Publication Items

Farm News Fires Cartoonist for Lampooning Ag Firm CEOs' Pay [1]

The Iowa-based publication Farm News has fired an editorial cartoonist who had contributed to the publication for 21 years. His crime: pointing out that the CEOs of Monsanto, Dupont Pioneer and John Deere made far more than average farmers.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [3]
Economy & Business [4]
Food [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Region:
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [7]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Between the Lines: Publisher Ponders Future of Environment Books [9]

For the latest installment of Between the Lines, an author Q& A, SEJournal book editor Tom Henry digressed from the writer’s point of view and sought out advice from a publishing company that specializes in energy and environment books. Founded in 1984, Island Press is a nonprofit that has published books by E.O. Wilson, Paul Ehrlich, Sylvia Earle and many other well-known writers. David Miller, Island Press senior vice president and publisher, gave us his thoughts.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [6]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Award-winning Photojournalist, on His Own Terms [11]

SEJ Publication Types:
Inside Story [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [13]
Journalism & Media [6]
Natural Resources [14]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Money Woes Weaken Media's Ability To Defend 1st Amendment: Editors [15]

A survey of 66 top-level U.S. editors suggests that the media's ability to defend the First Amendment is wilting — and that lack of money is one of the problems. The survey was conducted by a partnership of Knight Foundation, the American Society of News Editors, the Associated Press Media Editors, and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Climate Documentarian Motivated by the Heart [17]

“Gasland” filmmaker Josh Fox is back with what may be the longest film title in recent documentary history — “How to Let Go of the World (and Love All the Things Climate Can’t Change).” And it looks like another game-changer. JoAnn Valenti reviews the film

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [18]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [19]
Climate Change [20]
Journalism & Media [6]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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The Path to Better Investigative Science Reporting [21]

In the latest Reporter's Toolbox, Climate Central senior science writer John Upton defines investigative science reporting’s major role, and shares his personal nine ways to do the job better.

SEJ Publication Types:
Reporters Toolbox [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [20]
Forests [23]
Journalism & Media [6]
Region:
National (U.S.) [24]
Europe [25]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Data Journalism Tools and Tips from MIT [26]

The availability of government data has soared over the last decade — offering a huge opportunity for watchdog journalists to find stories that advance the public interest. The environmental beat is the Saudi Arabia of data (yes, that means vast, rich, accessible, and untapped reserves).
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [6]
Technology [27]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Data Journalism Tools and Tips from MIT [26]
Trump Hopes To Use Libel Laws To Get at Journalists [28]

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is promising to toughen libel laws to get back at news media who "write purposely negative and horrible and false articles." Especially those that criticize him. Photo: By Marc Nozell [29] (Flickr) [CC BY 2.0 [30]].

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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House OKs Lands Bill with Photo Fees, Permits — Now It's Up to Senate [31]

The Senate Energy Committee last November approved a different version of the bill which seems to include an exemption from fees and permits for "news gathering." But whether it will pass on the floor or get reconciled with the House bill in an election year is unknown.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [32]
Journalism & Media [6]
Laws & Regulations [16]
Natural Resources [14]
Visibility:
Public [8]
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Memo to Energy, Business, Science and Health Reporters [33]

Fellow Journalists, we have a lot in common. We’ve read many of your stories on issues surrounding energy, business, science and health. We couldn’t help noticing a common link in so many of your stories: The environment. Those of us at the Society of Environmental Journalists think we are a very good fit for you. Read all the reasons why, by board president Jeff Burnside in the new issue of SEJournal.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [34]
Topics on the Beat:
Economy & Business [4]
Energy & Fuel [13]
Health [35]
Journalism & Media [6]
Science [36]
Visibility:
Public [8]
- Read more about Memo to Energy, Business, Science and Health Reporters [33]

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