Publication Items

Between the Lines: Author Spends Two Decades ‘Hooked on a Character’ [1]

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. [2] 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 [3]
Topics on the Beat:
Activism [4]
Environmental Studies [5]
Journalism & Media [6]
Natural Resources [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Wildlife [9]
Region:
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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The Life, and Why I’m Sticking It Out (for Now) [12]

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 [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [6]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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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"" [14]

SEJ Publication Types:
BookShelf [3]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [16]
Journalism & Media [6]
People & Population [17]
Water & Oceans [8]
Region:
Asia [18]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Interview Class Helps Make Science Clearer [19]

SEJ Publication Types:
EJ Academy [20]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [6]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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J-Groups Meet with WH Press Secretary, Seek More Openness [21]

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 [22]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [23]
Journalism & Media [6]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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The Art of the Pitch: Tips for Crafting Successful Feature Story Queries [25]

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 [13]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [6]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Ignoring the Elephant in the (News)room [26]

SEJ Publication Types:
Backgrounders [27]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [28]
Journalism & Media [6]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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Regional Gathering Fuels New Approaches to Storytelling [29]

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ News [30]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [6]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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All in One Place at One Time [31]

Society of Environmental Journalists’ founder Jim Detjen and I were sitting together at an SEJ gathering not long ago wondering about the size of the collective readership/viewer/listenership of all of SEJ’s members. In essence, what is our potential reach? We calculated that it must be in the tens of millions. That’s power to help set the national dialogue and, in many cases, the global dialogue. Read more from SEJ President Jeff Burnside.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [32]
Topics on the Beat:
Journalism & Media [6]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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On Our Watch, Say Goodbye to Tigers [33]

The quarterly SEJ President's Report in SEJournal normally examines an issue important to the future health of the Society of Environmental Journalists and what you as a member might do about it. This time, in the just-released Winter 2015 issue, Jeff Burnside's report examines a different set of responsibilities: whether journalism is asleep at the wheel in failing to sufficiently cover a looming, irreversible environmental issue. Our most iconic and beloved wild species are now on the precipice of extinction, functionally if not literally.

SEJ Publication Types:
SEJ Presidents Report [32]
Topics on the Beat:
Biodiversity [28]
Journalism & Media [6]
Visibility:
Public [11]
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