhouse, a long-standing member of the Society of Environmental Journalists, and a veteran freelancer and author based in Canada. Backhouse will work with the SEJournal’s staff and volunteer editor team to bring in new features from volunteer contributors with journalistic and environmental expertise to share. Meet Backhouse and find out more about her role at the weekly online magazine.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [39]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
International [8]
Canada [40]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Air Quality Monitors — and Their Data — Now Easy To Find Via Online Map [41]

High-impact environmental stories often come by tracking polluted air, whether from summer smog, wildfire smoke or numerous other sources. Reporter’s Toolbox offers a series of air pollution data reporting resources, including an interactive map of U.S. air quality monitors. Get the details, plus eight smart suggestions for critical stories from the air pollution data you tap.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [42]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [14]
Air [43]
Chemicals [44]
Government [18]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [6]
Pollution [45]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Reporting Innovations Hold Promise for Reporting on Climate Change Amid News Deserts [46]

Slashed news budgets and staff cuts have left many U.S. newsrooms short on time and resources for deep reporting on climate change and other complex topics. But two innovative projects at The Post and Courier in South Carolina — one enriching breaking news stories and the other fostering news outlet cooperation — aim at filling the void. Acclaimed journalist Tony Bartelme explains.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [47]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Health [48]
Government [18]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Policy [21]
Pollution [45]
Waste [49]
Water & Oceans [50]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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Pulitzer Finalist on an Estuary’s Tale, and Stories Hiding in Plain Sight [51]

Prize-winning journalist Tony Bartelme and his local news team enter one of the East Coast’s largest, but lesser known estuaries, and come out with an account that awards judges called “gorgeously executed in the best tradition of storytelling about the environment.” Bartelme shares lessons of covering the challenges of an amorphous ecosystem, and touches on his long record of award-winning reporting, in the latest Inside Story.

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [52]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [5]
Environmental Health [48]
Environmental Justice [26]
Journalism & Media [6]
Water & Oceans [50]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [30]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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A Chance To Widen Public Information About Chemical Hazards [53]

For years, public information about some of the deadliest chemical security risks has been limited. But now that the Biden EPA is exploring the issue, our latest WatchDog opinion column explains why this is such an important open information issue for environmental reporters and other journalists.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog [54]
Topics on the Beat:
Chemicals [44]
Disasters [32]
Environmental Justice [26]
Health [27]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [20]
People & Population [29]
Policy [21]
Region:
National (U.S.) [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [55]
International [8]
Asia [36]
Visibility:
Public [9]
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