Publication Items

The Truth About Teaching: SEJ Academic Members Weigh In [1]

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Between the Lines: Collaborators in the Chronicling of Destruction and Hope [5]

For the latest installment of Between the Lines, an author Q & A, SEJournal book editor Tom Henry interviewed award-winning children’s nature book author Lynne Cherry, best known for“The Great Kapok Tree,” which sold more than a million copies and became a staple in elementary schools. Cherry speaks about her career, as well as her longstanding collaboration with the late Gary Braasch, a renowned photojournalist and past SEJ member who passed away March 7 [6].

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [8]
Journalism & Media [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Scientists Critique Media Reports on Climate [9]

Yale Climate Connections' Bud Ward reports on the Climate Feedback project, which scores articles and columns for accuracy, logic and reasoning, fairness, objectivity and precision.

SEJ Publication Types:
Features [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Climate Change [8]
Journalism & Media [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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News Media Groups Complain About Convention Restrictions [11]

Authorities in both Cleveland and Philadelphia placed new restrictions on media covering the Republican convention, including banning gas masks, backpacks and bags bigger than 18" x 13" x 7" — which severely cramps broadcast journalists' ability to carry electronic gear.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [13]
Journalism & Media [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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FAA Finally Legalizes Drone Journalism [14]

Journalism may finally be ready to stride into the brave new techno-world of drone reporting now that the Federal Aviation Administration has issued a regulation removing the previous cloud of illegality and uncertainty. It's just the beginning.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Federal Agencies Pose Information Roadblocks to Health Journalists [16]

Environmental journalists are not alone in their frustrations with the federal officials who are supposed to help journalists get information about what government is doing. Now the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) has surveyed its members and found the federal government often blocks access to information that health care journalists seek.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Health [17]
Journalism & Media [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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What Will Next President Do For (or Against) Freedom of Information? [18]

Some commenters say Donald Trump has declared "war on the press." But Hillary Clinton has herself given little access to the news media during the campaign so far. Worse yet, parts of the news media seem to be making the problem worse, by not advocating for press freedom and open information. Profits and ratings have trumped the First Amendment.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [13]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Public Land Photo-Fee Provisions Buried in Pending Energy Legislation [19]

The Senate-passed bill contains an explicit exemption from permits and fees for newsgathering. A House energy bill, now going to conference to be reconciled with the Senate bill, contains no newsgathering exemption. But that's not the end of the story. Image courtesy of NPS.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Politics [20]
Journalism & Media [3]
Laws & Regulations [15]
Visibility:
Public [4]
- Read more about Public Land Photo-Fee Provisions Buried in Pending Energy Legislation [19]
Farm News Fires Cartoonist for Lampooning Ag Firm CEOs' Pay [21]

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 [12]
Topics on the Beat:
Agriculture [22]
Economy & Business [23]
Food [24]
Journalism & Media [3]
Region:
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [25]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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Between the Lines: Publisher Ponders Future of Environment Books [26]

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 [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [3]
Visibility:
Public [4]
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