Publication Items

EPA Budget Cuts Threaten a Program Near You [1]

As the Trump administration proposes big cuts at environmental agencies like the U.S. EPA, the latest TipSheet explores how to dig up local angles from the budget action. Examples: Tracking changes at EPA regional offices and labs, at Superfund or at state revolving funds for clean water and safe drinking water programs.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Fish & Fisheries [5]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [9]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [10]
Pollution [11]
Waste [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
California [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [16]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [17]
Northwest (OR WA) [18]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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As Fight Flares Over Public Lands, Summoning Power of Past Bond [21]

Bobby Magill, in his most recent SEJ President's Report, recalls his time traversing federal wilderness areas that are now increasingly the subject of dispute. How are they to be used? Who is to hold them? Will these vast Western lands remain in the public domain? And what is the role of journalists in covering this story?

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [4]
Forests [23]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [9]
Wildlife [24]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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Veteran Reporters Say Ignore the Noise, and Localize [25]

Environmental journalists at a day-long event [26] urged colleagues to report on the real, local impacts of policy, more than on the buzz around the policy. On hand at the SEJ-sponsored program were representatives of administrations past and present, including Trump EPA transition team head Myron Ebell (shown).

Videos:

Tracy Mehan lll, American Water Works Association [27]
Myron Ebell, Competitive Enterprise Institute [28]
Ed Maibach, George Mason University [29]
Scott Segal, Policy Resolution Group and Bracewell LLP [30]
Bob Perciasepe, Center for Climate & Energy Solutions [31]
Environmental advocates [32]
Journalists panel [33]

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [34]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [35]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Environmental Studies [37]
Government [6]
Health [38]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Policy [39]
Pollution [11]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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WatchDog Group Sues for Records as Pruitt Confirmation Vote Nears & More [40]

The latest WatchDog TipSheet details an open-records case against U.S. EPA nominee Scott Pruitt (shown), the scoop on an Agriculture Department animal welfare database that vanished then returned, a reporter busted at Standing Rock, plus items on whistleblowers, coal-ash and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [41]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [42]
Agriculture [43]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [4]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [10]
Policy [39]
Pollution [11]
Waste [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [44]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [45]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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Rogue Twitter Brings Government Leaks to Masses [46]

Dozens of renegade government Twitter accounts have sprung up, with claims they're run anonymously by employees of various agencies whose missions appear threatened by the Trump administration. TipSheet has the story, plus a list of more than 40 accounts of interest to environmental reporters.

SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [42]
Environmental Politics [4]
Forests [23]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Natural Resources [9]
Policy [39]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility:
Public [20]
- Read more about Rogue Twitter Brings Government Leaks to Masses [46]
Enviro, Energy Reporters Look at Prospects for Beat in 2017 [47]

Veteran journalists gathered in Washington, D.C. last Friday, Feb. 3, to share insights into how environment and energy policy may unfold in the year ahead — and to urge colleagues to prepare for possibly dramatic shifts ahead. Key takeaways, plus video, audio clips and a presentation by SEJ's president. Photo: Washington Post reporter Daryl Fears; courtesy of Schuyler Null/Wilson Center.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [34]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [48]
Climate Change [35]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Natural Resources [9]
Policy [39]
Science [49]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
International [50]
Asia [51]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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Getting Started on the Sustainable Ag Beat [52]

There's a growing movement toward food production that factors in not only profitability, but environmental health and social equity as well. Our latest Reporter's Toolbox gets you started with some basic resources on the sustainable agriculture beat —who's doing research, finding local resources, tracking the chatter and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [53]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [43]
Journalism & Media [7]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility:
Public [20]
- Read more about Getting Started on the Sustainable Ag Beat [52]
As EPA, Other Agencies Muzzle Staff, WatchDog Issues Leaker's Guide [54]

At a time when government information may be harder than ever to access, WatchDog offers a unique guide to leaks that reporters can offer potential whistleblowers. Also in the latest column, sealed records on a weedkiller-cancer connection, secret talks on coal-ash regs and more.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [41]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [43]
Chemicals [55]
Economy & Business [56]
Energy & Fuel [36]
Environmental Health [3]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [11]
Waste [12]
Region:
National (U.S.) [14]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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The Art of the Essay for Science and Environment Writers [57]

What makes for an effective science or environment essay? Freelance Files contributor Michelle Nijhuis explores universal qualities of the best work: It begins with a persistent question that sets the essayist off on a journey of discovery. Also, practical tips on how to get published beyond the essay departments of major magazines.

SEJ Publication Types:
Freelance Files [58]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [7]
Visibility:
Public [20]
- Read more about The Art of the Essay for Science and Environment Writers [57]
FEJ Grant Supports Creation of Times-Picayune's Louisiana Coastal Reporting Team [59]

The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com will create a Louisiana Coastal Reporting Team in early 2017, made possible in part through a major grant from SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism. The new team will be co-led by longtime SEJ member and award-winning environment reporter Mark Schleifstein. A national search is under way for two additional environmental journalists to work full-time on the Team.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [34]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [7]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Visibility:
Public [20]
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