Publication Items

When Can FBI Spy on Journalists? That's Classified [1]

Some journalists may remember the outrage back in 2014 about the Justice Department spying on journalists. And they may even remember Attorney General Eric Holder's promise to go straight and stop doing it — via new guidelines. But Trevor Timm, writing as a columnist in the Columbia Journalism Review, tells another chapter in the story.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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"Almost Anywhere: Road Trip Ruminations on Love, Nature, National Parks, and Nonsense" [6]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [4]
Natural Resources [8]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Journalism and Science Students Take to Field Together [9]

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Environmental Studies [11]
Journalism & Media [4]
Science [12]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region:
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [14]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Between the Lines: Author Spends Two Decades ‘Hooked on a Character’ [15]

Rarely does a writer get so deeply into the heart of his or her subject while also avoiding the pitfalls of sentimentality. So began the judges’ comments for “Untamed: The Wildest Woman in America and the Fight for Cumberland Island,” winner of SEJ’s 2015 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award. [16] The book’s author, Will Harlan, spent 19 years developing a bold, unflinching portrayal of Cumberland Island, Ga.’s most ardent defender, the brilliant-yet-eccentric Carol Ruckdeschel. For the latest edition of SEJournal’s Between the Lines author Q & A, Harlan spoke with our book editor, Tom Henry.

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [17]
Environmental Studies [11]
Journalism & Media [4]
Natural Resources [8]
Water & Oceans [13]
Wildlife [18]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [19]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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The Life, and Why I’m Sticking It Out (for Now) [20]

Journalist and author Angela Posada-Swafford shares the ups and downs of her two-decades-long (so far) freelance life based in Florida.

SEJ Publication Types:
Freelance Files [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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"A River Runs Again: India’s Natural World in Crisis, from the Barren Cliffs of Rajasthan to the Farmlands of Karnataka"" [22]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [7]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [24]
Journalism & Media [4]
People & Population [25]
Water & Oceans [13]
Region:
Asia [26]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Interview Class Helps Make Science Clearer [27]

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [10]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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J-Groups Meet with WH Press Secretary, Seek More Openness [28]

Representatives of a coalition of 53 journalism groups met December 15, 2015, with White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest. The groups, including SEJ and Society of Professional Journalists, have complained about agency press offices obstructing reporters' access to officials and information.

SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [3]
Journalism & Media [4]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [29]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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The Art of the Pitch: Tips for Crafting Successful Feature Story Queries [30]

Freelancer Susan Moran writes about how to write a refined, convincing, colorful query letter and follow the particular pitch path that plays to your passion, talent and financial needs.

SEJ Publication Types:
Freelance Files [21]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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Ignoring the Elephant in the (News)room [31]

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [32]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [33]
Journalism & Media [4]
Visibility:
Public [5]
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